Name: Sweet and Sour Pork recipe
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: asian, chinese
Ingredients: 600 g diced pork fat trimmed; 1 cup cornflour; 1 tbs oil; 2 tsp sugar; 1 1/2 tbs soy sauce; 1 egg yolks; 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 onion sliced; 1 celery stick sliced; 1 capsicum cut into pieces; 1 carrot thinly sliced; 400 g canned pineapple reserve liquid; 1/4 cup white vinegar; 2 tbs tomato sauce; 1 cup water; 1 chicken stock cube; 1 1/2 tbs cornflour

by TrishJ Last updated on 07/09/2019

This dish is very nice served with rice. - TrishJ

Ingredients

600 g diced pork fat trimmed
1 cup cornflour
1 tbs oil

Marinade

2 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tbs soy sauce
1 egg yolks
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Vegetables

1 onion sliced
1 celery stick sliced
1 capsicum cut into pieces
1 carrot thinly sliced
400 g canned pineapple reserve liquid

Sauce

1/4 cup white vinegar
2 tbs tomato sauce
1 cup water
1 chicken stock cube
1 1/2 tbs cornflour

Method

Step 1

Put meat in marinade for at least 1 hour. Stir and coat the meat with the marinade occasionally.
Step 2

Drain meat and reserve any leftover marinade.
Step 3

Toss meat in cornflour.
Step 4

Heat oil and cook meat until browned. Remove from pan.
Step 5

Vegetables: Saute onion, celery, capsicum and carrot. Add drained pineapple.
Step 6

Mix sauce ingredients, reserved liquid from canned pineapple and leftover marinade then add to vegetables.
Step 7

Stir then add cooked meat. Heat through and serve.

Equipment

1 frying pan

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

Although this recipe looks like a lot of things to do it really isn't and is well worth any bother. I'm sure you will enjoy it as well! Sometimes I add Pandaroo brand 'Chow Mein Chinese Noodles' to the wok near the end of cooking.