Sweet and Sour Pork

Name: Sweet and Sour Pork
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 125 ml Honey; 90 ml Rice Vinegar; 60 ml Soy Sauce; 70 g Tamato Paste; 15 ml Cornstarch; 30 ml Water; 700 g Pork Fillet, cubed; 5 ml Salt, devided; 2 ml Black Pepper, devided; 360 ml Rice Flour; 120 ml Cornstarch; 4 Eggs; 500 ml Oil; 15 ml Sesame Seeds Oil; 15 ml Minced Garlic; 1 Onion, roughly chopped; 1 Red Bell Pepper, roughly chopped; 1 Green Bell Pepper, roughly chopped; 1 can Pinapple Pieces, drained; 30 ml Green Onion, sliced; 2,5 ml Sesame Seeds

Sean Strydom @Sean_Strydom

Port Elizabeth

Sweet and Sour Pork

Sean Strydom @Sean_Strydom

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Ingredients

Sweet and Sour Sauce
125 mlHoney
90 mlRice Vinegar
60 mlSoy Sauce
70 gTamato Paste
15 mlCornstarch
30 mlWater
Pork
700 gPork Fillet, cubed
5 mlSalt, devided
2 mlBlack Pepper, devided
360 mlRice Flour
120 mlCornstarch
4Eggs
500 mlOil
15 mlSesame Seeds Oil
15 mlMinced Garlic
1Onion, roughly chopped
1Red Bell Pepper, roughly chopped
1Green Bell Pepper, roughly chopped
1 canPinapple Pieces, drained
30 mlGreen Onion, sliced
2,5 mlSesame Seeds

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Steps

1

Sweet and Sour Sauce:
Combine the Honey, Rice Vinegar, Soy Sauce, and Tomato Paste. In a separate bowl, combine the Cornstarch and Water to make a slurry. Set both aside.
2

Season the Pork with 2,5 ml Salt and 1 ml Pepper.
3

In a shallow dish, combine the Flour and 60 ml Cornstarch. In a separate shallow dish, whisk the Eggs in a separate dish.
4

Coat the Pork cubes first in the flour mixture before dipping them into eggs, then again in the flour mixture.
5

Heat 2 cups of oil in a wok. Once the oil is hot, fry the pork in batches until a little crispy. Place on kitchen towel and set aside.
6

Discard the frying oil and wipe clean the wok. Heat wok over medium-high heat and add in 15 ml Sesame Oil.
7

Add the Garlic and Onions, stir-fry for half a minute. Add in the Red and Green Bell Peppers, and stir-fry for a minute. Finally add in the Pineapple and stir-fry for another minute.
8

Preheat the airfrier, airfry the Pork till cooked through.
9

Add he sweet and sour sauce to the wok. Stir to combine and allow the sauce to come to a boil. Reduce heat and wait for the Airfrier to finish.
10

Add the Pork and stir to combine. Add syrup from Pineapple can if you need a more a less viscose sauce.
Stir the cornstarch slurry and then add it to the pan, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens.
11

Garnish the sweet and sour pork with Spring Onion and Sesame Seeds and serve over steamed rice.