Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, sweet and sour pork. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Sweet and Sour Pork is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Sweet and Sour Pork is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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 recipe.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have 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:
- Get 8 oz lean pork
- Prepare 1 garlic clove, smashed
- Take 1⁄2 green pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces
- Take 1⁄2 onion, cut into bite-sized pieces
- Take 2 small tomatoes cut into wedges
- Make ready 8 oz canned pineapple chunks, drained, reserving liquid
- Get As needed Oil for deep frying and for stir-frying. I use Peanut Oil
- Get marinade
- Get 1 beaten egg, use 1/2 for the marinade, discard the rest, or save, whatever
- Take 1 tbs soy sauce
- Take 1 tbs rice wine vinegar
- Get 2 1⁄2 tbs cornstarch
- Prepare Cornstarch for dredging the pork
- Prepare sauce
- Get 3 tbs rice wine vinegar
- Take 2 tbs brown sugar
- Get 1 tsp tomato paste. I use the type in a tube
- Prepare 1 tbs ketchup
- Get 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Make ready 2 tsp soy sauce
- Prepare reserved pineapple juice
- Prepare 2 tsp cornstarch
Its characteristic orange-red color comes from ketchup, which makes it especially appealing to kids and. In a bowl, combine all marinade ingredients with the pork. Place the corn flour in a large bowl and toss the marinated pork chunks until liberally coated. This sweet and sour pork makes a delicious meal with hot cooked rice.
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
The pork cubes are deep fried and then combined with a delicious sweet and sour sauce and vegetables. It's a classic sweet and sour recipe with peppers and pineapple chunks. Once you hear the pork begin to simmer, remove from the pot and wait a few minutes before continuing to cook. After returning to the pot and the skin begins to have a crispy yet still tender exterior, add sweet and sour sauce and a few ripe tomatoes. Making sweet and sour sauce is easier than you think.
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