Easy Sweet And Sour Pork
Ingredients
part 1:
1 1/2 pound lean pork butt or fresh ham
3/16 C. soya sauce
3/16 C. sherry
salt
2 Tbsp. oil
part 2:
1/2 C. white sugar
1/2 C. white vinegar
1 1/2 Tbsp. corn starch, dissolved in
1/4 C. water
1/4 C. pineapple juice
3 Tbsp. tomato soup
suggested embellishments:
1/4 C. pineapple chunks
few pieces of raw carrot, sliced or shredded
1/2 green pepper shredded
1 tomato, cut into wedges
1/2 C. mixed sweet pickles
Cooking Instructions
Part 1: Cut pork into 1/2 x 1/2 x1 inch rectangles. Marinate in mixture of salt, soya sauce and sherry for at least half an hour. While meat is marinating, prepare Part 2. Add 2 Tbls. oil to wok and heat up to smoking point. Take a slotted spoon and use it to lift pork pieces from marinate, place in wok and brown meat on all sides. Lower heat slightly to medium high and continue to cook meat for a full 15 minutes, using turner to stir pieces occasionally. At end of cooking time, place meat in serving dish. Pour sauce from Part 2 over it. Part 2: Place white sugar and vinegar in a small 1 quart pot. Boil together until sugar is dissolved. Stir up corn starch in 1/4 C. water. Add to vinegarsugar boil. Stir solution, lower heat to medium low, add pineapple juice and tomato soup. Boil solution 15-20 minutes, until it turns from milky red to a clear reddish yellow. Add suggested embellishments. You can use all of them or some of them. Cook 2 minutes.
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