Sweet And Sour Pork
From 55to64 15 years agoIngredients
- 3/4 pound pork, cut into 1 inch cubes shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon white sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce shopping list
- 1 egg white shopping list
- 2 green onions, chopped shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger shopping list
- vegetable oil for frying shopping list
- 1/2 cup cornstarch shopping list
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil shopping list
- 1 medium green bell pepper, cut into 1” pieces shopping list
- 1/2 large onion, cut into wedges shopping list
- 1 roma tomato, cut into eight wedges shopping list
- Sauce: shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup white sugar (depending on how sweet you like the sauce) shopping list
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup rice vinegar (depending on how sour your like the sauce) shopping list
- 1/4 cup ketchup shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce shopping list
- 1 cup pineapple chunks with natural juice, preferably not syrup shopping list
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch shopping list
- 1/4 cup water shopping list
- 2 green onions cut diagonally in 1 inch pieces (for garnish) shopping list
How to make it
- Place salt, sugar, soy sauce, egg white, chopped green onions, garlic, and ginger in a bowl. Whisk together until egg white is slightly foamy. Add pork cut into 1 inch cubes. Marinate for at least one hour stirring often.
- Put about 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Heat over medium high heat. Add onions and green pepper. Sauté until the vegetables are cooked through, but still crisp. Remove from the pan. Put the vegetables to the side with the tomato.
- Make the sweet/sour sauce: In a saucepan, mix water, salt, sugar, vinegar, ketchup and soy sauce. Bring to a simmer. Set aside. Make a slurry of cornstarch with 1/4 cup water. Set aside. (A slurry is a combination of cornstarch and cool water. It is a common thickener for Chinese cuisine.)
- Coat the pork with cornstarch, and fry in ta few tablespoons of oil until evenly browned. Drain on paper towels.
- Wipe out the frying pan. Add a tablespoon of oil. Combine the vegetables and pork including the tomato wedges. Heat thoroughly.
- Reheat the sauce adding in the pineapple. When simmering, add the slurry and simmer until thickened.
- Place pork and vegetables in a serving dish. Pour sauce and pineapple on top. Serve very hot over white rice. Garnish pork with green onions
- Serve over white rice.
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