Sweet & Sour Pork
I had tried cooking sweet and sour pork before, but the results always disappoint me. The pork were stiff and dry compared to what i had eaten outside, and i couldn’t understand why. Haha, it was only until when i read from a chinese cuisine cookbook that i came to know that this dish requires a different kind of pork meat, or i should say, different part of the pork.
Hehe, now that i learned my lesson, the problem was quickly rectify. I really have to give thanks to the local supermarket that supply the frozen section of the pork which i needed. It was ridiculously easy, they had already marked out the required section meant for cooking sweet and sour pork. IT WAS PRINTED ON THE WRAPPER ! Yeah!!
I just have to defreeze and cook as i have before, and yummy, the taste and texture was what i wanted for all this while. Hip, Hip, Horray!!
Sweet & Sour Pork
Ingredients:
300 g pork cube , defroze
½ onion
½ green bell pepper
½ red bell pepper
3 rings canned pineapple
1 big tomato
→ Wash and chop all ingredients into bite size.
Batter for frying:
2 tbsp plain flour
1 tbsp potato starch (flour)
¼ tsp salt
1 cold egg
50 ml cold water
→ Mix all ingredients together and chill in fridge.
Seasoning:
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp ketchup
¼ tbsp light soy sauce
→ Mix all ingredients together.
Method:
1. Wash pork cube and mix together with frying batter. Heat enough oil for frying in pan.
2. Using chopsticks or thongs, drop coated pork cubes into hot oil to fry.
Gently stir to ensure even frying.
3. Once golden, remove to absorbent paper and set aside.
4. In wok, heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil. Add 1 tsp of chopped garlic and onion to sauté 1 minute.
5. Add in bell peppers, tomato, pineapple and seasoning to mix. Cook another 1 minute.
6. Add in fried pork cube and stir to mix. Off heat.
7. Serve.
