Sweet and Sour Pork (Gu Lao Rou)
Ingredients
for the meat preparations
- 1 lb pork meat, preferably lean
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 egg
- 3/4 tsp sesame oil
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp sugar
- 1.5 tsp oyster sauce
- 1.5 tbsp shaoxing wine can be substituted by a dry sherry
- 4 tbsp water
- 3 tbsp tapioca starch can be substituted by corn starch
- 1.1 pint (500 ml) vegetable oil for frying sunflower, peanut , rapeseed or similar
for the vegetables
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 red or yellow bell pepper
- 1 - 2 large tomatoes
- 1 medium onion
- 1/3 lb (150 g) pineapple
for the sauce
- 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 3 tbsp Thai chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp wine vinegar or rice vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 oz (110 ml) water
Instructions
Meat marination and frying
- Cut the pork meat in pieces of 1 inch by 3/4 inch or thereabouts. Try to make them the same size, otherwise they will be unevenly cooked
- Mix all the marinade ingredients, i.e. everything, except for the tapioca starch and the vegetable oil and mix in the pork pieces. Mix well and refrigerate for at least 25 min, but over night is even better
- When it is time to prepare dinner, first bring the sauce together and cut all vegetables. Thereafter, bring 1.1 pint of vegetable oil to around 150 C (so medium warm). at the same time coat the pork pieces in the starch. When the oil is warm, fry the pork pieces in the oil, until golden. This may take several minutes.
- Take the pieces out with a slotted spoon and drain them on kitchen paper.
- Then warm the oil to hot (200 C) and refry the meat until crispy and a shade darker in color.
- Let the meat drain on a kitchen paper towel.
Sauce
- Bring all ingredients together, stir so that also the sugar is dissolved, and set aside
Vegetables and bringing it together
- cut the bell peppers in 1 by 3/4 inch size pieces, the onion and tomatoes in wedges of similar size
- Stir fry the vegetables in 1 tbsp of the vegetable oil on high fire. Do not overcook! Better to under cook. Add the sauce and heat up until boiling, while stirring. The vegi's will be cooked a bit more. If the sauce is still too thin, add a little starch/water mixture and stir to thicken. Then add the deep fried pork pieces and immediately serve.
Notes
Method: deep frying
Food allergy & intolerance information: fish (oyster sauce), can be substituted by soy sauce or some salt;
Food allergy & intolerance information: fish (oyster sauce), can be substituted by soy sauce or some salt;