Sweet and sour pork
Sweet and sour pork is a common sight on take-away menus. Often with deep fried, battered pork and an unnaturally red looking sauce. For a healthier and more delicious option look no further.
SERVES4
TIME TO MAKE30 - 45 mins
MEAL TYPEDinner
TIME TO MAKE30 - 45 mins
MEAL TYPEDinner
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Method
Sweet and sour sauce
- In a saucepan add; vinegar, tom yum paste, tomato paste, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, oyster sauce, and sesame oil
- Bring to the boil then reduce heat to a gentle simmer
- Add pineapple pieces
Thicken with cornflour if required
Stir-fry
- Heat a wok
- Add canola oil to wok and sliced pork
- Stir-fry pork until browned
- Add all remaining vegetables to wok and stir-fry until heated through
- Add sweet and sour sauce to wok
- Cook until the vegetable have cooked to your liking
Notes for food service
For large quantities we recommend batch cooking the stir-fry part of this recipe.
- Sweet and sour sauce
- 1/4 cupwhite vinegar
- 1 tsptom yum paste
- 1/3 cuptomato paste
- 3 tbspbrown sugar
- 2 clovesgarlic, crushed
- 1 tbspfresh ginger, finely chopped
- 2 tbspoyster sauce
- 1 tspsesame oil
- 2/3 cuppineapple pieces
- 1 1/2 tbspcornflour
- 1 1/2 tbspwater
- Stir-fry
- 1 tbspvegetable oil
- 285 glean pork, sliced
- 1carrot, sliced
- 2/3 cupgreen beans, sliced
- 1/2red onion, sliced
- 1 cupred cabbage, diced
- 1zucchini, sliced
- 1capsicum, sliced
Per serve
- Energy1071kJ
- Total Fat7.4g
- Saturated Fat1.4g
- Total Carbohydrate29.0g
- Sugars24.9g
- Dietary Fibre5.4g
- Sodium242mg
Method
Sweet and sour sauce
- In a saucepan add; vinegar, tom yum paste, tomato paste, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, oyster sauce, and sesame oil
- Bring to the boil then reduce heat to a gentle simmer
- Add pineapple pieces
Thicken with cornflour if required
Stir-fry
- Heat a wok
- Add canola oil to wok and sliced pork
- Stir-fry pork until browned
- Add all remaining vegetables to wok and stir-fry until heated through
- Add sweet and sour sauce to wok
- Cook until the vegetable have cooked to your liking
Notes for food service
For large quantities we recommend batch cooking the stir-fry part of this recipe.
Ingredients
- Sweet and sour sauce
- 1/4 cupwhite vinegar
- 1 tsptom yum paste
- 1/3 cuptomato paste
- 3 tbspbrown sugar
- 2 clovesgarlic, crushed
- 1 tbspfresh ginger, finely chopped
- 2 tbspoyster sauce
- 1 tspsesame oil
- 2/3 cuppineapple pieces
- 1 1/2 tbspcornflour
- 1 1/2 tbspwater
- Stir-fry
- 1 tbspvegetable oil
- 285 glean pork, sliced
- 1carrot, sliced
- 2/3 cupgreen beans, sliced
- 1/2red onion, sliced
- 1 cupred cabbage, diced
- 1zucchini, sliced
- 1capsicum, sliced
Ingredients
- Sweet and sour sauce
- 1/4 cupwhite vinegar
- 1 tsptom yum paste
- 1/3 cuptomato paste
- 3 tbspbrown sugar
- 2 clovesgarlic, crushed
- 1 tbspfresh ginger, finely chopped
- 2 tbspoyster sauce
- 1 tspsesame oil
- 2/3 cuppineapple pieces
- 1 1/2 tbspcornflour
- 1 1/2 tbspwater
- Stir-fry
- 1 tbspvegetable oil
- 285 glean pork, sliced
- 1carrot, sliced
- 2/3 cupgreen beans, sliced
- 1/2red onion, sliced
- 1 cupred cabbage, diced
- 1zucchini, sliced
- 1capsicum, sliced
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy1071kJ
- Total Fat7.4g
- Saturated Fat1.4g
- Total Carbohydrate29.0g
- Sugars24.9g
- Dietary Fibre5.4g
- Sodium242mg
Method
Sweet and sour sauce
- In a saucepan add; vinegar, tom yum paste, tomato paste, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, oyster sauce, and sesame oil
- Bring to the boil then reduce heat to a gentle simmer
- Add pineapple pieces
Thicken with cornflour if required
Stir-fry
- Heat a wok
- Add canola oil to wok and sliced pork
- Stir-fry pork until browned
- Add all remaining vegetables to wok and stir-fry until heated through
- Add sweet and sour sauce to wok
- Cook until the vegetable have cooked to your liking
Notes for food service
For large quantities we recommend batch cooking the stir-fry part of this recipe.
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