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Recipe·~45 min·dairy-freenut-free

Sweet and Sour Pork

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

  1. Preparation
  2. Crack the egg into a bowl. Separate the egg white and yolk.
  3. Sweet and Sour Pork
  4. Slice the pork tenderloin into strips.
  5. Prepare the marinade using a pinch of salt, one teaspoon of starch, two teaspoons of light soy sauce, and an egg white.
  6. Marinade the pork strips for about 20 minutes.
  7. Put the remaining starch in a bowl. Add some water and vinegar to make a starchy sauce.
  8. Sweet and Sour Pork Cooking Instructions
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Add some water to the wok and thoroughly heat the sweet and sour sauce before adding the pork strips to it.
  12. Pour in the starchy sauce. Stir-fry all the ingredients until the pork and sauce are thoroughly mixed together.
  13. 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.

Per serving
Estimate · medium confidence
Servings1
280kcal
Calories
23g
Protein
12g
Carbs
15g
Fat
0.5 g
Fiber
4.0 g
Sugar
900 mg
Sodium
Iron8%
Calcium2%
Vitamin D3%
Vitamin C3%
Vitamin B1233%
Potassium10%

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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