Sweet and sour pork
Ingredients
Sunflower or canola oil for deep frying
450g pork fillet – cut into 2.5 cm cubes
1 tablespoon sake
3 tablespoons plain flour, sifted
1 medium egg, lightly beaten
2 red capsicums, deseeded and cut into 2.5 cm pieces
1 bunch of spring onion, trimmed and cut into 2.5 cm pieces
225g can bamboo shoots, rinsed and drained
1 x 440g can unsweetened pineapple chunks in juice – drained but
keeping the juice aside.
1 tablespoon corn flour
1 tablespoon soy sauce
Sweet and Sour Sauce:
2 tablespoons corn flour
100ml water
4 tablespoons soft brown sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
6 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
Method
1.
Place cubed pork into a bowl. Add sake and soy sauce and mix
well. Set aside.
2.
Make the batter for the pork. Sift the flour into a medium sized
bowl. Make a well. Drop the beaten egg into the well and beat
until the mixture is smooth. Set aside.
3.
Make the sweet and sour sauce. Place the corn flour into a small
saucepan. Mix in the water, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and ketchup
over a low heat. Simmer gently until the mixture has thickened,
stir it constantly for 2 – 3 minutes.
4.
Remove the cubed pork from the marinade and place it onto a
plate.