How To Cook Sweet And Sour Pork

Sweet and Sour Pork

Sweet and Sour Pork is a favorite dish every time when eating in a Chinese Restaurant but we rarely go to restaurants nowadays to dine or eat unlike before so knowing how to cook sweet and sour pork at home is a welcome ability. This dish is really nice because of the melding of sweet and sour tastes incorporated with crispy fried pork morsels together with our favorite pineapple tidbits, sweet and sour sauce and the usual vegetables like carrot, red and green pepper with the delightful Chinese taste of sesame oil. Here's how I prepared this Sweet and Sour Pork home style using simple ingredients already available in my kitchen.


Ingredients

500 grams pork shoulder, skins removed and sliced half inch thin
1 Tablespoon garlic, sliced
1 Tablespoon fresh ginger, finely sliced
2 medium onions, cubed
1 piece carrot, cut into flowers
1 large green pepper
1 large red pepper
1 medium can pineapple chunks,  drained


Marinade for Pork

1 egg white
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon Chinese wine


Sauce Ingredients

1/2 cup tomato catsup
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon cornstarch, dissolved in
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon sesame oil (to be added last)


Procedure

Marinate the pork slices in the marinade ingredients for at least 30 minutes. Heat 2 cups oil in the frying pan or wok and fry the pork slices until golden brown and crispy on the outside. Remove and set aside.

Leave some oil in the wok and stir fry all the garlic, onions, ginger, red and and green peppers, remove.

In the same wok add in the sauce ingredients mixing well then bring to boil, add the fried pork pieces, the stir-fried vegetables and the pineapple chunks. Continue mixing and stir frying everything until all the morsels are covered with the sauce.

Add the sesame oil before serving on a nice serving dish.

Enjoy with Steamed Rice!