Sweet and Sour Pork, Thai-Style

Name: Sweet and Sour Pork, Thai-Style
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: spring onions (scallions), shredded; 2 spring onions (scallions), cut into short lengths; ground black pepper; coriander (cilantro) leaves; 1 red (bell) pepper, seeded and diced; 1/2 cucumber, seeded and sliced; 2 plum tomatoes, cut into wedges; 115 g/4 oz piece of fresh pineapple, cut into small chunks; 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1 small red onion, sliced; 30 ml/2 tbsp Thai fish sauce; 15 ml/1 tbsp granulated sugar; 350 g/12 oz lean pork; 30 ml/2 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

It was the Chinese who originally created sweet and sour cooking, but the Thais also do it very well. This version has a fresher and cleaner flavour than the original. It makes a good one-dish meal when served over rice.

Ingredients

350 g/12 oz lean pork
30 ml/2

Asia
Thailand
Main course
South East Asia
Gluten-free

Method

Place the pork in the freezer for 30–40 minutes, until firm. Using a sharp knife, cut it into thin strips.
Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan. Add the garlic. Cook over a medium heat until golden, then add the pork and stir-fry for 4