I know you've all been on pins and needles wondering what
the Hawthornes are having for supper tonight.
Well, wait no longer.
I had some frozen sliced pork loins,
so I decided to make Sweet and Sour Pork.
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Here are the ingredients for the mixture I'm going to put the pork cubes into:
1 egg
1/4 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp salt
Lightly beat the egg, then mix rest of ingredients, and set aside.
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Cut your pork into 1-inch cubes.
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Then, add pork to mixture.
Next up, I have my ingredients for my sweet and sour sauce:
finely chopped garlic
1 large green pepper, seeded, deribbed and cut into 1/2 inch squares
2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced into 2-inch strips, 1/4 inch thick and wide
3/4 cup chicken stock
6 TB sugar
6 TB red wine vinegar
1 TB soy sauce
1 TB cornstarch dissolved in 2 TB COLD water
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Heat a few TBs of peanut oil in hot skillet and swirl around.
Add the garlic, green pepper and carrot, and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
Pour in chicken stock.
Then add sugar and vinegar. Bring to a boil and boil rapidly for about 1 minute, until sugar is thoroughly dissolved.
Add in soy sauce.
Finally pour in cornstarch slurry.
Cook for a few minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened.
I prepared some broccoli for stir fry.
Add the broccoli to the hot peanut oil in the wok.
Then add in some onions and garlic.
Stir fry a few minutes, then add in some water to steam to finish off.
Heat up peanut oil and add pork pieces one by one into the hot oil.
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I had some black jasmine rice I decided to use in the pork dish.
And here's the final dish.
I plated the black jasmine rice, then added the pork and broccoli,
then poured the sweet and sour sauce over top.
And it was quite delicious, not to mention pretty.