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Sweet and sour pork is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Sweet and sour pork is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine 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 The pork is coated and fried until crispy, with tons of nooks and crannies that catch the sweet and sour sauce.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook sweet and sour pork using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet and sour pork:
- Make ready Pork
- Prepare 2 lb pork, boned and trimmed, cut into chunks
- Take 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Make ready 2 clove garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 inch ginger, minced
- Take 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- Take 1 red bell pepper, julianned
- Make ready 1 small onion, chopped
- Take 2 cup vegetable oil, for frying
- Get 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Make ready Sauce
- Get 1/2 cup ketchup
- Prepare 1/2 cup vinegar
- Prepare 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Take 1 cup sugar
- Get 1 1/2 cup orange marmalade
- Take 2 clove garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 inch ginger, minced
- Get 1 tsp chili oil
- Make ready 1 can crushed pineapple, with juice
- Prepare 4 tbsp cornstarch
- Make ready 4 tbsp water
- Take Garnish
- Prepare 3 stick scallion, julianned
Its characteristic orange-red color comes from ketchup, which makes it especially appealing to kids and. 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. If you order sweet and sour pork from a Chinese restaurant, then you might remember that the pork is often heavily fried in oil before tossing with the sauce. In this recipe, the pork is fried in a very small amount of oil.
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