Recipe: Perfect Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home

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Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home. Drain and discard marinade from pork. Add the onion, carrots, green pepper, garlic and ginger; saute until pork is tender. Great recipe for Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home.

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Sweet and Sour Pork is a mouthwatering stir-fry of crispy and tender pieces of deep fried pork tenderloin combined with onions, bell peppers and pineapple in a tangy sweet and sour sauce.

Adults and kids alike will love it, so skip the soggy takeout and make this classic Chinese dish at home!

You can cook Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home using 22 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home

1. It’s 250 grams of Thinly sliced pork belly.

2. You need 3 large of Dried shiitake mushrooms.

3. You need 1 of Carrot.

4. You need 4 of Green peppers.

5. Prepare 1 of Onion.

6. You need 125 grams of Bamboo shoots (in water).

7. You need 1 dash of less than 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil.

8. Prepare of For marinating:.

9. You need 1 tbsp of ◎Sake.

10. You need 2 tbsp of ◎Soy sauce.

11. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of ◎Grated ginger.

12. Prepare 1 tbsp of ◎Katakuriko.

13. It’s of Combined seasoning ingredients:.

14. You need 4 tbsp of ★Sugar.

15. Prepare 4 tbsp of ★Soy sauce.

16. You need 2 1/2 tbsp of ★Vinegar.

17. Prepare 1 tbsp of ★Ketchup.

18. Prepare 300 ml of ★The soaking water from the dried shiitake mushrooms.

19. Prepare 1 tsp of ★Chicken stock granules.

20. You need of For the katakuriko slurry:.

21. It’s 1 tbsp of ☆Katakuriko.

22. You need 2 tbsp of ☆Water.

What is 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 vinegar—with the crispy fried pork pieces.

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 recipe.

Tender Authentic Sweet and Sour Pork at Home instructions

1. Place the shiitake mushrooms into a heatproof dish. Add enough water to cover them, and microwave for 3 minutes to rehydrate. You will use the soaking water later, so please dont throw it away!.

2. Cut the thinly sliced pork belly into 10 cm lengths, and roll them up by hand. Place them back onto the meat tray..

3. Marinate the Step 2 meat with the ◎ ingredients..

4. Cut the carrot into pieces, and microwave for about 3 minutes at 500 W. When you are cutting the thick part, cut into 4 portions lengthwise, then cut into pieces to match the size..

5. Cut the bamboo shoots into the size of the carrot pieces, and microwave for about 3 minutes at 500 W. Parboil them briefly if you can. It will add more flavor..

6. Cut the onion in half horizontally, remove the core, and cut into about 2 cm wide wedges..

7. Remove the stems and seeds from the green peppers. Cut lengthwise into 1.5 cm wide strips, then cut into the same length as the onion..

8. Lightly squeeze the water out from the rehydrated shiitake mushrooms (Step 1), and cut into the same size as the onion..

9. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, and pan fry the Step 3 meat..

10. In the mean time, combine the flavoring ingredients. When you dont have enough shiitake mushroom soaking water, add more water..

11. When the pork is cooked, add the shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and onion, then stir-fry. Start stir-frying from the ingredients that take longer to cook through..

12. After a little while, add the carrot and green peppers, and continue stir-frying..

13. Continue stir-frying until the edges of the onion are little bit browned as shown in the picture..

14. Mix in the combined flavouring ingredients, and bring to a boil..

15. Stir in the katakuriko slurry, and mix well..

16. Serve on a plate, and done..

The pork is coated and fried until crispy, with tons of nooks and crannies that catch the sweet and sour sauce.

I have shied away from attempting asian food at home because it never tastes like the restaurant quality, but this was different.

This was so delicious and hard to belive it came from my kitchen and wasn't from a chinese restaurant.

The best sweet and sour pork I have ever eaten.

It was so simple to prepare.