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Sweet and sour pork
Photo: Sam Loyd

Sweet and sour pork

23 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Cook up a flavourful sweet and sour sauce for deep-fried cubes of marinated pork. So much better than any takeaway.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1241
Calories
76g
Protein
56g
Fat
101g
Carbs

Counts 18 of 19 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sesame Seed 1 tbsp (9g) 52
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cider not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 450g/1lb pork fillet
  • 1 tbsp dry sherry
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • pinch Chinese five-spice
  • , for deep-frying vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tbsp cornflour
  • 150ml/5fl oz chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
  • 1 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 green pepper
  • 4 spring onions
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp orange juice
  • and freshly ground pepper salt
  • 2 bok choi
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • cooked basmati rice

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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