Last updated on March 9th, 2018 at 11:26 pm
Crockpot Chinese Pork with Noodles – Slow cooked Chinese style pork tenderloin tossed with noodles and veggies. These noodles are bound to please the entire family!
We all love our crockpot, some more than others. But there’s a reason for that. We all have busy lives, so slaving in the kitchen is probably the last thing we want to do. I understand how you feel. I’m with you.
That’s why I have this special recipe for you today; crockpot Chinese Pork with Noodles. Yep! They are sososo delish! I just finished stuffing my face with this bowl of noodles in a yummy hoisin and sesame oil sauce with slow cooked Chinese style pork and slightly stir fried veggies drizzled with some lime juice. Drove the dog crazy as the pork was cooking in the crockpot because it fills your house with this delicious smell. Who needs perfume!
I simply adore this dish. It’s quite close to a Pad Thai but there are so many flavors going on here. For a kick I threw in some sliced serrano peppers and OMG! Those little thingies are mean! If you don’t use gloves while chopping them I strongly suggest you don’t rub your eyes after, as I did. Yikes!
The great thing about this amazing dish is that you can throw in whatever veggies you have in your fridge. I used some red peppers, carrots, shiitake mushrooms and green onions. Those are some of my favorite veggies in Chinese food so that’s what I used. But this is like a free for all. You can top these noodles with whatever you want. But you must must sprinkle chopped peanuts for that extra crunchiness and drizzle with lime juice to elevate the flavors.
To me this is the perfect dinner to have when I come home after a long day at work. It’s comfort food, it’s delicious and if you are lucky to have leftovers, it’s lunch!
If you try this recipe, please let us know! Leave a comment, rate it and tag a photo #jocooks on Instagram so we can see it. I always love to see what you guys come up with!
Crockpot Chinese Pork with Noodles
Ingredients
Crockpot Chinese Pork
- 2 pork tenderloins 1 lb each
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce low sodium
- 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 1 tsp ginger minced
- 1/4 cup tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup water
Toppings and Noodles
- 12 oz Chinese noodles
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 red pepper julienne
- 1 carrot julienne
- 1 cup shiitake mushrooms sliced
- 3 green onions chopped
- 1 lime cut into wedges
- 1/4 cup peanuts chopped
- cilantro chopped
- 1 serrano pepper chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Spray crockpot with cooking spray. Place the 2 pork tenderloins in crockpot. In small bowl, stir together the ingredients for the Crockpot Chinese Pork. Pour over pork.
- Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 hours 30 minutes. Remove pork from crockpot to large bowl; let stand 10 minutes. Shred pork, using 2 forks or cut into small pieces.
- Reserve 2 tbsp of the sauce from the crockpot and place pork in the crockpot and toss with remaining sauce. Cook on low while preparing the veggies and noodles.
- Meanwhile, cook noodles as directed on package. Turn crockpot off.
- In a large skillet heat 2 tbsp sesame oil with the soy sauce and the 2 tbsp of reserved crockpot sauce. Add carrots, shiitake mushrooms and peppers, and toss to coat. Cook for a minute or 2 just until carrots soften a bit. Pour stir fry veggies and noodles in crockpot over pork. Toss everything together. Sprinkle individual servings with peanuts, chopped cilantro and serrano peppers. Serve with lime wedges.
I am wondering if you can use Rice Noodles?
You could try but rice noodles tend to soften quickly and you may end up with something very different.
had a tenderloin and no idea what to do with it! came across this recipe and i must say it turned out amazingly well! so easy and really cheap to make (as the hoi sin sauce and the soy sauce are bulk products). I only used a 1lb tenderloin and timings were just about 4 hours on low 🙂 thank you for sharing, will be useful when im doing my slimming world food next week 🙂
Glad you liked it Hannah!
I’m planning to try this using chicken rather than pork, but I wonder – have you ever had any success with trying tufu in the crockpot. One of my children is vegetarian and she loves Chinese food. This could be the recipe!
You know that’s one thing I never tried in a crockpot, I wonder if it would break apart, unless you maybe use firm tofu. Worth a try. 🙂
can you freeze this recipe raw like dump meals ?
Yeah you should be able to freeze all the ingredients that go in the crockpot like dump meals.
Hi. Just a quick question. When you say 1/2 cup tomato sauce, do you actually mean tomato paste, puree or ketchup? I am in Australia and tomato sauce here is tomato ketchup. As they are all different I need to know which one you are referring to please. Thank you….I am looking forward to trying this. Just want to get the ingredients right! lol
Hi Brenda,
I actually mean tomato sauce, if you don’t have it, just mix some tomato paste with water, same thing basically. 🙂
Thank you so much for your quick reply Jo! Now to get my ingredients together and make this dish! lol 🙂
Good luck Brenda, let me know how they turn out!
Tried this today, was intimidated at first but ended up being very easy, took longest to chop veggies, tastes great and looks great.
My boys were already turning up noses when I told them what I was cooking, but the truth was in the tasting, they loved it, thank you for sharing!!
So glad you guys enjoyed it!
OMG Jo. You rock. This is one really delicious noodle. Made it for my family and everyone agreed. I can tell that it’s going to be one of my favourites.
Thanks Foon, so glad you guys liked it. 🙂
What do you mean by Chinese Noodles? Ramen noodles? Rice? Soba? It looks great!
Any type of Chinese noodles you can find, ramen or Soba noodles work just fine.
Have you tried with Udon noodles?
No I haven’t but I think they’d be great in this recipe.
I seem to be alone in “I hate my crockpot” Land. We have a bad relationship. But this recipe gives me hope, because I trust you. And because it looks so darn good! All the fresh veggies and the flavorful meat and the noodles! And because you decoratively zested your limes…yes, I noticed. Nice touch. 😉
LOL, hubs did that, thought they looked really pretty. 🙂 Hope you try this recipe, it’s delicious. 🙂
Yum! I am always on the lookout for a good slow-cooker recipe, they are definitely not all created equal. This is a really nice recipe, it seems really lively and fresh! I love it! Can’t wait to try. = )
I’m a huge fan of my crock pot and I’m always on the lookout for easy healthy Weight Watchers crock pot recipes. This is right up my alley! It’s going on my list of recipes to try very very soon! Thanks so much.
You’re welcome Martha 🙂