Char Siu Pork Roast

This recipe was SO good, it reminded me a lot of the beef teriyaki at a Chinese restaurant near here called Asia Grill.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
• 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 2 pounds  pork shoulder, trimmed 
• 1/2 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth

Prep:

1. Combine first 7 ingredients in bowl of slow cooker, stirring well with a whisk. Add pork and coat. Marinate in refrigerator overnight.
2. Place pork slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
3. Remove pork from slow cooker using a slotted spoon; place on a cutting board or work surface.
4. Add broth to sauce in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 30 minutes or until sauce thickens. 
5. Shred pork with 2 forks; add back to sauce and mix together.

 I served this over rice with peas as a vegetable.


Makes 8 servings, 1 serving is 5 WW points+.

Slow Cooker Chicken

Tonight is a busy night for my family so I wanted something easy that requires as little prep as possible.  Before work this morning I quartered an onion and put it in a slow cooker with a whole oven-roaster chicken.  I let it cook all day on low.  When we were ready to eat, I made some instant potatoes.  And that was it.  I was a bad girl and didn't make a veggie tonight.

I pulled the rest of the chicken and it will be put to good use in a recipe on Friday night.