Sheet pan meals are some of my favorites because you get the flavor of traditionally fried foods without all the calories and carbs! My latest sheet pan recipe is this keto sweet and sour pork. It is the perfect balance between sweet and sour while keeping the carbs low and the flavors high. You can have this amazing Asian-inspired meal on your dinner table in 30 mins.
How to make keto sweet and sour pork
You will need to preheat the oven to 450 (medium heat) degrees and spray a 13×18 sheet pan with cooking spray.
Combine salt, pepper, garlic powder, and ground ginger together in a small bowl and set aside.
Place onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper on the sheet pan and drizzle with one tbsp avocado oil. Season with 1 teaspoon of the spice mix. Toss together and push veggies to one half of the sheet pan.
In a large Tupperware with a lid or a zip-top bag, combine pork rinds, almond flour, and xanthan gum, and the remaining spice mix. Place about ⅓ of the pork pieces into the bag and shake vigorously to coat all of the pieces on all sides. Remove from the bag and place on the sheet pan.
Continue with the rest of the pork in 2 more batches. Discard the remaining pork rind coating.
Place the sheet pan in the oven for 7 minutes, take out and flip the pork over and give the vegetables a toss. Place back in the oven and roast for another 7 minutes.
While pork and veggies are cooking, prepare the sweet and sour sauce by combining all of the sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk together. When the pork is finished cooking, take the pan out and pour the sauce evenly over the pork and veggies. Toss everything together until evenly coated. Place back into the oven for about 5 minutes, until the sauce is bubbly.
Top with toasted sesame seeds for garnish and serve over cauliflower fried rice, if desired. Hope this sheet pan sweet and sour pork recipe and that it quenches your cravings for a delicious sweet and sour meal.
For more Asian inspired recipes, check out my Egg Roll in a Bowl recipe or my Short Rib recipe
Ingredients
Sweet and Sour Sauce
Instructions
7 steps- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and spray a sheet pan with cooking spray.
- Combine salt, pepper, garlic powder, and ground ginger together in a small bowl and set aside.
- Place onion, red bell pepper and green bell pepper on the sheet pan and drizzle with one tbsp avocado oil. Season with 1 teaspoon of the spice mix. Toss together and push veggies to one half of the sheet pan.
- In a large tupperware with fitted lid or a ziptop bag, combine pork rinds, almond flour, and xanthan gum and remaining spice mix. Place about ⅓ of the pork pieces into the bag and shake vigorously to coat all of the pieces on all sides. Remove from the bag and place on the sheet pan. Continue with the rest of the pork in 2 more batches. Discard the remaining pork rind coating.
- Place the sheet pan in the oven for 7 minutes, take out and flip the pork over and give the vegetables a toss. Place back in the oven and roast for another 7 minutes.
- While pork and veggies are cooking, prepare the sweet and sour sauce by combining all of the sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk together. When the pork is finished cooking, take the pan out and pour the sauce evenly over the pork and veggies. Toss everything together until evenly coated. Place back into the oven for about 5 minutes, until the sauce is bubbly.
- Top with toasted sesame seeds for garnish and serve over cauliflower rice, if desired.
Notes
2 Comments
Carolyn Bast
May 24, 2021 at 2:26 pmI did make this recipe and it wasn’t as sweet as I had thought it would be but the pork was very tender and my husband even liked it. He is forced to eat keto because I’m not cooking 2 different dinners. I wish there was a little more sauce to go around for the recipe but plan to make it again and maybe do something to have just a bit more sauce.
Kathleen F Williams
June 10, 2021 at 12:27 pmAwesome. Simple to make. Delicious. Highly recommend. .