Sweet and sour pork
Sweet and sour pork is one of the most widespread and well-known Chinese recipe in the world. Today recipe for those who want to try cook it at home.
Video Recipe:
Ingredients For Sweet and Sour Pork(for 4 persons):
- 350-400 g (12,5- 14 ounces) pork fillet, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 150 g (1 ¼ cup) cornstarch
- 2-3 medium bell peppers different colors (red, orange, yellow, green) pilled and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 cm (½ inch) fresh ginger, pilled and finely sliced
- 1 medium onion, pilled and medium diced
- 3-5 cloves of garlic, pilled and chopped
- 150 g (1 cup) can pineapple chunks, drained off
- 1 medium carrot, pilled and finely sliced
- 4-6 Tablespoon sunflower oil
For marinade:
- 1 yolk
- 2 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 125 ml (½ cup) cold water
For sweet and sour sauce:
- 2-3 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 Tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 Tablespoon sugar
- 2 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoon cold water
- ½ Teaspoon cornstarch
Let’s get started!
- Make marinade. In a medium bowl whisk yolk, soy sauce and water. Place cut meat into a marinade and leave for 30 minutes at the room temperature.
- In half hour coat the pork with cornstarch. Heat 2-4 tablespoons sunflower oil in a large frying pan on high heat and fry pieces of pork about 3-4 minutes each side, until evenly browned. Drain on paper towels.
- Make sweet and sour sauce. In a medium bowl mix together tomato paste, rice vinegar, sugar and soy sauce. In a small bowl mix together ½ teaspoon cornstarch with 1 tablespoon cold water.
- Heat 2 tablespoons sunflower oil in a large frying pan on high heat. Add garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Gradually add onion, ginger, carrot, bell pepper and pineapples. Thoroughly mix and fry for 3-5 minutes. Add sweet and sour sauce, thoroughly mix, reduce the heat to medium and stew for 5-7 minutes. Add water with cornstarch and thoroughly mix. Add meat, mix well and stir until sauce becomes thicker.
- Serve while hot. Sweet and sour pork might be served by itself or with cooked rice or noodles.
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