Sweet & Sour Pork
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
Meat:1 lb. port (lean)or your choice of meat.1 eggsalt, pepper1 tablespoon Soy sauce1 tablespoon rice wine1 tablespoon Crushed garlic and ginger1 tablespoon corn flour1 tablespoon flourPinch of dried, grinded chili - optionaloil for fryingSauce:1 pineapple -or- 4 oz. Chinese mixed pickles1 grated carrot1 green bell pepper finely chopped2 tablespoons rice wine2 teaspoons lemon juice1 1/2 tablespoons cane or brown sugar1/2 tablespoon tomato sauce1 dessertspoon corn flour1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce1 tablespoon sherry1 tablespoon fish sauceDried or grinded chili quantity is your choice6 spring onions finely chopped (leave for garnishing)some watersalt and pepper to taste
Skin the pork and cut into 1-inch cubes or strips, season with rest of ingredients and must be thick and sticky. Let it marinade while you do the sauce.
Dice the pineapple or, if pickles are used, chop them finely. Fry pineapple (or pickles) carrot, green bell pepper in very little oil. Mix the rest of the ingredients except corn flour and a little water together. Stir, and add mixture to the fried pineapple. Simmer gently for 15 minutes, stirring all the time. Mix corn flour with a little water, if the sauce becomes too thick, add a little more water. At the last moment, add chopped spring onions and pour this sauce over the pork.
Dip marinated meat into corn flour (allowing more for this operation) and deep fry in oil. The pork is cooked when it rises to the surface and acquires a lovely, golden color. Heap on a dish and serve covered with sweet and sour sauce.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user APPLEMAMA.
Dice the pineapple or, if pickles are used, chop them finely. Fry pineapple (or pickles) carrot, green bell pepper in very little oil. Mix the rest of the ingredients except corn flour and a little water together. Stir, and add mixture to the fried pineapple. Simmer gently for 15 minutes, stirring all the time. Mix corn flour with a little water, if the sauce becomes too thick, add a little more water. At the last moment, add chopped spring onions and pour this sauce over the pork.
Dip marinated meat into corn flour (allowing more for this operation) and deep fry in oil. The pork is cooked when it rises to the surface and acquires a lovely, golden color. Heap on a dish and serve covered with sweet and sour sauce.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user APPLEMAMA.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 221.1
- Total Fat: 12.0 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 65.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 21.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
- Protein: 7.2 g
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