Easy Sweet and Sour Pork
Sweet and sour pork is one of my favourite Chinese takeaway meals to make at home. It's budget friendly and super easy to make using just a few ingredients.
Ingredients
Marinade
- 800 grams pork, diced I use pork loin
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chinese cooking wine
- ½ cup cornflour
Frying
- 2 cups vegetable oil
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- 1 brown onion, diced
- 1 whole capsicum, diced half red and half green
- ¼ cup tomato sauce
- ¼ cup caster sugar
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons corn flour
- 1 tin diced pineapple in juice
To Serve
- cooked rice
Instructions
Marinade
- In a bowl, add diced pork and all of the marinade ingredients and stir well. Place the pork in the fridge for an hour or overnight if you have time.
Frying
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large frypan or pot to 180 degrees.
- Deep fry the pork pieces in batches for around 5 minutes or until cooked through and set aside.
Sauce
- In a bowl, mix together tomato sauce, caster sugar, water, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce and cornflour.
- Using a large frypan on a medium high heat. Fry the onion and capsicum for around 3 minutes until browned and softened.
- Add the sauce ingredients to the frypan with the whole tin of pineapple (juice included) and stir. Allow to come to a simmer for around 5 minutes to thicken.
- Add the pork to the pan and mix through to cover in the sauce.
- Serve over white rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 884kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 68gFat: 53gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 23gCholesterol: 181mgSodium: 994mgPotassium: 1130mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 109IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 71mgIron: 3mg
The nutritional information provided is computer generated and is only an estimate. This data is provided as a courtesy for informational purposes only.
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