Easy Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe || OceanRecipes

Our best Sweet and Sour Pork recipe is filled with Chinese traditional tricks that they have been using for centuries. Including double dredge and double fry for some extra crispy, cornflour instead of the common flour, economical pork used for juiciness.

Furthermore, tenderized with baking soda and sauce that’s not sickeningly sweet. It’s a fact that a Chinese stir-fry dish is commonly made with juicy pieces of pork tenderloin, bell peppers, onion, and pineapple. Moreover, battered pork gets fully fried until crispy then tossed in a sweet and tangy sauce. So you can skip the takeout and make a very classic Sweet and Sour Pork served with our best and easy fried rice that the whole family will enjoy a lot.

Jamie Oliver sweet and sour pork is considered one of the compulsory Chinese restaurant menu dishes. Completely coated small pieces of the meat are commonly deep-fried until they become golden brown and crunchy, then you have to toss them in a vibrant sauce that packs a balance of sweet and tart flavors. A lot of people think that it would be complicated to make, but the way that we described in this post you can easily make a homemade version right in your kitchen simply.

How to make sweet and sour pork?

To make sweet and sour pork you have to cut pork into consistently sized pieces, about one-inch cubes for even cooking. And then use the standard breading technique and coat the pork with flour, some egg, then flour.

Here you have to make sure to use high smoke point oil for deep frying just like peanut or vegetable oil and also maintain an oil temperature of 350 to 375°F to properly cook and brown the food.

You can deep fry the pork in batches so all the pieces don’t stick and the oil temperature stays very hot.

The thing that makes this dish unique and different than a traditional stir-fry is that it gets a very light flour coating on the outside and then fried for an extra layer of crispiness.

Ingredients of Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe:

• One pound pork butt, you’ve to cut into one inch cubes
• One teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon of the white sugar
• One teaspoon soy sauce
• One egg white
• Two green onions, chopped
• One quart vegetable oil for frying
• ½ cup of the cornstarch
• One tablespoon vegetable oil
• Three stalks of celery, cut into half-inch pieces
• One medium green bell pepper, cut into one-inch pieces
• One medium onion, cut into wedges
• White sugar just for taste
• Salt just for taste
• Almost one cup of freshwater
• ¼ teaspoon of table salt
• ⅓ cups of apple cider vinegar
• ¼ cup of the ketchup
• Half teaspoon soy sauce
• Eight-ounce pineapple chunks
• Two tablespoons cornstarch

Method of Sweet and Sour Pork Chowking Recipe:

Step #1

Firstly place cubed pork in a normal size bowl, and season with just one teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon sugar, and one teaspoon soy sauce. After that, mix in the egg white and some green onions. Now you’ve to cover it and place it in the refrigerator at least for one hour.

Step #2

Heat one-quart oil to 365 degrees F in a very large size saucepan or deep fryer coat the pork with half a cup cornstarch, and fry it in the heated oil for about ten minutes, until evenly browned. Now you’ve drained it on paper towels.

Step #3

Heat one tablespoon oil in a simple wok over medium heat and then stir in the celery, green bell pepper, and some onion, and cook until very tender. Season it with table salt and sugar. Now remove from heat, and then set it aside for some time.

Step #4

Now, in a heavy saucepan, mix one cup of water, 1/4 teaspoon table salt, 3/4 cup of sugar, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, and half a teaspoon of soy sauce. Then bring it to a boil, and stir it constantly in the cooked pork, celery mixture, and pineapple chunks with some juice. Return to boil, and mix it in two tablespoons of cornstarch and 1/4 cup water to thicken the mixture. And then cook until well blended.