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Sweet-and-Sour Pork

Enjoy this take out restaurant of fried pork, sliced carrots, green bell peppers and pineapple at home. 

Sweet-and-Sour Pork

GoldMedal Recipe by GoldMedal

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Prep Time

25min

Total Time

55min

Servings

8servings (about 2 cups each)

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Ingredients

  • 2  pounds pork boneless top loin
  • Vegetable oil
  • 1/2  cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  • 1/4  cup cornstarch
  • 1/2  cup cold water
  • 1/2  teaspoon salt
  • 1  egg
  • 1  can (20 ounces) pineapple chunks in syrup, drained and syrup reserved
  • 1/2  cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2  cup white vinegar
  • 1/2  teaspoon salt
  • 2  teaspoons soy sauce
  • 2  medium carrots, cut into thin diagonal slices
  • 1  garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 2  tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2  tablespoons cold water
  • 1  medium green bell pepper, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
  • 8  cups hot cooked rice

Directions

  1. Trim excess fat from pork. Cut pork into 3/4-inch pieces.

  2. Heat 1 inch oil deep fryer or Dutch oven 360ºF.

  3. Beat flour, 1/4 cup cornstarch, 1/2 cup cold water, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the egg in large bowl with hand beater until smooth. Stir pork into batter until well coated.

  4. Add pork pieces, one at a time, to oil. Fry about 20 pieces at a time about 5 minutes, turning 2 or 3 times, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels; keep warm.

  5. Add enough water to reserved pineapple syrup to measure 1 cup. Heat syrup mixture, brown sugar, vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, the soy sauce, carrots and garlic to boiling in Dutch oven; reduce heat to low.

  6. Cover and simmer about 6 minutes or until carrots are crisp-tender. Mix 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water; stir into sauce.

  7. Add pork, pineapple and bell pepper. Heat to boiling, stirr constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Serve with rice.

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Tips & Notes

  • Special Touch

    Write special little "fortunes" on slips of paper, and place them in a small bowl to draw after dinner.

  • Success

    For easier cutting, freeze pork about 1 hour or until partially frozen.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving:
  • 575
  • 14g (Saturated Fat 4g)
  • 100mg
  • 440mg
  • 82g (Dietary Fiber 2g)
  • 32g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 50%
  • 18%
  • 4%
  • 22%
  • Exchanges:
  • 1
  • 2 1/2
  • 4
  • 1

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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