Sweet & Sour Pork
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
Pork
- 450 g pork leg steak
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp white pepper or black pepper
- ½ tsp Chinese five-spice
Vegetables
- 1 red pepper chunky pieces
- 1 green pepper chunky pieces
- 1 small onion large chunks
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1 small carrot thin slices
- 1 handful pineapple chunks
Sweet & Sour Sauce
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar or cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 120 ml water
- 1 tsp cornflour to thicken
Instructions
Prepare the pork
- Slice the pork into 2–3 cm chunks.
- Toss with cornflour, salt, pepper and Five Spice. This light coating gives a silky Chinese-style texture.
- You can do this a few hours ahead
Brown the pork
- Heat 2–3 tbsp oil in a wok or frying pan.
- Fry pork in batches on high heat 3–4 minutes until browned.
- Remove and set aside.
Cook vegetables
- In the same pan add: onion
- Stir-fry 2–3 minutes.
- Then add peppers and carrot
- Stir-fry 2–3 minutes.
- Add: garlic and ginger
- Cook 30 seconds.
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Make the sauce
- Mix the sauce ingredients together.
- Pour into the pan and bring to a simmer.
- Add pineapple
Finish
- Return pork to the pan.
- Cook 2–3 minutes until the sauce thickens and coats everything.