This Sweet and Sour Pork recipe is as authentic as you can get to Chinese take out at home. It’s absolutely delicious. It is also very simple.
Don’t leave the cornstarch out of the marinade.
Cornstarch is a common marinade ingredient in Chinese cooking and gives the meat a velvety texture.
This recipe takes some time but it’s totally worth it! Give it a try.
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Sweet And Sour Pork Recipe
Sweet and Sour Pork
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Just a little time consuming to make but definitely worth the effort!
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: Sweet and Sour Pork
Servings: 4
Calories: 325 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb pork tenderloin
- 2 green peppers
- 4 slices pineapple
- 6 cups peanut oil
Pork Marinade
- 2 teaspoon salt to marinate pork
- 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- 1 egg yolk
Sauce
- 3 tablespoons vinegar Seasoning Sauce
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 4 tablespoons tomato catsup
- 4 tablespoons cold water
- 3 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Make the marinade by mixing all the ingredients together thoroughly. Do the same with the sauce ingredients.
- Pound pork with the back of a cleaver (this is to tenderize the pork), and then cut into 1-inch squares.
- Soak with marinade for at least half an hour.
- Cut the green pepper into halves, remove seeds and membrane, and cut into 1" squares.
- Next cut 4 slices of pineapple into the same size squares.
- Set aside.
- Heat 6 cups oil.
- While oil is heating, coat each piece of pork in cornstarch.
- When oil is ready, fry pork until brown and done (about 2 minutes), take out, reheat oil then fry once more until crispy. Remove pork and drain off oil from frying pan.
- Pour out the oil and put back 2 Tablespoons; fry the green pepper and pineapple, stirring constantly. Add the seasoning sauce continuing to stir fry, until thickened.
- Turn off the heat.
- Add the pork, mix well and serve immediately.
Serve over rice!
Enjoy!
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Recipe based on one by LR Beckwith
Photo by Peter J.