Sweet and Sour Pork
Sweet and Sour Pork

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Sweet and Sour Pork is an iconic Chinese recipe and classic Cantonese dish. Called "咕嚕肉" or "goo lou yok" in Cantonese dialect, this recipe is very pleasing to the palate because of the flavorsome sweet and sour sauce—the sweetness from sugar plus the tangy ketchup and sharp rice. Cubed pork and stir-fried vegetables are coated in a mouthwatering sweet and sour sauce prepared with simple ingredients.

Sweet and Sour Pork is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Sweet and Sour Pork is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sweet and sour pork using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet and Sour Pork:
  1. Make ready 8 oz lean pork
  2. Take 1 garlic clove, smashed
  3. Make ready 1⁄2 green pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces
  4. Make ready 1⁄2 onion, cut into bite-sized pieces
  5. Prepare 2 small tomatoes cut into wedges
  6. Make ready 8 oz canned pineapple chunks, drained, reserving liquid
  7. Get As needed Oil for deep frying and for stir-frying. I use Peanut Oil
  8. Take marinade
  9. Make ready 1 beaten egg, use 1/2 for the marinade, discard the rest, or save, whatever
  10. Get 1 tbs soy sauce
  11. Prepare 1 tbs rice wine vinegar
  12. Get 2 1⁄2 tbs cornstarch
  13. Take Cornstarch for dredging the pork
  14. Take sauce
  15. Take 3 tbs rice wine vinegar
  16. Take 2 tbs brown sugar
  17. Prepare 1 tsp tomato paste. I use the type in a tube
  18. Take 1 tbs ketchup
  19. Prepare 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  20. Take 2 tsp soy sauce
  21. Prepare reserved pineapple juice
  22. Take 2 tsp cornstarch

For the sauce, place a frying pan over a medium heat and add the oil. Sweet and sour pork is arguably one of the most popular Chinese dishes in the United States, but as with most classic dishes, it's difficult to find a go-to The pork is coated and fried until crispy, with tons of nooks and crannies that catch the sweet and sour sauce. You can use almost any cut of pork for. Making sweet and sour sauce is easier than you think.

Instructions to make Sweet and Sour Pork:
  1. Cut pork into bite-sized pieces and add to the marinade. Let sit for at least 30 minutes. Heat deep fat oil to 380f. Dredge pork in cornstarch and put into oil for about 2 minutes, drain.
  2. Just before cooking the vegetables, refry the pork @410f until lightly browned
  3. Mix sauce ingredients
  4. Put some oil in a wok and stir fry garlic until brown; remove
  5. Add green pepper and onions and stir fry until tender-crisp
  6. Add sauce mixture and stir until thickened
  7. Add pork, tomato, pineapple, and heat. Serve over rice

It is composed of sugar, vinegar, and ketchup. Heat a separate pan then pour-in the sweet and sour sauce ingredients. Don't call the takeaway - cook your own sweet & sour pork using a vibrant marinade and tinned pineapple. Swap the pork for chicken or prawns if you prefer. Sweet and sour pork doesn't need an introduction.

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