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Sunflower or canola oil for deep frying
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450g pork fillet – cut into 2.5 cm cubes
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1 tablespoon sake
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3 tablespoons plain flour, sifted
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1 medium egg, lightly beaten
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2 red capsicums, deseeded and cut into 2.5 cm pieces
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1 bunch of spring onion, trimmed and cut into 2.5 cm pieces
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225g can bamboo shoots, rinsed and drained
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1 x 440g can unsweetened pineapple chunks in juice – drained but keeping the juice aside.
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1 tablespoon corn flour
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1 tablespoon soy sauce
Sweet and Sour Sauce:
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2 tablespoons corn flour
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100ml water
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4 tablespoons soft brown sugar
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2 tablespoons soy sauce
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6 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar
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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.
5.
Dust 1 tablespoon of corn flour over the pork and then mix it into the batter.
6.
Heat the sunflower or canola oil in the electric fry pan on high heat.
7.
When the oil is very hot, deep fry the batter coated pork in small batches. Each batch should take 2 – 3
minutes.
8.
Once each batch is a deep golden colour, remote it from the oil in the electric fry pan and drain it on
some paper towel.
9.
Then add all the cooked pork back to the electric fry pan and deep fry for an additional minute.
10.
Remove the cooked pork from the oil and set is aside.
11.
Drain the used cooking oil from the electric fry pan.
12.
Heat another two tablespoons of sunflower or canola oil in the electric fry pan. When the oil is sizzling
hot, add the capsicum, spring onions and stir-fry for a minute.
13.
Add the bamboo shoots and pineapple chunks to the electric fry pan. Mix the electric fry pan contents.
14.
Add the sauce and mix well.
15.
Add a little of the pineapple juice to the mix if you want a more saucy mixture.
16.
When the sauce mix is bubbling, add the cooked pork and mix well so that the pork is coated with sauce.
17.
As soon as the pork is coated with sauce, remove it from the electric fry pan.
18.
Transfer to a serving plate. Serve with rice or noodles.
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