Braised Pork in Sweet Soy Sauce

If your looking for a quick and simple Asian inspired dish, look no further.  This is a super easy main course that is full of flavor and affordable to make.  The sauce is absolutely scrumptious, and folks will think you spent hours cooking.  Serve it over rice and everyone will have smiles on their faces and full bellies.  Here's the DL...
Ingredients
2-2 1/2 pound pork roast or loin
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
4 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 cup water
2 tablespoon sweet chili sauce
2 green onions chopped
sesame seeds for sprinkling
Directions
Cut the pork into one inch bite size pieces.  Saute in pan over medium heat in vegetable oil for about 3 minutes, or until no longer pink, stirring frequently.
In medium bowl whisk together garlic powder, olive oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, water, and sweet chili sauce.  Pour sauce over pork & bring to a boil.  Once boiling reduce heat to low and let simmer for 30 minutes, or until sauce is greatly reduced and there is only about 4 tablespoons left in pan.  Stir one more time to make sure pork is coated in sauce.  Sprinkle with green onion and sesame seeds.  Serve over steamed rice.  Enjoy!

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This is one of the easiest & yummiest ways to feed a crowd.  This makes a great Superbowl party dish.  You simply whip up a batch of BBQ sauce & throw a pork roast in a crock pot.  This dish uses my all time favorite BBQ sauce that is so easy to make & tastes amazing.  (You could also use store bought sauce, but I recommend trying to make this one.  It is so good!)  This dish will make your house will smell great, bellies will be full, & you won't have to spend too much dinero.  Here's the skinny...
Ingredients
1 pork roast
4 Tablespoons of butter
1 cup water
Dinner rolls or slider buns
BBQ Sauce (you will probably need two batches of this for an average size pork roast)
    1 onion diced
    3 Tablespoons butter
    2 cups ketchup
    1/3 cup molasses
   1 teaspoon mustard
    2 tsp brown sugar
   1 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
   1/8 cup whiskey
Melt butter in  medium saucepan.  Add diced onion & cook until tender, about 8-10 minutes.  Add remaining ingredients & allow to simmer stirring often for 20 minutes.  Taste it & add more salt or sugar as desired.  If you like things a little spicy add some chili powder.  So good you could eat it by the spoonful, but I suggest using it as a topping.  Makes about 2 1/4 cups.
Directions
In crock-pot or slow cooker pour in water.  Set in your pork roast.  Slice the butter into 1/4 pieces & place on top of roast.  Cook on medium for 5-6 hours or until pork easily pulls apart by using two forks (& I mean easily!  Should be like butter.)  Pull the pork by using two forks & shredding it.  Pour on plenty of BBQ sauce & coat the pork.  Put a couple tablespoons on a dinner roll or slider bun & eat it up.
*Cooking time will very depending on the size of your roast.  As long as there is enough moisture you can't really over cook it.  Just test it by using two forks & trying to pull it apart.  If there is resistance then the meat is not done.
*Make sure to have plenty of BBQ sauce.  You will have to probably make 2 batches of the recipe above, maybe more.  If you make too much just freeze the extra for another meal.
*This is a great meal to make for a kid event because the sandwiches are small & manageable... & yummy.