Sweet and sour pork
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 - 45 minutes
Serves: Serves 4 - 6
Don't call the takeaway – cook your own sweet & sour pork using Snowflake's approved recipe.
Ingredients
700g pork, cut into 1.5 cm cubes
15ml soy sauce
1ml Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
750ml or more cooking oil for deep-frying
Batter
125ml (70g) Snowflake self-raising flour
125ml (60g) Snowflake corn flour
125ml water
1 extra-large egg
Sauce
30ml cooking oil
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
1 medium green pepper, seeded and sliced (optional)
60ml sugar
45ml brown vinegar
30ml soy sauce
30ml sherry (optional)
1ml ground ginger
125ml water
440g can pineapples, drained and juice reserved
Method
- Place pork cubes in a large bowl. Add soy sauce and seasoning, cover and leave to marinate for about 1 hour.
- Batter:
- Sift self-raising flour. Add cornflour, egg and water and whisk until batter is smooth, thick and lump free.
- Leave batter to stand for about 15 minutes before using.
- Sauce:
- Heat oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan. Add onion and green pepper and sauté for a few minutes until soft. Add sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, sherry, ginger, water, cornflour and 125 ml of reserve pineapple juice. Cook sauce until it thickens, then add pineapple pieces and cook until heated through.
- Heat oil in a small, heavy-based saucepan. Dip marinated pork cubes in batter and gently drop, in batches, into hot oil and deep-fry until golden brown. Remove from oil with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel. Serve pork and sauce with noodles or rice.
- For variations substitute pork with fish or chicken cubes.
