Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, sweet and sour pork. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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.
Sweet and sour pork is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Sweet and sour pork is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sweet and sour pork using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and sour pork:
- Prepare Pork
- Get 2 lb pork, boned and trimmed, cut into chunks
- Prepare 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Take 2 clove garlic, minced
- Get 1 inch ginger, minced
- Make ready 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- Get 1 red bell pepper, julianned
- Take 1 small onion, chopped
- Make ready 2 cup vegetable oil, for frying
- Make ready 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Prepare Sauce
- Get 1/2 cup ketchup
- Get 1/2 cup vinegar
- Get 1/2 cup water
- Prepare 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Make ready 1 cup sugar
- Get 1 1/2 cup orange marmalade
- Prepare 2 clove garlic, minced
- Get 1 inch ginger, minced
- Get 1 tsp chili oil
- Take 1 can crushed pineapple, with juice
- Make ready 4 tbsp cornstarch
- Get 4 tbsp water
- Prepare Garnish
- Prepare 3 stick scallion, julianned
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:
- Seal pork chunks in a bag or glass bowl along with soy sauce, garlic, ginger and oil. Let marinade for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make sweet and sour sauce. Add all the sauce ingredients into a sauce pot, except for starch and 4tbsp of water. Bring to a boil. Meanwhile, mix cornstarch and water together to be used as a thickener. Once sauce has begun to boil, add the thickener and then lower heat to simmer. Stir frequently until sauce is nice and thick and all ingredients are well combined.
- Heat oil in dutch oven to 350'F.
- Coat the marinated pork in the cornstarch so that the pork will be crispy after frying. Fry half of the pork in the hot oil. Then remove and fry the other half.
- Last, heat a pan along with two tablespoons of the oil from the dutch oven. Then add onions and peppers. Sautee for until onions are translucent. Then add the pork and sauce. Mix well.
- Serve with scallions on top.
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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