This recipe for sweet and sour jerk pork loin is simple, sweet, tangy, and spicy. With my homemade garden garlic herb mashed potatoes on the side, you’ve got the perfect finger-licking lunch or dinner. Serve it with my natural Guava Kiwi Coconut Rum Punch as a finishing touch.
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Sweet and Sour Jerk Pork Loin
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Sweet And Sour Jerk Pork Loin
Sweet and Sour Pork Jerk Pork Loin
Equipment
- Stove
- Cutting Board
- Spoon
- Knife
- Cast Iron Skillet
- Mixing Bowl
- Tongs
- Whisk
Ingredients
Pork Loin
- 1 lb. Pork Loin
- 3 tbsp. Jerk Seasoning
- ⅓ cup Corn Starch
- 2 tsp. Complete Seasoning
- 1 tsp. Salt
- ½ cup Peanut Oil
- 1 tsp. Black Pepper
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 1 medium Red Bell Pepper, cubed
- ¾ cup Onion
- 1 medium Green Bell Pepper, cubed
- ¼ cup White Cane Vinegar
- 1 tsp. Dried Thyme
- ½ cup Sweet Chilli Sauce
- 5 cloves Garlic, crushed
- ⅓ cup Tomato Ketchup
- 3 tbsp. Raw Honey
- ½ cup Warm Tap Water
Mashed Potato (optional)
- 2 lbs Yellow/Gold Potatoes
- ½ cup Land O'Lake Garlic Herb Butter
- 1 bag Carrot and Sweet Peas
- 1 tsp. Salt
Instructions
Let's Prepare and cook Pork Loin
- Season pork loin with jerk seasoning, complete seasoning, salt, and pepper.
- Each pork piece should be cut into ½ to 1-inch strips. Marinate in a bowl in the refrigerator overnight.
- Remove the pork from the refrigerator and set it aside to come to room temperature before frying. Coat each pork strip with cornstarch. This allows the pork to crisp up and helps thickens the sweet and sour sauce.
- Heat the peanut oil in a cast iron skillet for 3 minutes. Place each coated pork strip in hot oil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown.
- Remove fried pork from hot oil and place on paper towels to drain excess oil using a tong. Set aside and proceed to the next step in the sweet and sour sauce preparation.
Prepare Sweet and Sour sauce
- Using a knife, cut vegetables into roughly cut cubes on a cutting board.
- Remove some of the remaining oil from the pot where the pork loin was fried. Add the onion, cubed sweet pepper, and garlic. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Combine the ketchup, sweet chili sauce, vinegar, water, thyme, and honey in a small mixing bowl. Pour sweet and sour sauce onto the sweet pepper mixture and mix well together.
- Add the fried pork loin strips to the sweet and sour sauce mixture. Combine together and allow to simmer for 5 minutes on medium heat
Mashed Potato
- You can serve the sweet and sour jerk pork with any side dish you want. However, it went well with my delicious and simple garlic herb mashed potatoes. I used the gold potatoes, but any potato may be used.
- Cube the potato, skin on, and cook in salted water until tender. Frozen Sweet Peas and Carrots should be cooked in water until soft.Drain the potatoes. Mash in the Land O'Lake Garlic Herb Butter with a whisk or a food masher. Add the carrot and peas and combine with a spoon.
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Your posts are quite dangerous to read, because they always make me hungry. The pictures don’t help, haha. But it all looks amazing and Sweet and Sour is one of my favorite sauces. Thank you for sharing it and I might give it a go one of these days.
Thank goodness I found this recipe because I have a pork loin in my freezer that I had no clue what to make with. This sweet and sour jerk pork loin recipe looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for posting!
Thank you Kelly for the rating and comment. Enjoy making my sweet and sour pork recipe.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I always use too much time thinking about what to make for dinner – I guess this one would my next meal.
Thank you Benjamin. Enjoy making it.
This sweet and sour jerk pork loin recipe looks mouthwateringly delicious! And over mashed potatoes? Yum! Your photos will make everyone want to try this recipe, I’m sure (including me). 😊
Thank You Jenna for the rating and kind comment.
I can’t wait to try this recipe. My husband loves pork ( me not so much cause it tends to be dry): so I a, going to make this for him, looks juicy and delicious,
Thank you Elaine. hope you both enjoy when you cook it.
can you send me some it sound so delicious
This looks sooo good! I’ve saved this so I can try it, I love pork dishes. Great post!
Thank you Anissa.
Yum!! This looks delicious! I love sweet and sour pork and adding some jerk spice to it sounds amazing!
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I have to try this. It looks so yummy!
Thank you, Claudie.
Thank you Claudie.
I don’t eat pork, but this recipe looks yummy and makes me hungry!
Dan, you may substitute the pork with chicken, beef or fish.
How did you even come up with the idea to combine sweet and sour with jerk? This looks amazing and I bet it tastes just the same.
Thank you Kimberley, it was delicious.
This is yummy, I love to try new recipes and this is something haven’t eaten before. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Fransic.
Oh man! The flavor profile of that sauce that you have created sounds amazing!
I tried jerk pork many years ago in London and it was delicious! Reading this has brought back good memories, I can’t wait to try it!
Lovely recipe. Looks super yummy and makes me hungry.
Thank you Mary.
I love how you documented the whole process with pictures. It looks delicious!
Thank you Ibti
Amazing recipe right here! Can’t wait to try this delicious sweet and sour jerk dish.
Thank You Debbie for the kind comment and star rating.
look amazing and very easy to follow recipe! Thank you for all the pictures at each step that makes a huge difference!
Thank You Hailee.
This looks amazing thank you so much
Thank you Arnetta.
This sounds delicious, always looking for new ways to cook pork loin
Thank You Tianna. Appreciate the star rating.
This looks delicious. I bought the ingredients to give it a good today. Can’t wait!
Thank you Jennifer for the comment and rating. Hope you enjoy my sweet and sour pork as much as I did.
Looks amazing. I will give this a try!
Thank You Eva.
Looks delicious! Adding it to my recipe list to try.
Thank you Chanelle.
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Thank You Christina.
Oh wow!! That looks ridiculously good! you had me at sweet and sour! that looks like a yummy meal for a Sunday night during autumn with the weather getting colder with a huge bowl of rice. Looks great thanks for sharing! 🙂
Thank you. Andrea.
Yum! This looks so amazing! I love pork loin. I will have to try this out! Thanks for sharing the recipe
Thank You Charity
Looks amazing! Adding the few ingredients I don’t have on hand on my grocery list for tomorrow! Can’t wait to introduce this yummy dish to the family!
Thank you Beth for the star rating and comment.
I definitely have to put this on my list to try. Looks delicious and sounds easy enough to make and I bet leftovers are delicious too!
Martina, you hit the nail on the head. leftovers are always tastier. Thanks for visiting.