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Sweet And Sour Pork

Serves 8

Ingredients

  • 1 kg lean pork, preferable loin, cut into chunks
  • 225g tin of unsweetened pineapple chunks
  • 2 red peppers
  • vegetable stock (1/2 litre, enough to cover meat/veg.)
  • ~ 1 tbsp. water
  • 6 tbsp. vinegar
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar
  • good splash of soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp. cornflour
  • 1 tbsp. ginger
  • 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • olive oil

Method

  1. Fry the pork until sealed.
  2. Fry the peppers for a few minutes.
  3. Add all the other ingredients, except for the water and cornflour.
  4. Reduce hear to lowest setting and simmer for an hour.
  5. Mix the cornflour with a little water to make a paste. Add this just before serving to thicken the sauce.
  6. This can be made in advance. While heating it up, add the cornflour mix.
  7. Serve with rice.