Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork

Name: Chinese Sweet and Sour Pork
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: fat for deep-frying 1 clove garlic, finely chopped; 1 onion, finely sliced; 1 tablespoon sake (or dry sherry); 1 tablespoon sake (or dry sherry); 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 tablespoons cornflour; 2 pounds boned pork, cut in 1-inch cubes; 6 tablespoons water; 3 tablespoons vinegar; salt; 1 level tablespoon cornflour; 2 small carrots, finely sliced; 1 green pepper, cut in thin strips; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; ½ tablespoon thinly-sliced ginger root

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Dishes of the World

By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

About

Ingredients

2 pounds boned pork, cut in 1-inch cubes
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2

Asia
China
Main course

Method

Combine soy sauce, cornflour and sake (or dry sherry); add diced pork and mix well. Let stand for 10 minutes. Fry pork in deep fat until golden brown (about 10 minutes). Drain.

Heat 2 tablespoons fat in a frying pan and sauté finely-chopped garlic, onion, thinly-sliced green pepper, c