
A pork dish from the Chinese kitchen.
Ingredients
- 200g Pork
- 1 Egg
- Dash Water
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 10g Soy Sauce
- 10g Starch
- 30g Tomato Puree
- 10g Vinegar
- Dash Coriander
Method
- Preparation
- Crack the egg into a bowl. Separate the egg white and yolk.
- Sweet and Sour Pork
- Slice the pork tenderloin into strips.
- Prepare the marinade using a pinch of salt, one teaspoon of starch, two teaspoons of light soy sauce, and an egg white.
- Marinade the pork strips for about 20 minutes.
- Put the remaining starch in a bowl. Add some water and vinegar to make a starchy sauce.
- Sweet and Sour Pork Cooking Instructions
- Pour the cooking oil into a wok and heat to 190°C (375°F). Add the marinated pork strips and fry them until they turn brown. Remove the cooked pork from the wok and place on a plate.
- Leave some oil in the wok. Put the tomato sauce and white sugar into the wok, and heat until the oil and sauce are fully combined.
- Add some water to the wok and thoroughly heat the sweet and sour sauce before adding the pork strips to it.
- Pour in the starchy sauce. Stir-fry all the ingredients until the pork and sauce are thoroughly mixed together.
- Serve on a plate and add some coriander for decoration.
Source
This recipe is adapted from TheMealDB (id 52949), a free community-curated recipe API. Original listing: themealdb.com.
A walkthrough video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdaBIhgEAMo.
Original source noted by the contributor: https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-food/cooking/sweet-sour-pork.htm.
Estimated by AI from the ingredient list. Values are approximate and not medical advice. If you have specific dietary requirements, verify with a registered dietitian or trusted nutrition database.
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