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Sweet and Sour Pork
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Ready In: 30 Minutes
Servings: 4
Recipe from Leith's Cookery Bible
Ingredients:
675 g lean pork
2 1/2 ml salt
15 ml cornflour
oil, for deep-fryiung
1 green pepper
5 ml cornflour
60 ml water
30 ml sugar
30 ml vinegar
30 ml tomato puree
30 ml orange juice
30 ml soy sauce
30 ml pineapple, finely chopped
2 1/2 ml oil
Directions:
1. Start with the sauce, Blend the 5 ml cornflour with the water and mix it with the sugar, vinegar, tomato puree, orange juice and soy sauce.
2. Fry the chopped pinepple in the oil for 1 minute. Add this to the sauce.
3. Cut the pork into 2 cm cubes. Sprinkle with salt and toss in the 15 ml cornflour.
4. Heat the oil in the fryer until a crumb will sizzle vigorously in it. Deep-fry the pork for 4 minutes. Drain on absorbent paper.
5. Heat 15 ml oil in a wide pan. Deseed and slice the green pepper and fry it quickly for 30 seconds. Lower the temperature add the sauce and cook for 1 minute., Add the pork and cook together for 1 minute. If the sauce seems too thick add a little water before serving.
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