If you don’t know what delicious dish to prepare to change the family’s taste, then try making sweet and sour stir-fried pork in 2 incredibly delicious and simple ways in the article below. Let’s join TasteVN into the kitchen and get started on this attractive stir-fry right away!
1. Sweet and Sour Stir-Fried Pork
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Stir-Fried Pork For 4 people
Pork 1 kg Garlic 1 bulb (minced) Chili sauce 1.5 tablespoons Tomato sauce 1.5 tablespoons Rice vinegar 3 tablespoons Cornstarch 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 5 tablespoons Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Common seasoning a little (Salt/ sugar/ seasoning powder/ pepper)
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How to prepare Sweet and Sour Stir-fried Pork
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Prepare and Marinate the Pork
Wash the pork with diluted salt water, then rinse with clean water, let it drain, and cut into square pieces about the thickness of a finger.
Marinate the pork with 1/2 tablespoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of pepper, stir well with a spoon and let it marinate for 15 minutes.
How to clean pork properly, without odor:- Method 1: Soak the pork in salt water for 5 – 10 minutes to allow impurities in the meat to gradually release.
- Method 2: You can use salt or lemon juice to rub on the meat, then rinse with clean water and let it drain.
- Method 3: Use crushed ginger mixed with alcohol in appropriate proportions, rub the meat thoroughly, then rinse well with water.
See details: How to clean pork properly, without odor.
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Make the Sauce
In a bowl, add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of vinegar, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1.5 tablespoons of chili sauce, 1.5 tablespoons of ketchup, and half of the minced garlic.
Stir well with a spoon to dissolve the seasonings.
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Coat with flour and fry the pork
The marinated pork has absorbed the seasoning, add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to the meat and mix well.
Put a pan on the stove, turn on medium heat, add 5 tablespoons of cooking oil, wait for the oil to heat up, then add the pork to fry for about 15 minutes on medium heat until both sides are golden brown, remove and drain the oil, turn off the heat.
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Stir-fried pork with sauce
Reuse the pan used for frying the meat, leaving about 1 tablespoon of oil in the pan, turn on medium heat, and when the oil is hot, sauté the remaining minced garlic until fragrant.
When the garlic is fragrant, add the sauce and let it boil for about 5 minutes, then add the fried meat, continue to stir-fry for another 5 – 7 minutes until the sauce thickens, adjust the seasoning to taste, add ground pepper, and turn off the heat.
Tip:- If you don’t like vinegar, you can substitute it with tamarind juice or lemon juice.
- If using lemon juice, do not add it to the sauce immediately; wait until the sauce has thickened before adding the lemon to avoid bitterness.
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Final product
So the sweet and sour stir-fried pork dish is complete, with pork having a slightly crispy exterior, soft and fragrant inside, infused with delicious sour, sweet, and salty flavors.
You can serve it with hot rice and cucumber, guaranteed to be very appetizing. Show off your cooking skills!
2. Sweet and sour pork (recipe shared by users)
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
25 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Sweet and sour pork (recipe shared by users) Serves 2 people
Pork thigh 500 gr (can use other cuts of meat) Bell pepper 3 pieces Tomato 2 pieces Shallot 1 bulb Garlic 3 cloves Tapioca flour 10 tablespoons Vinegar 3 tablespoons Chili sauce 4 tablespoons Ketchup 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 300 ml Oyster sauce 2 tablespoons Common spices a little (salt/ sugar/ ground pepper)
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How to cook Sweet and Sour Stir-Fried Pork (recipe shared by users)
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Prepare the ingredients
After purchasing the pork, wash it thoroughly with salt, rinse clean, then cut it into bite-sized pieces and drain.
Remove the stem from the tomatoes, wash them clean, and then use a knife to cut them into wedges. Peel the shallots and garlic, rinse them briefly with water, and chop them finely.
For the bell pepper, wash it a few times with water, remove the stem, and then cut out the seeds. Cut it into small square pieces about the size of a finger joint.
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Fry the pork and prepare the sauce
First, pour about 200 – 300ml of cooking oil into the pan. When the oil is hot, gradually add the battered pork to fry over medium heat. Once the pork is golden and crispy on both sides, remove it and place it on a tray to drain the oil.
Next, to make the sauce, put into a bowl the mixture of ingredients including: 2 tablespoons of ketchup, 4 tablespoons of chili sauce, 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 3 tablespoons of vinegar, and 1 tablespoon of sugar, then stir well. You can adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s taste.
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Making sweet and sour stir-fried pork
After frying all the meat, you can use a new pan or reuse this one. Pour all the excess oil into a bowl, keeping about 2 – 3 tablespoons of oil in the pan.
Next, add the chopped onions and garlic, sauté until fragrant. Add the chopped tomatoes and stir-fry over high heat until just soft, then use chopsticks to remove the tomato skins.
Continue by adding the previously mixed sauce, lower the heat, and when the sauce is just hot, add the bell peppers and stir on stove over high heat for 2 minutes before adding the fried meat.
Quickly stir to coat the sauce evenly on the outside. Adjust the seasoning to your family’s taste, then turn off the heat and serve on a plate.
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Final product
The dish has a fragrant aroma from bell peppers and a beautiful yellow color. The meat is coated in a rich sauce, sweet, sour, and salty, along with a thin crispy layer on the outside, and moist tender meat on the inside, with a bite of sweet bell pepper.
This dish should be eaten hot right after cooking to enjoy the crispiness of the meat, served with hot rice.
How to choose fresh and delicious pork
- For this dish, you can choose pork loin, pork belly, or according to your preference.
- You should choose pieces of meat that are bright pink and have high elasticity.
- Do not choose pieces of meat that are slimy and have an unpleasant smell, as these may be spoiled or rotten.
- Additionally, if choosing pork belly, you should select meat that has a balanced ratio of lean and fatty parts, with the lean meat tightly attached to the layer of fat.
