Sweet-and-Sour Lamb

Although lamb is not normally associated with sweet-and-sour flavours, this is popular in Shanxi province among the Chinese Muslims, who don’t eat pork. The origin of ‘sweet-and-sour’ is usually attributed to eastern chefs, though northerners refute this, claiming it to be an invention of palace chefs in the Forbidden City. No one knows for sure, but every chef has their own version.