Sweet and Sour Pork
An easy Sweet and Sour Pork recipe made with leftover roast pork, pineapples and peppers in a delicious sweet and sour sauce made from scratch with a few simple ingredients. It's a quick dish ready in less than 15 minutes, which makes it ideal as a homemade midweek meal.
Servings: 3
Calories: 584kcal
Ingredients
For the sweet and sour sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornflour (corn starch)
- 125 ml pineapple juice from a tin (the tin used was 400 g / 13 oz)
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon ketchup
- 2 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
To assemble
- 2 cups cubed leftover pork (300 g)
- ½ red pepper
- ½ yellow pepper
- ½ green pepper
- 1 onion
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup cubed pineapples (165 g)
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
Instructions
- To make the sauce, mix the cornflour with a tablespoon of pineapple juice and mix well to get a runny paste.
- Add the rest of the pineapple juice, ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, and soy sauce, and mix well.
- Heat up the oil in a large pan.
- Peel and chop the onion, and fry until golden.
- Add the chopped peppers, and give it a good stir, then leave to cook for 2-3 minutes to soften slightly.
- Add the cubed pork and sauce, and stir again.
- Leave it to simmer for 4-5 minutes for the sauce to thicken and coat the pork and veggies well.
- Add the cubed pineapples, give it a stir, then remove from the heat.
- Serve on a bed of rice with fresh parsley.
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Nutrition
Calories: 584kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 114mg | Sodium: 903mg | Potassium: 882mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 1524IU | Vitamin C: 105mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 3mg