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 recipe.

Sweet and Sour Pork Sweet and Sour Pork is a Cantonese dish (咕嚕肉 or gū lō yuk) where tender pieces of pork are deep fried until crispy and then stir fried with vegetables and pineapple in a sweet and sour sauce. 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 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Sweet and Sour Pork

  1. Prepare 1 of 09rk tenderloin.
  2. It's 1 tablespoon of chili infused olive oil.
  3. It's of For Sauce.
  4. It's 3/4 cup of seasoned rice vinegar.
  5. Prepare 1/2 cup of ketcup.
  6. Prepare 1 tablespoon of tamari soy sauce.
  7. It's 1 tablespoon of mirin.
  8. It's 3/4 cup of granulated sugar.
  9. You need 1 of tablespooncornstarch.
  10. It's 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger.
  11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
  12. You need 1/4 teaspoon of red red pepper flakes.
  13. It's of For Vegetables.
  14. Prepare 1 clove of garlic, minced.
  15. Prepare 1 of jalapeño, thin sliced.
  16. You need 4 of sliced green onions.
  17. You need 1/2 cup of bamboo shoots.
  18. It's 2 of medium red peppers cut in sqares.
  19. Prepare 1/2 cup of baby corn.
  20. Prepare 1/2 of .cup sliced water chestnuts.
  21. It's 1 of medium onion cut in sqares.

The pork pieces are doused in a thick, spoon-coating sauce with a constant pull between sweet and sour. Place the corn flour in a. Serve my sweet-and-sour pork over hot rice, chow mein noodles or both. —Eleanor Dunbar, Peoria, Illinois. I stir up a homemade sauce for this colorful combination of tender meat, crunchy vegetables and tangy pineapple.

Sweet and Sour Pork instructions

  1. Cut pork into cubes season with salt and pepper. Or use a premarinated Asian spied as I did this time.
  2. Heat oil in wok or large skillet. Brown pork removing as done to a plate add onions peppers, garlic, bamboo shoots, corn,pepper and red pepper flakes. Cook until crisp tender.
  3. Combine rice vinegar, ketcuo, mirin, ginger and cornstarch in a bowl. Whisk to blend.
  4. Add to vegetables in the skillet and bring to a boil and cook just until thickene.add pork off neat stir to combine. Plate on serving playter. Serve with rice.
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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! Koreans have Tangsuyuk, Japanese have Subuta, the Caribbeans also have their version as well - and I'm sure there are plenty. One is sweet and sour pork tenderloin(糖醋里脊, which is without round peppers and pineapple) and the other one is sweet and sour You can choose pork butt (pork shoulder) or pork belly to make this sweet and sour pork. But I do not recommend using pork tenderloin since too little oil contained.