Sweet Sour Pork Litchi Style

Name: Sweet Sour Pork Litchi Style (T’ang ts’u li chih jou)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 6 water chestnuts; 2 green peppers; 1 pound pork tenderloin; 2 tablespoons white vinegar; 3 tablespoons water; ½ tablespoons cornstarch; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 green onion; ½ tablespoon garlic (chopped); 6 cups oil; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 1 teaspoon wine; ¼ teaspoon red food color; 3 tablespoons sugar

T’ang ts’u li chih 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
6 water chestnuts

Asia
Taiwan
Fukien
Kwangtung
Main course

Method

Cut pork into 1” x 2”, ¼” thick slices, along the grain. Score each slice horizontally and vertically. Marinate with soy sauce, cornstarch, wine, salt and red food color for 10 minutes.
Slice water chestnuts and green peppers. Chop garlic and cut green onion into ½” sections.
Roll pork slices into cylinder style, then deep fry about ½ minute or until