How To Make Sweet & Sour Pork | Plus: How To Cut A Whole Pineapple | Easy Chinese Recipes

pork tenderloin

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Chicken breast is leaner, while pork shoulder is less expensive.

cornstarch

🥗Healthier: arrowroot powder

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Arrowroot is a healthier thickener, while flour is more economical.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier, while canola is often cheaper.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium options are better for health, and tamari is often less expensive.

Cut pork belly into 2 centimeter pieces.

Marinate pork with soy sauce and shao xing wine.

Whip up an egg and let it stand for 10 minutes.

Coat the marinated pork in the egg, then dust with flour.

Cut vegetables: capsicum, red onion, carrot, cherry tomatoes, and garlic.

Cut a whole pineapple: remove both ends, peel the sides, and cut out the eyes.

Cut the pineapple into wedges, removing the tough core if desired.

Prepare the sauce with chicken stock, soy sauce, shao xing wine, vinegar, sugar, and tomato ketchup.

Grate ginger and squeeze out the juice for the sauce.

Toss the pork in cornstarch after marinating in egg.

Heat oil for deep frying in a separate pot from the wok.

Deep fry the vegetables (onions, carrots, capsicum) separately until tender.

Deep fry the coated pork until crispy and cooked through.

Combine the deep-fried pork and vegetables in the wok.

Toss everything together with the sweet and sour sauce.

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