Sweet & Sour Pork

Making your own sweet and sour sauce is straightforward, delicious and infinitely preferable to the ready-made alternative.
Serves: 4
Preparation: 10 mins, cooking time 15 mins
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 350 g pork fillet or tenderloin, sliced into 1 cm medallions, then halved
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 1 red pepper, de-seeded and chopped
- 1 green pepper, de-seeded and chopped
- 225 g can bamboo shoots, drained and rinsed
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
Sauce
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons soft light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoons tomato purée
- 150 ml pineapple juice
Method
- For the sauce, combine the vinegar, sugar, soy sauce and tomato puree in a small bowl.
- Make the pineapple juice up to 225 ml with water and stir into the mixture.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large lidded wok or frying pan.
- Add the pork and stir fry over a high heat for 1–2 minutes, turning the meat continuously, until browned.
- Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add the remaining oil to the pan. Stir fry the onion and peppers for 1 minute.
- Return the pork to the pan and add the sauce and bamboo shoots.
- Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
Tips
For other one pot recipes see The WI One-Pot Dishes by Simon & Schuster ISBN978-1-47110-177-9 Priced £12.99
For more WI book titles please send a SAE to WI Enterprises 104 Kings Road, London SW6 4LYFor an alternative chicken can be substituted for pork.