🍍 Cantonese-Style Sweet and Sour Pork

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Battered and fried pork with a sweet and sour sauce of pineapple, bell pepper and carrot. A classic of Chinese restaurants.

⏱️ 40 min🍽️ 4 servings👩‍🍳 Medium🔥 886 calories per serving💪 39 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 1 lb 5 oz (600 g) pork loin
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp grated ginger
  • 2.8 oz (80 g), about 2/3 cup cornstarch
  • 3 tbsp (43 ml) sunflower oil
  • 1 medium red bell pepper
  • 1 medium green bell pepper
  • 1 medium carrot
  • 7 oz (200 g) canned pineapple
  • 4 tbsp vinegar
  • 4 tbsp ketchup
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups uncooked (320 g) white rice

How to make it, step by step

  1. Cut the pork into cubes and marinate in soy sauce, sesame oil and ginger.
  2. Coat in cornstarch and fry until golden and crispy. Set aside.
  3. Saute the red and green bell pepper and the carrot in the wok for 3 minutes.
  4. Add the pineapple chunks and the sweet and sour sauce (vinegar, ketchup, sugar, soy sauce).
  5. Thicken with cornstarch dissolved in water.
  6. Add the crispy pork, toss and serve with white rice.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

886
calories
39 g
protein
111 g
carbs
32 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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