Sweet and Sour Pork

Name: Sweet and Sour Pork
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 675 g lean pork; 2 1/2 ml salt; 15 ml cornflour; oil, for deep-fryiung; 1 green pepper; 5 ml cornflour; 60 ml water; 30 ml sugar; 30 ml vinegar; 30 ml tomato puree; 30 ml orange juice; 30 ml soy sauce; 30 ml pineapple, finely chopped; 2 1/2 ml oil

Submitted by McCarthy

"Recipe from Leith's Cookery Bible"

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 4

ingredients

675 g lean pork
2 ¹⁄₂ ml salt
15 ml cornflour
oil, for deep-fryiung
1 green pepper
5 ml cornflour
60 ml water
30 ml sugar
30 ml vinegar
30 ml tomato puree
30 ml orange juice
30 ml soy sauce
30 ml pineapple, finely chopped
2 ¹⁄₂ ml oil

directions

Start with the sauce, Blend the 5 ml cornflour with the water and mix it with the sugar, vinegar, tomato puree, orange juice and soy sauce.
Fry the chopped pinepple in the oil for 1 minute. Add this to the sauce.
Cut the pork into 2 cm cubes. Sprinkle with salt and toss in the 15 ml cornflour.
Heat the oil in the fryer until a crumb will sizzle vigorously in it. Deep-fry the pork for 4 minutes. Drain on absorbent paper.
Heat 15 ml oil in a wide pan. Deseed and slice the green pepper and fry it quickly for 30 seconds. Lower the temperature add the sauce and cook for 1 minute., Add the pork and cook together for 1 minute. If the sauce seems too thick add a little water before serving.