Sweet and Sour Pork

Sweet and sour pork is a Cantonese dish, and also a very common dish in almost all Chinese restaurant. I will always order this dish when me and my family are eating out, it is very good combination of crispy meat with tasty sweet tomato sauce, of cause not just tomato sauce alone :)

Main Ingredients :

• 200gram pork shoulder, cube
• 1 Green capsicum, cube
• 1 Red or Yellow capsicum, cube
• Half brown onion, slice
• Half clove garlic, chopped
• Half tomato, cube
• 2 Slice pineapple, cube (I bought can syrup pineapple)
• 2 Cups Oil for deep fry  (depends your wok size)

Marinate meat Ingredients :

• 1 Tbsp light soya sauce
• 1 Tbsp rice wine
• 1 Tbsp cornflour
• 1 Egg, beaten

 Mix above ingredients and marinate meat for 30mins.

Deep Fry batter Ingredients :

• 3/4 Cup plain flour
• 1/4 Cup corn flour
• 1 Tbsp baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 Cup water

Sieve plain flour, corn flour together then add in baking soda and salt, give it a gentle mix then beat in the egg, slowly mix the batter with the cup of water. After batter is mixed, pour in all meat and prepare to deep fry in a hot wok, fry until golden brown, remove from oil and drained, put aside.

Sweet and Sour Sauce ingredients :

• 4 Tbsp tomato sauce
• 3 Tbsp plum sauce ( I used Lee Kum Kee, see photo below)
• 1 Tbsp light soya sauce
• 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 3 Tbsp water

Mix all ingredients together. Put aside

Heat about 1 tbsp of oil in the wok, Saute the garlic till fragrant, pour in capsicum, onion, pineapple, then pour in the fried pork, continue saute for about 1 to 2 mins, (REMEMBER : do not over stir fry your vegetables) then pour in sweet and sour sauce we had prepared eariler.  Mix well to coat the pork with sauce evenly.  Pour in the cucumber and capsicum (and pineapple if using).  Mix well to coat. Serve with steam rice