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Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe with Pork Belly

sweet and sour recipe

Recipe by Ethan Wong

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Notes

Tips

  1. Double Frying allows the outer layer to be crispy while the inner retain the juiciness. The secret to double frying is to briefly fry the first time with high temperature so the outer layer is well coated and leave to rest and the resting period allow the temperature to balance out. Then the second frying will cook through the food and allow the outer layer to reach maximum crispiness!
  2. Usage ripped tomato instead of unripened tomato.
Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Chinese
Difficulty Medium
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
 
 

Marinade Pork Belly

  • 300 g Pork Belly
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
  • 1 nos Egg

Dredging and Frying Pork Belly

  • 2 tsp Potato Flour (Corn Flour as option)
  • All Purpose Flour (as needed)
  • Cooking Oil (as needed to deep-frying)

Sweet and Sour Sauce

  • 250 g Tomato (chopped)
  • 150 g Ketchup
  • 2 tbsp Garlic (chopped)
  • 4 tbsp Cooking Oil
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Water

Stir-Frying

  • 1 pcs Cucumber
  • 2 head Onion
  • 200 g Tomato
  • 1 tbsp Cooking Oil
  • Sweet and Sour Sauce
  • Fried Pork Belly

Instructions
 

Marinate Pork Belly

  • Remove the skin of pork belly leaving the fats intact.
  • Score the fats.
  • Add marinade ingredients and mix well.

Dredging and Frying Pork Belly

  • Add potato flour into marinate pork belly and mix well.
  • In a separate pan/tray add plenty of all-purpose flour.
  • Dry coat the outer layer of floured pork belly.
  • Preheat cooking oil to high temperature and deep fry for about 30 seconds.
  • Strain pork belly and let it cool for 10 minutes.
  • Reheat oil with medium heat and re-fry pork belly for 5 minutes.
  • Strain and set aside.

Sweet and Sour Sauce

  • Preheat pan/wok with cooking oil.
  • Saute garlic to golden.
  • Add water, chopped tomato, and ketchup.
  • Bring to a boil then reduce to a gentle simmer.
  • As the sauce are reducing, use your spatula to squash the tomato.
  • Reduce the sauce to thicken, season with salt and sugar and put aside.

Stir-Frying

  • Clean and cut cucumber, onion, and tomato into bite-size.
  • Preheat pan/wok with cooking oil.
  • Add cucumber, onion, and tomato in and thoroughly stir fry.
  • Add Sweet & Sour sauce and thoroughly stir fry.
  • Add Fried Pork Belly and stir fry to mix everything well.
  • Plate and serve.

Nutrition

Calories : 689kcalCarbohydrates : 28gProtein : 9gFat : 61gSaturated Fat : 16gCholesterol : 55mgSodium : 1537mgPotassium : 540mgFiber : 2gSugar : 23gVitamin A : 1130IUVitamin C : 18mgCalcium : 28mgIron : 1mg
Allergy : Meat
*These Nutritional Values have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration