Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe
 
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Filipino, Asian
Serves: 5 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 lb pork shoulder cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 large green pepper
  • 1 large red bell pepper
  • 1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks
  • 1 medium onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 cups canola oil or any other vegetable oil
  • For marinade:
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • ¼ tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 egg
  • For the batter:
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • For sweet and sour sauce:
  • Juice from drained pineapple chunks
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup white distilled vinegar
  • ¼ cup tomato ketchup
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch (for thickening)
Instructions
  1. In a medium mixing bowl, add all the ingredients for marinade: soy sauce, sugar, black pepper, and 1 egg. Use a fork to beat the egg and mix with the rest of the ingredients.
  2. Add sliced pork and mix with the marinade. Set aside for at least 30 minutes.
  3. In a medium bowl, drain pineapple juice. Set aside the pineapple chunks for later. Add the rest of the ingredients for making the sweet and sour sauce (check the ingredients list above). Stir and set aside.
  4. Prepare the rest of the ingredients for sautéing.
  5. a. Core bell peppers to discard the seeds and slice into triangles or squares.
  6. b. Peel onion, and cut into chunks.
  7. c. Smash garlic with the side of the knife. Peel and mince afterwards.
  8. Prepare breading for the meat by combining flour and cornstarch in a bowl. Coat each pork slice with the breading and set aside for frying.
  9. In a frying pan, heat 2 cups of oil until it gets very hot. Deep fry breaded pork slices until they’re golden brown, about 3-4 minutes. Do not fry all of them at once but do it in 2-3 batches so they cook evenly and the pan doesn’t get over crowded. Transfer fried pork pieces onto a plate.
  10. Heat a large skillet or cooking pan over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of oil from the frying pan in step 6.
  11. Saute onions and garlic until onions get translucent and garlic has browned a bit, about 2-3 minutes.
  12. Throw in the bell peppers and sauté for another 2 minutes.
  13. Add the pineapple chunks and sauté for another minute.
  14. Pour in the sweet and sour sauce. Also add the fried pork pieces and bring pot to a boil.
  15. Once it boils, turn down the heat a little and simmer for 3-4 minutes to further soften the bell peppers and for the sauce to thicken a bit.
  16. Remove from heat and serve, preferably with warm boiled white rice.
Recipe by Russian Filipino Kitchen at http://www.russianfilipinokitchen.com/2015/01/03/sweet-and-sour-pork-recipe/