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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 Feb 2025 11:38:42 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
400gpork scotch roast
aka pork neck, collar butt, or shoulder / butt, cut into 2cm / 4/5" cubes
0.5onion
finely grated
1 tspgarlic
finely grated
1 tspginger
finely grated
⅜ tspbaking soda
bi-carb
2 tspcornflour
cornstarch
2 Tbsplight soy sauce
or all purpose
5 Tbspcornflour
cornstarch, for mixing in
½ cupcornflour
cornstarch, for coating
2 cupsvegetable oil
or canola
⅓ cupwhite sugar
⅓ cupapple cider vinegar
or 1/4 cup normal white vinegar
3 Tbsppineapple juice
from a 227g/8oz can pineapple pieces in juice, preferably no added sugar
3 Tbspketchup
or aussie tomato sauce
½ tspworcestershire sauce
1 Tbspsoy sauce
light
1 tspoyster sauce
4 tspcornflour
corn starch
½ cupwater
1 Tbspoil
1garlic clove
finely chopped
2 tspginger
finely chopped
1onion
medium, cut into 2.5cm/ 1" cubes, brown, white, yellow
0.5red capsicum
bell pepper, large, cut into 2.5cm / 1" cubes
0.5green capsicum
bell pepper, large, cut into 2.5cm / 1" cubes
1 cuppineapple pieces from the can
Instructions
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