How to Prepare Sweet and Sour Pork in 29 Minutes at Home

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, sweet and sour pork. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look 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 is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Sweet and Sour Pork is something that I have loved my entire 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 The pork is coated and fried until crispy, with tons of nooks and crannies that catch the sweet and sour sauce.

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

The ingredients needed to make Sweet and Sour Pork:

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

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

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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