Sweet and Sour Pork

Name: Sweet and Sour Pork (Ku lu jou)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; 3 teaspoon cornstarch; 5 tablespoons cold water; 4 tablespoons tomato catsup); 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 egg yolk; 1 tablespoon cold water; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 4 tablespoons sugar; 3 tablespoons vinegar; 6 cups oil; ½ cup cornstarch; 1 pound pork tenderloin; 2 green peppers; ½ teaspoon salt (to marinate pork); ½ teaspoon salt (to marinate pork); 4 slices pineapple (or 1 cup Cantonese pickles); 4 slices pineapple (or 1 cup Cantonese pickles)

Ku lu jou

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 pound pork tenderloin
2 green peppers
4 slices pi

Asia
Taiwan
Kwangtung
Fukien

Method

Pound pork with the back of a cleaver (this is to tenderize the pork), then cut into 1 inch squares. Soak with marinate for at least ½ hour.
Cut green pepper into halves, remove seeds and membranes, and cut into 1” squares. Next cut 4 slices of pineapple into the same size squares. Set aside.
Heat 6 cups oil. While oil is heating, coat each piece of p