Recipe: Perfect Sweet and sour pork

Sweet and sour pork. Sweet and Sour Pork is an iconic Chinese recipe and classic Cantonese dish. Called "咕嚕肉" or "goo lou yok" in Cantonese dialect, this recipe is very pleasing to the palate because of the flavorsome sweet and sour sauce—the sweetness from sugar plus the tangy ketchup and sharp rice. Sweet and sour pork is arguably one of the most popular Chinese dishes in the United States, but as with most classic dishes, it's difficult to find a go-to The pork is coated and fried until crispy, with tons of nooks and crannies that catch the sweet and sour sauce.

In a bowl, combine all marinade ingredients with the pork. Sweet and sour pork 咕噜肉/咕老肉 is the traditional Chinese cuisine with a universal appeal. It is easy to prepare, kids friendly, which is perfect for any busy home cooks. You can cook Sweet and sour pork using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sweet and sour pork

1. You need of Pork.
2. You need 2 lb of pork, boned and trimmed, cut into chunks.
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of soy sauce.
4. It's 2 clove of garlic, minced.
5. It's 1 of inch ginger, minced.
6. It's 5 tbsp of vegetable oil.
7. It's 1 of red bell pepper, julianned.
8. Prepare 1 small of onion, chopped.
9. Prepare 2 cup of vegetable oil, for frying.
10. It's 1/2 cup of cornstarch.
11. Prepare of Sauce.
12. You need 1/2 cup of ketchup.
13. You need 1/2 cup of vinegar.
14. It's 1/2 cup of water.
15. You need 2 tbsp of soy sauce.
16. It's 1 cup of sugar.
17. You need 1 1/2 cup of orange marmalade.
18. It's 2 clove of garlic, minced.
19. You need 1 of inch ginger, minced.
20. It's 1 tsp of chili oil.
21. Prepare 1 can of crushed pineapple, with juice.
22. Prepare 4 tbsp of cornstarch.
23. It's 4 tbsp of water.
24. Prepare of Garnish.
25. It's 3 stick of scallion, julianned.

The pork pieces are doused in a thick, spoon-coating sauce with a constant pull between sweet and sour. How to cook Sweet and Sour Pork the panlasangpinoy way. With its slightly sour and sweet taste and the fresh fruit flavor, it is mostly loved by people in American and also southern part of China. I have asked some of the friends in the USA about what are their favorite Chinese dishes, I get mostly half of them choose Sweet and sour pork.

Sweet and sour pork instructions

1. Seal pork chunks in a bag or glass bowl along with soy sauce, garlic, ginger and oil. Let marinade for at least 30 minutes..
2. Meanwhile, make sweet and sour sauce. Add all the sauce ingredients into a sauce pot, except for starch and 4tbsp of water. Bring to a boil. Meanwhile, mix cornstarch and water together to be used as a thickener. Once sauce has begun to boil, add the thickener and then lower heat to simmer. Stir frequently until sauce is nice and thick and all ingredients are well combined..
3. Heat oil in dutch oven to 350'F..
4. Coat the marinated pork in the cornstarch so that the pork will be crispy after frying. Fry half of the pork in the hot oil. Then remove and fry the other half..
5. Last, heat a pan along with two tablespoons of the oil from the dutch oven. Then add onions and peppers. Sautee for until onions are translucent. Then add the pork and sauce. Mix well..
6. Serve with scallions on top..

Serve my sweet-and-sour pork over hot rice, chow mein noodles or both. —Eleanor Dunbar, Peoria, Illinois. Sweet and sour pork doesn't need an introduction. It's an internationally famous dish and most cultures have a different spin on it, which I think is absolutely fantastic! Enjoy this take out restaurant of fried pork, sliced carrots, green bell peppers and pineapple at home. MORE+ LESS This sweet and sour pork recipe is easier than picking up a phone.