Name: Sweet and sour pork
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 225 gram can pineapple pieces in natural juice; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 tablespoon tomato sauce; 2 tablespoon white vinegar; 2 tablespoon caster sugar; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 tablespoon cornflour; 500 gram pork fillet, thinly sliced; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 1 red onion, coarsely chopped; 1 red capsicum, coarsely chopped; 2 celery sticks, thickly sliced; steamed rice, to serve

Sweet and sour pork

Served on a bed of steamed rice, this delicious sweet and sour pork is the perfect quick midweek meal. To get a crisp coating on the pork, coat it in cornflour just before frying.

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Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

15M

Total

30M

Ingredients

225 gram can pineapple pieces in natural juice

1 tablespoon soy sauce

2 tablespoon tomato sauce

2 tablespoon white vinegar

2 tablespoon caster sugar

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 tablespoon cornflour

500 gram pork fillet, thinly sliced

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 red onion, coarsely chopped

1 red capsicum, coarsely chopped

2 celery sticks, thickly sliced

steamed rice, to serve

Method

1.Drain pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons of the juice. Place juice, sauces, vinegar, sugar and garlic in a jug; stir to combine.

2.Place cornflour and pork in a bowl; toss to coat. Heat a wok or frying pan over high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of the oil; swirl to coat surface. Shake excess flour from pork. Stir-fry pork, in batches, for 3 minutes or until browned. Transfer to a plate.

3.Heat remaining oil in wok over high heat. Add onion, capsicum and celery; stir-fry for 3 minutes or until tender. Return pork to wok with pineapple and sauce; stir-fry for 1 minute or until heated. Serve with rice.

To get a crisp coating on pork, coat it in cornflour just before frying. Use chicken breast fillets instead of pork.
Note

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