Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple
菠萝咕咾肉
Double-fried pork is tossed with pineapple, peppers and onion in a sweet-sour tomato sauce.
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English adaptation and editing of authorized supplied recipes: Chinese Home Cooking.
Ingredients
Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.
- pork shoulder (梅花肉)
- pineapple
- green pepper
- red pepper
- onion
- a littlesalt
- a littlepepper
- 1egg yolk
- 2 spoonfulssweet potato starch
- cooking oil
- 1 spoonfullight soy sauce
- 2 spoonfulswhite vinegar
- 3 spoonfulssugar
- 4 spoonfulstomato sauce (番茄酱)
- 5 spoonfulswater
Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 01
Cut the pork into large chunks and marinate with a little salt and pepper for 20 minutes. Mix in the egg yolk and sweet potato starch.
- 02
Fry the pork until the coating sets, remove it, then fry again in hotter oil until golden and crisp.
- 03
Boil the light soy sauce, white vinegar, sugar, tomato sauce and water over high heat until thick.
- 04
Add pineapple, green pepper, red pepper and onion and toss. Add the fried pork and toss over high heat to coat.
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Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple
Double-fried pork is tossed with pineapple, peppers and onion in a sweet-sour tomato sauce.
Ingredients
- pork shoulder (梅花肉)
- pineapple
- green pepper
- red pepper
- onion
- a littlesalt
- a littlepepper
- 1egg yolk
- 2 spoonfulssweet potato starch
- cooking oil
- 1 spoonfullight soy sauce
- 2 spoonfulswhite vinegar
- 3 spoonfulssugar
- 4 spoonfulstomato sauce (番茄酱)
- 5 spoonfulswater
Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.
Method
- 01
Cut the pork into large chunks and marinate with a little salt and pepper for 20 minutes. Mix in the egg yolk and sweet potato starch.
- 02
Fry the pork until the coating sets, remove it, then fry again in hotter oil until golden and crisp.
- 03
Boil the light soy sauce, white vinegar, sugar, tomato sauce and water over high heat until thick.
- 04
Add pineapple, green pepper, red pepper and onion and toss. Add the fried pork and toss over high heat to coat.
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