Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, sweet and sour pork. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Sweet and sour pork is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Sweet and sour pork is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
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 recipe.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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:
- Take Pork
- Prepare 2 lb pork, boned and trimmed, cut into chunks
- Prepare 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Take 2 clove garlic, minced
- Get 1 inch ginger, minced
- Take 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 red bell pepper, julianned
- Take 1 small onion, chopped
- Prepare 2 cup vegetable oil, for frying
- Take 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Get Sauce
- Prepare 1/2 cup ketchup
- Make ready 1/2 cup vinegar
- Get 1/2 cup water
- Get 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1 cup sugar
- Take 1 1/2 cup orange marmalade
- Get 2 clove garlic, minced
- Take 1 inch ginger, minced
- Get 1 tsp chili oil
- Get 1 can crushed pineapple, with juice
- Make ready 4 tbsp cornstarch
- Take 4 tbsp water
- Get Garnish
- Make ready 3 stick scallion, julianned
Its characteristic orange-red color comes from ketchup, which makes it especially appealing to kids and. In a bowl, combine all marinade ingredients with the pork. Place the corn flour in a large bowl and toss the marinated pork chunks until liberally coated. This sweet and sour pork makes a delicious meal with hot cooked rice.
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.
The pork cubes are deep fried and then combined with a delicious sweet and sour sauce and vegetables. It's a classic sweet and sour recipe with peppers and pineapple chunks. Once you hear the pork begin to simmer, remove from the pot and wait a few minutes before continuing to cook. After returning to the pot and the skin begins to have a crispy yet still tender exterior, add sweet and sour sauce and a few ripe tomatoes. Making sweet and sour sauce is easier than you think.
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