International Recipes
Sweet and Sour Pork (China)
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 pounds lean pork chops
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dry sherry
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 10 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 cups vegetable oil
- 1 large yellow onion
- 8 scallions
- 1 red or green bell pepper
- 4 ounces fresh mushrooms
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 medium cucumber
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 can pineapple chunks in syrup
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 3 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Trim chops, discarding fat and bones. Cut pork into 1 inch pieces. Mix soy sauce, sherry, sugar and egg yolk in large glass bowl. Mix in pork. Cover and let stand for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
- Drain pork, reserving soy sauce mixture. Coat pork with 8 tablespoons of the cornstarch.
- Heat the 3 cups oil in wok over high heat until it reaches 375 degrees F. Cook 1/2 of the pork in oil until brown, about 5 minutes. Drain on absorbent paper. Cook and drain remaining pork.
- Cut yellow onion into thin slices. Cut scallions into thin diagonal slices. Remove seeds from pepper and chop coarsely. Clean mushrooms and cut into halves or quarters. Cut celery into 1/2 inch diagonal slices. Cut cucumber lengthwise into quarters and remove seeds. Cut cucumber into 1/4 inch wide pieces.
- Heat the 3 tablespoons oil in wok over high heat. Add all the prepared vegetables to oil. Stir fry 3 minutes.
- Drain pineapple, reserving syrup. Add the syrup, reserved soy sauce mixture, vinegar and tomato sauce to vegetables.
- Combine water and remaining 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Add to vegetables. Cook and stir until sauce boils and thickens. Add pork and pineapple. Cook and stir until hot throughout.