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Sweet and Sour Pork

This sweet, tangy pork is the perfect dish to go with a huge bowl of rice. Who needs Chinese take-out when you can just make this at home?
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: pork, sour, sweet

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs pork shoulder
  • ¾ cup corn starch
  • 1 small yellow onion (coarsely diced)
  • 1 red peppers (coarsely diced)
  • ½ cup diced pineapple (coarsely diced)

Marinade:

  • 1½ tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ tbsp sugar
  • 1½ tbsp corn starch
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp white pepper

Sauce:

  • 1 cup ketchup
  • ½ cup HP sauce
  • 2½ tbsp sugar
  • 1½ tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

  • Cut up the pork into bite sized pieces.
    2 lbs pork shoulder
  • Mix pork with soy sauce, sugar, corn starch, egg, and white pepper.
    1½ tbsp soy sauce, ½ tbsp sugar, 1½ tbsp corn starch, 1 large egg, 1 tsp white pepper
  • Coat the pork in corn starch and let it sit on a wire rack for 10 minutes. This slightly hydrates the cornstarch which makes it brown evenly in the air fryer.
    ¾ cup corn starch
  • Spray with oil and air fry at 400F for 13 minutes.
  • Into a hot pan add 1 tbsp oil along with your chopped onions and peppers. Stir 1 minute.
    1 small yellow onion, 1 red peppers
  • Add ketchup, HP sauce, sugar, and worcestershire sauce. cook until begins to bubble (2 minutes).
    1 cup ketchup, ½ cup HP sauce, 2½ tbsp sugar, 1½ tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • Let the sauce warm up then add all of the cooked pork into the pan. Stir to combine.
  • Add chopped pineapples. Turn off heat and stir once more.
    ½ cup diced pineapple
  • Top with green onion and remember to eat this with rice!