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By recipetineats.com

Sweet and Sour Pork

Instructions
Prep:20minCook:30min
Recipe video above. The best ever Sweet and Sour Pork recipe is loaded with tricks the Chinese have been using for centuries: double dredgeand double fry for extra crispy, cornflour instead of flour, economical pork used for juiciness, but tenderised with baking soda so you'd swear they're pricey chops, and a sauce that's not sickeningly sweet. Don't let the list of ingredients daunt you. There's a lot of repeat ingredients!OVEN option provided in notes. Because sometimes, you just have to....
Updated at: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:33:33 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
57
Moderate
Glycemic Load
30
High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1209 kcal (60%)
Total Fat106.5 g (152%)
Carbs51.6 g (20%)
Sugars27 g (30%)
Protein14.9 g (30%)
Sodium586.1 mg (29%)
Fiber2 g (7%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

5 servings

400g/14oz pork scotch roast (aka pork neck, collar butt) or shoulder / butt, (cut into 2cm / 4/5" cubes (Note 1))
400gpork scotch roast
aka pork neck, collar butt, or shoulder / butt, cut into 2cm / 4/5" cubes
1/2 onion (, finely grated (Note 2a))
0.5onion
finely grated
1 tsp garlic (, finely grated (Note 2a))
1 tspgarlic
finely grated
1 tsp ginger (, finely grated (Note 2a))
1 tspginger
finely grated
3/8 tsp baking soda (bi-carb) ((Note 2b))
⅜ tspbaking soda
bi-carb
2 tsp cornflour/cornstarch
2 tspcornflour
cornstarch
2 tbsp light soy sauce (, or all purpose (Note 3))
2 Tbsplight soy sauce
or all purpose
5 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch ( - for mixing in)
5 Tbspcornflour
cornstarch, for mixing in
1/2 cup cornflour/cornstarch ( - for Coating)
½ cupcornflour
cornstarch, for coating
2 - 3 cups vegetable or canola oil
2 cupsvegetable oil
or canola
1/3 cup white sugar
⅓ cupwhite sugar
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar ((or 1/4 cup normal white vinegar))
⅓ cupapple cider vinegar
or 1/4 cup normal white vinegar
3 tbsp pineapple juice ((from a 227g/8oz can pineapple pieces in juice, preferably no added sugar, Note 4))
3 Tbsppineapple juice
from a 227g/8oz can pineapple pieces in juice, preferably no added sugar
3 tbsp ketchup ((or Aussie tomato sauce))
3 Tbspketchup
or aussie tomato sauce
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
½ tspworcestershire sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce (, light)
1 Tbspsoy sauce
light
1 tsp Oyster Sauce ((Note 5))
1 tspoyster sauce
4 tsp cornflour/corn starch
4 tspcornflour
corn starch
1/2 cup water
½ cupwater
1 tbsp oil
1 Tbspoil
1 garlic clove (, finely chopped)
1garlic clove
finely chopped
2 tsp ginger (, finely chopped)
2 tspginger
finely chopped
1 onion ((medium), cut into 2.5cm/ 1" cubes (brown, white, yellow))
1onion
medium, cut into 2.5cm/ 1" cubes, brown, white, yellow
1/2 red capsicum/bell pepper ((large), cut into 2.5cm / 1" cubes)
0.5red capsicum
bell pepper, large, cut into 2.5cm / 1" cubes
1/2 green capsicum/bell pepper ((large), cut into 2.5cm / 1" cubes)
0.5green capsicum
bell pepper, large, cut into 2.5cm / 1" cubes
1 cup pineapple pieces ((from the can of pineapple under Sauce))
1 cuppineapple pieces from the can

Instructions

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