Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork (凤梨咕老肉)

Excitingly presenting my signature dish – Sweet and Sour Pork, perfect for the whole family!

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An Easy to Made Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

Unlike curry or sambal paste, there’s no need for blending or an extra frying process for the sweet and sour sauce. Even though ready-packed sweet and sour sauce is readily available, it’s delightful to know that a delicious homemade version is easy to whip up. Prepare an authentic sweet and sour pork dish at home in just minutes; I spent 10 minutes (excluding a 15-minute marinating time).

As mentioned earlier, creating sweet & sour sauced dishes is my specialty. I encourage you to try my recipe. In this version, I used button mushrooms and skipped green capsicum, as my family isn’t fond of it. Adding button mushrooms was a nod to my mother’s preference. The dish turned out exceptionally well! Additionally, I omitted carrot slices this time, as they require extra time (5 minutes) to cook and soften. Since I had carrots in my soup, skipping them in this recipe worked perfectly.

Sweet And Sour Pork Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you need to prepare for this dish

• 300g lean pork (shoulder part), cut into cube-sized
• 2 small fresh tomatoes, wedged (choose not so ripe ones)
• 2 wedges of honey pineapple, thin sliced
• 1 small onion, cut into small pieces
• 1 clove of garlic, chopped
• 1 cup of cornflour
• 1 cup of oil (for frying purpose)

Marination

• 2 tablespoon of light soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of Shao Hsing Hua Diao Wine
• 1 large egg

Sauces

• 6 tablespoon of tomato sauce
• 3 tablespoon of sugar
• 4 tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon of white vinegar
• Pinch of salt

Cooking the Sweet and Sour Pork Method : Recipe

1) Season pork cubes with light soy sauce and Hua Diao Wine. Add in egg, and combine well. Keep in the refrigerator, and marinate for at least 15 min. I marinated the pork since morning, before I left for work.

2) Prepare sauce in a bowl. Add all sauce ingredients in the bowl. Stir and mix well. Set aside.

3) Coat marinated pork cubes with cornstarch. Make sure all sides of pork cubes are well covered with thick flour.

4) Heat wok with oil over high heat or use deep-fryer. Deep-fry pork for 5 min, or until crisped and golden browned. Remove from wok, and drain on kitchen towel. Reserve for later.

5) Clean wok. Heat wok with 1 teaspoon of oil, stir-fry chopped garlic till fragrant. Add spring onion, tomatoes and pineapples, sauté for 2 min.

6) Return fried pork cubes to the wok, and pour in sauce mixture. Stir-fry to combine well. Fry all ingredients briefly over high heat, for 1 min. Serve.

Calories of this dish – 380 kcal for a decent portion.
If you prefer fattier meat like 3-layer pork, anticipate around 550 kcal.

Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork (凤梨咕老肉) Tips

• For a thicker sauce, use a cornstarch slurry to avoid a watery gravy.
• Enhance crispiness by double-frying pork cubes over high heat for 1 – 3 minutes if time allows.
• Avoid overcooking side ingredients to preserve freshness and natural colors; they will be cooked and tender enough.
• Ensure the oil is hot at the correct temperature and enough to cover flour-coated pork. This prevents the outer layer from turning soft and gluey.
• Keep the flame at medium-high for ‘moist inside and golden brown outside,’ taking no more than 5 minutes for frying.
• Cut pork cubes in uniform size for better control during frying.

Hope you like cooking this dish and may your family also love this dish too :)

If you like this dish, you might also like my other Pork related dishes

Steamed Minced Pork with Mei Cai (Preserved Vegetable) 梅菜蒸肉饼

Crackling Roast Pork (Siu Bak) 香脆烧肉

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