Sweet and Sour Pork

This is version takes quite a long time but it does have a fresh healthy taste. I am also working on different versions which I will blog about later if and when I am happy with them.

Ingredients

1 kg of pork Fillet cute into 1 inch  / 2.5 cm cubes
Cornflour to coat the meat

Marinade

2 teaspoons of soft brown sugar
Egg Yolk
3 Tbsp of Dark Soy sauce
3 Tbsp of Rice wine
Make sure the Dark soy sauce and Rice wine covers the meat in equal quanties.

Veg

1 Red pepper ,deseeded ,  cut in to strips and then cut into diamond shaped
1 cucumber skinned and deseeded and cut into   diagonal pieces
2 celery sticks   chopped into diagnoal pieces
125g of Button mushrooms   quartered
1 Large onion cut into 1 cm chunks
400g of Pineapple cut into 1 inch  slices

Sauce

150 ml of Rice vinegar
200 ml of Chicken stock
2 Tablespoons of  Tomato sauce
1 head tablespoon of cornflour  mixed with water to  form the consistency of cream.

Method

1)  Chop the pork up into cubes and make up the marinade and leave your meat to rest for at least an hour.
2) Chop your vegetables
3) Make your sauce up
4)  Fry the pork  in batches should take about 8-10 minutes  then leave to drain on paper
5) Then stir fry the Onions , Celery and Red pepper for 4 minutes, then add the mushrooms for 2 minutes ,Pineapple for 1 minute and Cucumber for 1 minute.
6)  Add the sauce and bring to the boil
7) Then add the pork to heat through , 2-3 minutes
8) Serve with rice

Sweet and Sour Pork

Sweet and Sour Pork with Rice

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