date: 2020-10-23T03:57:42.279Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/afd385097b30072f/751x532cq70/sweet-and-sour-pork-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/afd385097b30072f/751x532cq70/sweet-and-sour-pork-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/afd385097b30072f/751x532cq70/sweet-and-sour-pork-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Adelaide Jones ratingvalue: 4.2 reviewcount: 26088 recipeingredient: - "600 g pork shoulder steaks" - "2 tsp salt" - "3 tbsp brandy" - "1 green pepper" - "3 spring onions" - "100 g bamboo shoots" - "2 free range eggs" - "2 tablespoons cornflour" - "6 tablespoons sieved plain white flour" - "200 ml pure vegetable oil" - " Sauce" - "3 tbsp white vinegar" - "3 tbsp caster sugar" - "1 teaspoon salt" - "1 tbsp tomato pure" - "1 tbsp light soy sauce" - "1 tbsp cornflour" - "1 tsp sesame seed oil" recipeinstructions: - "Discard the large pieces of fat from the pork steaks. Cut the remaining meat into bitesize chunks." - "Place the brandy and the salt into a container. Add the pork pieces and stir or shake well. Leave to stand for 15 minutes. This will help to flavour and tenderise the pork." - "While you're waiting for the pork to marinade you should begin making the sauce. Measure out all the sauce ingredients in a large jug and mix really well. You can taste test it at this point. The sugar and vinegar should balance each other out. #previewflavour" - "Cut the green pepper into similar sized chunks as the pork. You can use any colour pepper. Green is just a nice contrasting colour for this dish." - "Roughly chop the spring onions into 1 cm chunks." - "Measure out your bamboo shoots. I've made this dish numerous times without the shoots so if they're hard to get in your area don't worry. It will still be amazing without them. Mine came from a local supermarket (Tesco UK)." - "Break the two free range eggs into your marinated pork and add the cornflour. Mix well." - "Measure out your sieved plain white flour into a shallow bowl." - "Now take each piece of eggy pork and coat in plain white flour. Then set aside onto a plate. If you run out of plain white flour just sieve out some more." - "I like to split my flour coated pork into batches ready for frying. Discard the left over egg." - "Add the vegetable oil to a wok. Heat over a medium flame." - "Now start shallow frying your pork for 3 minutes per batch. It should turn golden brown, fry all sides evenly. A metal perforated spoon is extremely helpful during this step." - "Line a shallow bowl with paper towels. After each batch of pork has finished cooking transfer to this bowl. The paper will help soak up some of the excess fat and keep things nice and crispy." - "Discard the oil used during the shallow frying. Be very careful with this oil it will be extremely hot. Clean the wok and add some fresh vegetable oil." - "Re-fry the meat with the bamboo shoots for 2 minutes." - "Remove the paper from your shallow bowl and transfer the fried meat and bamboo shoots back into it." - "In your now empty wok add a tiny bit more vegetable oil and fry the green peppers for 2 minutes." - "Add the spring onions to the peppers and continue to fry for 1 minute." - "Give the sauce a thorough stir and add into the wok. Cook and stir until it thickens. Keep the sauce moving otherwise the cornflour will go lumpy." - "Add the fried pork and bamboo shoots back into the wok combine everything well." - "Serve hot with rice. I recommend egg / special fried rice as a good accompaniment. Enjoy!" categories: - Recipe tags: - sweet - and - sour katakunci: sweet and sour nutrition: 291 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT12M" cooktime: "PT33M" recipeyield: "4" recipecategory: Dinner ---  Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, sweet and sour pork. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious. Sweet and sour pork is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It's appreciated by millions daily. It's simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They're fine and they look fantastic. Sweet and sour pork is something that I've loved my entire life. To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook sweet and sour pork using 18 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Sweet and sour pork: 1. Make ready 600 g pork shoulder steaks 1. Get 2 tsp salt 1. Take 3 tbsp brandy 1. Make ready 1 green pepper 1. Make ready 3 spring onions 1. Get 100 g bamboo shoots 1. Prepare 2 free range eggs 1. Prepare 2 tablespoons cornflour 1. Prepare 6 tablespoons sieved plain white flour 1. Take 200 ml pure vegetable oil 1. Prepare Sauce 1. Make ready 3 tbsp white vinegar 1. Make ready 3 tbsp caster sugar 1. Get 1 teaspoon salt 1. Prepare 1 tbsp tomato purée 1. Prepare 1 tbsp light soy sauce 1. Prepare 1 tbsp cornflour 1. Take 1 tsp sesame seed oil ##### Instructions to make Sweet and sour pork: 1. Discard the large pieces of fat from the pork steaks. Cut the remaining meat into bitesize chunks. 1. Place the brandy and the salt into a container. Add the pork pieces and stir or shake well. Leave to stand for 15 minutes. This will help to flavour and tenderise the pork. 1. While you're waiting for the pork to marinade you should begin making the sauce. Measure out all the sauce ingredients in a large jug and mix really well. You can taste test it at this point. The sugar and vinegar should balance each other out. #previewflavour 1. Cut the green pepper into similar sized chunks as the pork. You can use any colour pepper. Green is just a nice contrasting colour for this dish. 1. Roughly chop the spring onions into 1 cm chunks. 1. Measure out your bamboo shoots. I've made this dish numerous times without the shoots so if they're hard to get in your area don't worry. It will still be amazing without them. Mine came from a local supermarket (Tesco UK). 1. Break the two free range eggs into your marinated pork and add the cornflour. Mix well. 1. Measure out your sieved plain white flour into a shallow bowl. 1. Now take each piece of eggy pork and coat in plain white flour. Then set aside onto a plate. If you run out of plain white flour just sieve out some more. 1. I like to split my flour coated pork into batches ready for frying. Discard the left over egg. 1. Add the vegetable oil to a wok. Heat over a medium flame. 1. Now start shallow frying your pork for 3 minutes per batch. It should turn golden brown, fry all sides evenly. A metal perforated spoon is extremely helpful during this step. 1. Line a shallow bowl with paper towels. After each batch of pork has finished cooking transfer to this bowl. The paper will help soak up some of the excess fat and keep things nice and crispy. 1. Discard the oil used during the shallow frying. Be very careful with this oil it will be extremely hot. Clean the wok and add some fresh vegetable oil. 1. Re-fry the meat with the bamboo shoots for 2 minutes. 1. Remove the paper from your shallow bowl and transfer the fried meat and bamboo shoots back into it. 1. In your now empty wok add a tiny bit more vegetable oil and fry the green peppers for 2 minutes. 1. Add the spring onions to the peppers and continue to fry for 1 minute. 1. Give the sauce a thorough stir and add into the wok. Cook and stir until it thickens. Keep the sauce moving otherwise the cornflour will go lumpy. 1. Add the fried pork and bamboo shoots back into the wok combine everything well. 1. Serve hot with rice. I recommend egg / special fried rice as a good accompaniment. Enjoy! So that is going to wrap it up for this special food sweet and sour pork recipe. Thanks so much for reading. I'm confident you can make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!