Sweet And Sour Pork (goo Lo Yuke)
| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meats | Chinese | Ceideburg 2, Chinese, Pork | 1 | Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 | lb | Pork butt cut into 1-inch |
| pieces | ||
| 1 | T | Sherry |
| 2 | T | Water |
| 2 | T | Kikkoman soy sauce |
| 4 | t | Flour |
| 4 | t | Cornstarch |
| 1 | Green pepper, cut into 1/2 | |
| inch chunks | ||
| 1 | Onion, cut into wedges | |
| 12 | Maraschino cherries | |
| 1 | c | Canned lichee |
| 1 | c | Pineapple chunks |
| 1/2 | c | Brown sugar |
| 1/2 | c | Vinegar |
| 1 | t | Salt |
| 4 | T | Catsup |
| 3/4 | c | Pineapple juice |
| 4 | t | Cornstarch |
INSTRUCTIONS
Had a house guest last week++an old friend who likes my Chinese cooking, but tends to prefer the tamer stuff++you know, things without tentacles or feet. So I whipped up a batch of this excellent, quick and easy sweet and sour pork. It's a long time favorite that I haven't cooked for a some time. Been too busy with Thai and Vietnamese food to make it. It was just as excellent as I remember it being and I actually improved on it with a couple of substitutions. I used 1/2 cup palm sugar instead of 1/2 cup brown sugar. Palm sugar has a rich, complex and addicting taste while being a little less cloyingly sweet than regular sugars. It gives a taste that's "exotic" without being obvious. Where the recipe calls for 3/4 cup pineapple juice I used 3/4 cup of the juice from some brandied peaches I made. I made 'em months ago and froze the leftover juice specifically to use in a sweet and sour dish. (This is a good thing to do with any sweet fruity type juice.) I left out the maraschino cherries++bleechhhhh!++and substituted a red bell pepper for the color contrast. The only thing even faintly exotic in the recipe is the canned lichees (also a good juice to save for sweet and sour stuff) and that can be omitted if you can't find them++or use canned apricots or whatever instead. You could also use longans or rambutans, which are close relatives of lichee, quite successfully. Yield: 6 servings PREPARATION: Drain fruits, prepare sauce mixture. Marinate pork in meat marinade for 1/2 hour. COOKING: Deep fry pork cubes in a wok for about 3 to 4 minutes until golden brown. Drain. Pour all the oil back into the bottle. Add sauce mixture into wok and stir until thickened. Add green pepper and onions and cook for 2 minutes. Add pork cubes and stir until heated through. Add fruits and stir until they're coated with the sauce. DO-AHEAD NOTES: Cook through making the sauce. Just before serving, add pork, vegetables and fruit according to directions. From "The Chinese Village Cookbook." A practical guide to Cantonese country cooking. Rhoda Yee, Yerba Buena Press, San Francisco. 1975. Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; March 11 1991. File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/cberg2.zip
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 2532
Calories From Fat: 719
Total Fat: 77.9g
Cholesterol: 440mg
Sodium: 3782.4mg
Potassium: 3114.7mg
Carbohydrates: 328.8g
Fiber: 8.9g
Sugar: 243g
Protein: 124.1g