Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, sweet and sour pork. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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. 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.
Sweet and Sour Pork is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Sweet and Sour Pork is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have sweet and sour pork using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and Sour Pork:
- Prepare 8 oz lean pork
- Take 1 garlic clove, smashed
- Take 1⁄2 green pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces
- Make ready 1⁄2 onion, cut into bite-sized pieces
- Take 2 small tomatoes cut into wedges
- Get 8 oz canned pineapple chunks, drained, reserving liquid
- Make ready As needed Oil for deep frying and for stir-frying. I use Peanut Oil
- Get marinade
- Make ready 1 beaten egg, use 1/2 for the marinade, discard the rest, or save, whatever
- Get 1 tbs soy sauce
- Take 1 tbs rice wine vinegar
- Prepare 2 1⁄2 tbs cornstarch
- Take Cornstarch for dredging the pork
- Take sauce
- Get 3 tbs rice wine vinegar
- Get 2 tbs brown sugar
- Take 1 tsp tomato paste. I use the type in a tube
- Take 1 tbs ketchup
- Make ready 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Make ready 2 tsp soy sauce
- Make ready reserved pineapple juice
- Prepare 2 tsp cornstarch
For the sauce, place a frying pan over a medium heat and add the oil. 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. In a separate bowl, mix all the.
Steps to make Sweet and Sour Pork:
- 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.
- Just before cooking the vegetables, refry the pork @410f until lightly browned
- Mix sauce ingredients
- Put some oil in a wok and stir fry garlic until brown; remove
- Add green pepper and onions and stir fry until tender-crisp
- Add sauce mixture and stir until thickened
- Add pork, tomato, pineapple, and heat. Serve over rice
Making sweet and sour sauce is easier than you think. It is composed of sugar, vinegar, and ketchup. Heat a separate pan then pour-in the sweet and sour sauce ingredients. Sweet and sour pork doesn't need an introduction. It's an internationally famous dish and most cultures have a different spin on it, which I think is absolutely fantastic!
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