Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home
Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home

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Sweet and Sour Pork is a mouthwatering stir-fry of crispy and tender pieces of deep fried pork tenderloin combined with onions, bell peppers and pineapple in a tangy sweet and sour sauce. Adults and kids alike will love it, so skip the soggy takeout and make this classic Chinese dish at home! "My love for Asian cuisines started in my own childhood home kitchen - with the fragrant spices and bold flavours of my mum's homemade curries." My 'how to' guide to the ultimate sweet and sour pork. Twice-cooked pork, chunky veg and pops of pineapple.no heavy, stodgy batter.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook tender authentic sweet and sour pork at home using 22 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home:
  1. Get 250 grams Thinly sliced pork belly
  2. Get 3 large Dried shiitake mushrooms
  3. Get 1 Carrot
  4. Make ready 4 Green peppers
  5. Make ready 1 Onion
  6. Make ready 125 grams Bamboo shoots (in water)
  7. Prepare 1 dash less than 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
  8. Prepare For marinating:
  9. Make ready 1 tbsp ◎Sake
  10. Get 2 tbsp ◎Soy sauce
  11. Take 1 1/2 tsp ◎Grated ginger
  12. Get 1 tbsp ◎Katakuriko
  13. Get Combined seasoning ingredients:
  14. Take 4 tbsp ★Sugar
  15. Make ready 4 tbsp ★Soy sauce
  16. Make ready 2 1/2 tbsp ★Vinegar
  17. Make ready 1 tbsp ★Ketchup
  18. Prepare 300 ml ★The soaking water from the dried shiitake mushrooms
  19. Prepare 1 tsp ★Chicken stock granules
  20. Take For the katakuriko slurry:
  21. Get 1 tbsp ☆Katakuriko
  22. Make ready 2 tbsp ☆Water

Sweet and sour pork 咕噜肉/咕老肉 is the traditional Chinese cuisine with a universal appeal. It is easy to prepare, kids friendly, which is perfect. Cantonese-style sweet and sour pork is a surprisingly easy dish to make. It uses basic ingredients and uses simple wok technique.

Instructions to make Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home:
  1. Place the shiitake mushrooms into a heatproof dish. Add enough water to cover them, and microwave for 3 minutes to rehydrate. You will use the soaking water later, so please don't throw it away!
  2. Cut the thinly sliced pork belly into 10 cm lengths, and roll them up by hand. Place them back onto the meat tray.
  3. Marinate the Step 2 meat with the ◎ ingredients.
  4. Cut the carrot into pieces, and microwave for about 3 minutes at 500 W. When you are cutting the thick part, cut into 4 portions lengthwise, then cut into pieces to match the size.
  5. Cut the bamboo shoots into the size of the carrot pieces, and microwave for about 3 minutes at 500 W. Parboil them briefly if you can. It will add more flavor.
  6. Cut the onion in half horizontally, remove the core, and cut into about 2 cm wide wedges.
  7. Remove the stems and seeds from the green peppers. Cut lengthwise into 1.5 cm wide strips, then cut into the same length as the onion.
  8. Lightly squeeze the water out from the rehydrated shiitake mushrooms (Step 1), and cut into the same size as the onion.
  9. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, and pan fry the Step 3 meat.
  10. In the mean time, combine the flavoring ingredients. When you don't have enough shiitake mushroom soaking water, add more water.
  11. When the pork is cooked, add the shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and onion, then stir-fry. Start stir-frying from the ingredients that take longer to cook through.
  12. After a little while, add the carrot and green peppers, and continue stir-frying.
  13. Continue stir-frying until the edges of the onion are little bit browned as shown in the picture.
  14. Mix in the combined flavouring ingredients, and bring to a boil.
  15. Stir in the katakuriko slurry, and mix well.
  16. Serve on a plate, and done.

Sweet and sour pork gets a bad rap for being a non-authentic Westernised imitation of Chinese food, but it is actually a very common dish in modern Cantonese. Chef John's sweet and sour pork with pineapple and green onions is a lighter version of the Chinese take-out classic. I wouldnt change a thing in this recipe- EXCELLENT EXCELLENT- tender, tangy, incredible- this is now going to be a part of the monthly rotation!!! For the sauce, place a frying pan over a medium heat and add the oil. Sweet and Sour Pork - The secret to this popular Chinese recipe is in the sweet tangy sauce.

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