Sweet and Sour Pork（咕嚕肉）

Sweet and Sour Pork

A classic Cantonese dish, pork, pineapple, peppers,...

Ingredients

5 Pork loin chops (about 1/2 lbs)

1/2 onion

1/2 green capsicum (or green pepper)

1/2 red capsicum (or red pepper)

3 slides of pineapple (fresh)

1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

Marinade

1 tablespoon soya sauce

2 teaspoons Shao-xing wine
1/2 teaspoon corn flour
a dash of salt & white pepper

Sweet and sour sauce
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar (or brown sugar)
2 tablespoons ketcup
1 tablespoon water

Thickening
1/2 teaspoon corn flour
2 tablespoon water

Directions

1. Rinse and dry pork chops, tenderize them briefly with the back of a chopper, sprinkle salt and pepper. Cut each pork chop into 3 pieces, then blend in marinades. Leave them for 30 minutes.
2. Wash green and red capsicum and cut them into pieces. Cut pineapple into bite sizes.
3. Briefly coat the marinated pork chops with some corn flour. Fry them on medium-heat pan until golden. Set aside.
4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil to sauté onion until soft, then add minced garlic, green & red capsicums. Sprinkle a dash of salt, stir fry a while until the vegetables turn soft. Dish up.
5. Pour in sweet and sour sauce ingredients with brown sugar on low heat until sugar dissolves. Simmer for 1 minute, uncovered. Add thickening to the sauce if you desire. Put back the pork chops and stir well. Turn off the heat, add pineapple. Dish up and serve hot.