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Homemade Sweet and Sour Pork Balls
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Sweet and Sour Pork Balls Recipe |
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Serve this sweet and sour pork dish with wild and white rice and you
have a dish that looks really great and tastes even better.
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A very authentic tasting dish, you could be forgiven if you thought you
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KEY POINTS
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Preparation Time: |
20 mins |
Cooking Time: |
35 mins |
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How Difficult |
Easy |
Freeze? |
No |
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Servings |
4 portions |
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INGREDIENTS
WHAT SPECIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
None
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Metric |
Imperial |
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450 g minced pork |
1 lb minced pork |
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1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed |
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed |
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40 g flour |
1½ oz flour |
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55 g freshly made breadcrumbs |
2 oz freshly made breadcrumbs |
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salt and pepper |
salt and pepper |
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1 egg yolk |
1 egg yolk |
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2 tbsp olive oil |
2 tbsp olive oil |
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For the Sauce |
For the Sauce |
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80 g sugar |
3 oz sugar |
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4 tbsp cider vinegar |
4 tbsp cider vinegar |
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3 tbsp dark soy sauce |
3 tbsp dark soy sauce |
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1½ level tbsp cornflour |
1½ level tbsp cornflour |
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250 ml pint water |
½ pint water |
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1 green pepper, cut into
thin strips |
1 green pepper, cut into
thin strips |
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225 g tomatoes skinned and
quartered |
½ lb tomatoes skinned and
quartered |
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1 small can crushed pineapple. |
1 small can crushed pineapple. |
Preparation Before Cooking
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Weigh up all the ingredients before you start and lay them out
ready.
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Slice the green pepper thinly, skin the tomatoes by putting them in
boiling water for a few seconds. The skins will come then come off
very easily then cut them into quarters as in the picture. quarter
the skinned tomatoes.
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Put the minced pork into the bowl and add the egg yolk, crushed garlic,
½ oz of the flour, breadcrumbs
and salt and pepper.
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Mix all the ingredients together well.
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Form the mixture into 24 pork balls, then roll them in the rest of the flour,
coating them well.
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Add the oil to the frying pan then place the pork balls in and gently fry
for 20 minutes, turning frequently until they are golden brown and cooked
through.
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Meanwhile, put the sugar, vinegar and soy sauce into a saucepan. Blend the
cornflour with the water and add to the ingredients in the pan. Bring to
the boil, stirring all the time to stop it burning. Simmer gently
for 5 minutes until the sauce thickens.
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Add the green peppers, tomatoes and tinned pineapple, mix well together
and simmer for a further 5 minutes until the vegetables are well warmed
through.
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In a warmed serving dish put in the pork balls and cover with the sweet
and sour sauce.
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We loved this pork recipe served with our favourite wild rice.
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