Pork Loin Roast Slow Cooker Pineapple

Slow-cooker spicy pineapple roast pork with lemongrass and lime rice

20m prep
8h 40m cook
8 servings

For a flavour-packed dinner, try this spicy pineapple roast pork served with zingy lemongrass and lime rice.

Kim Coverdale

Food Director

16 Ingredients
5 Method Steps

16 Ingredients

2kg boneless pork leg
1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 garlic cloves, peeled, halved
2 tbsp lime juice, plus lime halves to serve
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 lemongrass stalks, trimmed, halved
2 long red chillies, thickly sliced, plus extra thinly sliced to serve
1 tsp sea salt
1 Lebanese cucumber, sliced diagonally
1 carrot, cut into long matchsticks
1/2 cup fresh coriander sprigs
Lemongrass and lime rice
2 cups jasmine rice, rinsed
1/3 cup lime juice
2 lemongrass stalks, trimmed, halved
2 tsp lime zest
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5 Method Steps

Remove and discard string from pork. Using a sharp knife, carefully remove rind from pork. Place rind on a plate. Refrigerate.
Place pork in slow cooker. Add pineapple juice, soy sauce, garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, lemongrass and chilli. Cover. Cook on LOW for 8 hours (or HIGH for 4 hours), turning pork halfway through cooking, or until very tender. Turn slow cooker off.
Preheat oven to 220C/200C fan-forced. Cut 1/2 of the reserved rind into 2cm-thick strips. Discard remaining rind. Sprinkle with sea salt. Set aside for 10 minutes. Place rind on a rack set over a baking tray. Roast for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden and puffed.
Meanwhile, make lemongrass and lime rice. Place rice, 3 cups water, lime juice and lemongrass in a large saucepan over high heat. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover. Simmer gently for 12 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Remove from heat. Stand for 5 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork. Stir in the lime zest. Season with salt and pepper.
Remove pork from cooking liquid. Using two forks, roughly shred meat. Arrange pork, rice, cucumber and carrot in serving bowls. Drizzle with cooking liquid. Top with extra chilli, pork crackling and coriander. Serve with lime halves.

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Recipe Notes

To make in the pressure cooker: Follow steps 1 and 2, placing ingredients in a pressure cooker. Seal cooker. Place over high heat until steam escapes at a constant rate. Reduce heat to low. Cook for 1 hour 40 minutes. Release steam following manufacturer's instructions. Continue from step 3.