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Crispy Pork Slices with Tomato Sweet-Sour Sauce

Name: Crispy Pork Slices with Tomato Sweet-Sour Sauce
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300 g pork tenderloin; 200 g potato starch; 100 g apple cider vinegar; 40 g white vinegar; 60 g sugar; 80 g tomato sauce (番茄酱); 20 g light soy sauce; cilantro; shredded carrot; a little salt; a little oil; water; cooking oil for frying

番茄锅包肉

Crisp pork slices are coated in a tomato sweet-sour sauce with apple cider vinegar, cilantro and carrot.

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Published 2026-10-12

English adaptation and editing of authorized supplied recipes: Chinese Home Cooking.

Crispy orange-coated pork slices topped with thin carrot strips and cilantro in a dark pan. — Crispy Pork Slices with Tomato Sweet-Sour Sauce

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

300 gpork tenderloin
200 gpotato starch
100 gapple cider vinegar
40 gwhite vinegar
60 gsugar
80 gtomato sauce (番茄酱)
20 glight soy sauce
cilantro
shredded carrot
a littlesalt
a littleoil
water
cooking oil for frying

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Cut the pork into broad slices, mix with a little salt and oil, and marinate for 10 minutes.
02
Soak the potato starch in water for 10 minutes. Pour off the extra water and mix the pork into the wet starch so every slice is coated.
03
Fry the pork in hot oil at the source's seven-tenths-hot stage until the coating sets. Remove, heat the oil further and fry again until golden.
04
Boil the apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, sugar, tomato sauce and light soy sauce over high heat until thick. Add the pork and toss, then add cilantro and shredded carrot and toss again.

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Cooking Method

Frying

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