Sweet & Sour Pork (or Chicken)

Name: Sweet & Sour Pork (or Chicken)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 400-500 g Pork Scotch Fillet *block OR steaks; Salt & White Pepper; 3-4 tablespoons Potato Starch; Oil for frying; 1 Onion; 1 Green Capsicum; 1-2 Carrot(s); 1/4 cup Water; 1/4 cup Sake (Rice Wine) *can be replaced with Water; 3 tablespoons Sugar; 3 tablespoons Rice Vinegar; 4 tablespoons Soy Sauce; 2 tablespoons Ketchup; 1 tablespoon Potato Starch

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

‘Sweet & Sour Pork’ is such a popular Chinese dish and there are loads of different recipes. I often come across the dish cooked with pineapple, which I do not like. I never cook meat with fruit. This recipe is based on a recipe I learned in Japan when I was at high school. Pork can be replaced with Chicken or Fish. I have even tried with Tofu, which was quite nice.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

400-500 gPork Scotch Fillet *block OR steaks
Salt & White Pepper
3-4 tablespoonsPotato Starch
Oil for frying
1Onion
1Green Capsicum
1-2Carrot(s)
Sweet & Sour Sauce Ingredients
1/4 cupWater
1/4 cupSake (Rice Wine) *can be replaced with Water
3 tablespoonsSugar
3 tablespoonsRice Vinegar
4 tablespoonsSoy Sauce
2 tablespoonsKetchup
1 tablespoonPotato Starch

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Cut Pork into 2 to 3cm pieces. Place in a large bowl, season with Salt & Pepper. Coat with Potato Starch, then carefully deep fry in hot oil for 2 to 3 minutes until golden. You can fry them in not-so-deep oil in a frying pan if your prefer.
2

Combine all the Sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
3

Cut all vegetables into 2 to 3cm pieces. Carrots need to be pre-cooked. Boil the Carrot pieces in a sauce pan until just cooked and still crunchy, then drain.
4

Heat 1 tablespoon Oil in a frying pan over high heat, cook Onion and Capsicum. When the Onion changed the colour, add pre-cooked Carrot and fried Pork.
5

Stir the sauce well once again and add it to the pan. The sauce will thicken immediately. Stir the mixture to combine well.