Sweet and sour pork
Sweet and sour pork, from above
Non vegGuangdong

Sweet and sour pork

Crunchy pork, pineapple, peppers and a sauce that glows. Cantonese drama in a wok.

40 minTime
17 gProtein each
mildSpice
Gu lo yuk2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayDouble fried pork in a pineapple, vinegar and ketchup glaze.
The original
501kcalsame
17 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
40minutessame

Gu lo yuk, the Cantonese classic.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Pork350 g pork shoulder, in 2 cm cubes
Soy sauce2 tsp
Salta pinch
Egg1
Cornflour (cornstarch)½ cup
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying (about 4 tbsp absorbed)
Onion1, in chunks
Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1, in chunks
Pineapple1 cup chunks
Tomato ketchup (ketchup)3 tbsp
Vinegar2 tbsp
Sugar2½ tbsp
Water¼ cup

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Marinate the pork with soy and salt for 10 minutes, then mix in the egg and toss in cornflour.
  2. 2Fry in batches until golden, rest, then fry again until crisp and deep golden. Cook until no pink remains.
  3. 3Mix ketchup, vinegar, sugar and water with a teaspoon of cornflour.
  4. 4Stir fry onion and capsicum in a spoon of oil for a minute, add pineapple and the sauce and bubble until glossy.
  5. 5Add the pork, toss fast to coat and serve straight away.
Serve it like this

Serve on a warm platter with the peppers and pineapple tumbling over the pork, plain rice on the side, as soon as it's tossed.

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Bread or rice Zongzi240 min
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On the side Egg drop soup15 min
On the side Stir fried bok choy with garlic10 min
To drink Hong Kong lemon tea15 min
Something sweet Sesame balls45 min
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