Sweet & Sour Saucy Pork
photo by Luby Luby Luby
- Ready In:
- 1hr 1min
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup pineapple juice
- 1⁄2 cup ketchup
- 1⁄2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 4 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (If you don't like spicy reduce)
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons minced ginger
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry
- 1 lb lean pork, cubed into 1 inch pieces
- 2 teaspoons spice essence (Emeril Lagasse's Essence)
- 1 green bell pepper, stemmed,seeded and cut into thin strips
- 1⁄2 large onion, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 cups cubed pineapple
- 1⁄4 cup green onion, for garnish
- cooked rice (for serving)
directions
- Season the pork with essence and set aside.
- Combine the pineapple juice, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, water, soy sauce, pepper flakes and sesame oil in large bowl.
- In a large sauce pan heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil over medium high heat.
- Add the ginger and garlic and saute about 30 seconds.
- Pour the pineapple juice mixture into the saucepan with the ginger and garlic and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar, about 3 minutes.
- In a small bowl combine the cornstarch and the sherry, mixing well.
- Add the cornstarch-sherry mixture to the simmering pineapple juice mixture, stirring constantly.
- Reduce heat and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes then remove from heat.
- In a large saute pan, heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil over medium-high heat.
- Add the pork stirring and cooking until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
- Remove pork and drain on paper towels.
- Return saute pan to medium heat and add remaining tbsp vegetable oil.
- Add the bell pepper and onion, stirring until soft, about 10 minutes.
- Add the sauce and bring to a boil.
- Add the cubed pineapple and pork, cover, lower the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes until pork is tender.
- Uncover and simmer until thickened, about 15 minutes.
- Serve over rice and top with chopped green onions.
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Reviews
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This sauce is excellent! The best I have found on this site.<br/>I was using pork tenderloin so most of the cooking was done with the browning. I reduced the cook time with the sauce to 10 minutes. I also reduced the sugar by a couple of tbsp. but that was strictly personal preference. Great dish. Thank you!
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yummy! we used stew meat pork that had been trimmed of fat. we brought all the ingredients for the sauce to a boil, minus the vegetable oil and sherry and cornstarch, and then added the meat and let it simmer for like 45 minutes with the lid on and another 5 - 10 without the lid. then added a little cornstarch to thicken it up. it had a very nice flavor.
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This is a great starter recipe, and easily changed for personal taste. I reduce the vinegar by half, and just sub in a little more water. Before that the taste was a little too strong. I use apple cider vinegar, Braggs is the best. Chicken dries out, pork for stew is the best option. I use way more bell pepper and add baby corn, and omit the chunks of pineapple. No sherry, and doesn't need corn starch to thicken. Both my girls eat this, and ask for more. Great on rice.
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The sauce for this was amazing! We are vegetarian, so we replaced the pork with firm tofu. I also added some additional vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, portobello mushrooms, carrots). The dish was really pretty because of all of the colors. I cooked the tofu in the pan, set it aside and then started on the vegetables. I cooked the onion and carrots first, then added the broccoli and cauliflower, added a few tablespoons of water and put a lid on it to steam them for about 5 minutes (still a bit crisp). Then I took them out of the pan and put in the mushrooms and bell peppers. After those were soft I added the first set of vegetables back in, then the sauce and then the tofu and pineapple. I did a lot of the prep ahead of time (cut up the veg the night before and made the sauce a few hours ahead of time) so it came together very easily. And it's seriously delicious. I'm very glad there are leftovers. Thank you so much for a wonderful recipe!
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The sauce for this was amazing! We are vegetarian, so we replaced the pork with firm tofu. I also added some additional vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, portobello mushrooms, carrots). The dish was really pretty because of all of the colors. I cooked the tofu in the pan, set it aside and then started on the vegetables. I cooked the onion and carrots first, then added the broccoli and cauliflower, added a few tablespoons of water and put a lid on it to steam them for about 5 minutes (still a bit crisp). Then I took them out of the pan and put in the mushrooms and bell peppers. After those were soft I added the first set of vegetables back in, then the sauce and then the tofu and pineapple. I did a lot of the prep ahead of time (cut up the veg the night before and made the sauce a few hours ahead of time) so it came together very easily. And it's seriously delicious. I'm very glad there are leftovers. Thank you so much for a wonderful recipe!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Luby Luby Luby
Lafayette, LA
Living in the south we are very lucky to have an abundance of fresh seafood and other ingredients at our disposal when trying new recipes. My husband and I both love to cook and have learned a lot about cooking from our native Louisianian, Paul Prudhomme (we learned to be very careful with his recipes as they are very spicy - even for us), native New Orleanian, Frank Davis and transplanted Emeril Lagasse. It would be very difficult to pick an all time favorite cookbook since I have approximately 200. I enjoy collecting local cookbooks as well as others from different areas. This picture is obviously when DH and I got married. I cooked all the food and even made my wedding cake.