Pork with pineapple in sweet and sour sauce - 5 recipes at home

Pineapple is one of the most versatile tropical fruits that goes very naturally and harmoniously with any meat and sweet and sour sauce, making the dish even fresher, juicier and more flavorful. And in each of the five cooking options, you can find a zest for which you will fall in love with this dish.

Pork with pineapples in sweet and sour sauce in a pan at home

Thanks to the components included in the sweet and sour sauce, the pieces of pork are covered with a crispy amber crust and taste like caramel. And as a result of such manipulations, the simplest and most familiar side dish will sparkle with new colors.

Cooking time: 70 min.

Cooking time: 40-50 min.

Servings - 6.

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  We wash the meat, dry it and cut into small slices.
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  Let's start making the pork marinade. The yolks separated from the proteins are added directly to the meat.
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  Add salt, starch and soy sauce to this.
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  Mix everything thoroughly so that all the pieces of meat are in the marinade and leave the pork to marinate for 30 minutes under cling film.
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  In the meantime, let's start preparing the other ingredients. Cut the thoroughly washed sweet peppers into large cubes.
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  Next, chop the peeled ginger as finely as possible. We also grind the garlic. Alternatively, the garlic cloves can be passed through a press.
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  During this time, the meat managed to soak well, and we can proceed to frying it. Before sending the meat to the frying pan, roll each slice in flour or starch.
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  Preheat a frying pan with a lot of oil and fry pieces of meat on all sides until golden brown.
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  We put the meat in a colander to drain all the oil.
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  We turn to frying the ginger and garlic for a few minutes, until they give a bright aroma.
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  Then pour in the bell pepper and then add the pineapples. Fry everything for only 2-3 minutes, so that all vegetables remain slightly crispy.
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  In a separate container, mix a tablespoon of starch and one tablespoon of water. Add apple cider vinegar, tomato paste to a homogeneous mass and mix well.
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  Add a little granulated sugar to the pan with vegetables and continue to fry, stirring not very intensively.
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  Then pour the sauce we have prepared into a frying pan with vegetables and add the previously fried meat.
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  Our dish is ready. We lay out in portions on plates and serve.

Enjoy your meal!

Juicy pork with pineapple in sweet and sour sauce in Chinese style

The very same recipe for a colorful and tasty dish, the taste of which is guaranteed to be identical to pork marinated in sweet and sour sauce, served in a local Chinese restaurant.

Cooking time: 60-70 min.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Servings - 4-6.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 500 gr.
• Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
• Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs.
• Corn starch - 1 tablespoon
• Canned pineapples - 150 gr.
• Garlic - 2 teeth
• Apple cider vinegar - 1 tablespoon
• Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Granulated sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. We randomly cut the prepared meat into small slices.
2. Add cornstarch and a little salt to the meat, mix the entire contents well and fill with soy sauce so that it completely covers all the pieces of meat. Marinate pork for 20 minutes, if desired, the time can be increased.
3. From vegetables we use bell pepper, which we cut into oblong strips, and rub the garlic with a fine grater.
4. For the sauce in a separate container, combine three tablespoons of soy sauce, tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, granulated sugar and add a little salt if desired. Mix everything well and set aside.
5. We heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and send a part of the pickled pork to fry, stirring occasionally. After frying the meat for 2-3 minutes, lay out the rest of the pork and keep it for another 5 minutes over medium heat.
6. After this time, we remove the browned meat into a separate bowl, and send the previously chopped vegetables to the pan to fry.
7. Then return the pieces of meat to the browned vegetables and fill the entire contents with sweet and sour sauce.
8. Closer to the end of cooking, add canned pineapples, salt, and for lovers of sharp taste, you can add chili pepper.
9. So that vegetables and meat can be stewed well, pour a glass of boiling water into the pan and leave under a closed lid for 10 minutes over low heat.
10. Cooked pork in sweet and sour sauce is ideally served hot along with boiled rice.

Enjoy your meal!

Tender pork with pineapple and bell pepper in sweet and sour sauce

The result of a simple cooking process is very tasty and tender meat, where pineapple juice softens already pliable pork, and wine vinegar adds piquancy to the dish, maintaining the garlic spice. And if it's simpler, then this is a win-win addition to the side dish.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 500 gr.
• Wheat flour - 2 tablespoons
• Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Soy sauce - 6 tablespoons
• Canned pineapple - 150 gr.
• Garlic - 2 teeth
• Wine vinegar - 1 tablespoon
• Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. In this recipe, we will cook meat in batter. Combine wheat flour with baking powder, butter and gradually add water.
2. We mix all the contents well and, if necessary, add the missing components, in order to obtain a batter that is thick in consistency.
3. Next, quickly cut the pork meat into medium-sized cubes.
4. We heat the pan with a lot of oil and send the pieces of meat to fry, having previously rolled them in batter.
5. In parallel with these, we peel and chop the onion.
6. Chop the carrots quite coarsely.
7. And also coarsely chop the bell pepper.
8. We check the readiness of the meat, by this time it should have covered with a pleasant and light crust.
9. We shift the pork meat into a separate container and proceed to frying the chopped vegetables. We also send sliced ​​pineapples here.
10. Roasting the vegetables takes about 10-15 minutes, after which we give the vegetables a little time to cool.
11. For the sauce, combine tomato paste with vinegar, pineapple syrup, black pepper and add garlic if desired. We send a homogeneous mass to a frying pan and bring to a boil, then leave to simmer for three minutes. To obtain the necessary sweetness of the sauce, add a little granulated sugar and mix well until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
12. Transfer the pork with vegetables to the boiling sauce, mix again and simmer under a closed lid over low heat for five minutes.
13. We serve hot meat in addition to a delicious side dish. Your complete lunch or dinner is ready.

Enjoy your meal!

How to cook pork with pineapple and vegetables in sweet and sour sauce?

The most suitable dish for a summer lunch, which quickly satisfies hunger and does not leave heaviness behind.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings - 2-4.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 300 gr.
• Soy sauce - 4 tablespoons
• Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
• Corn starch - 3 tsp
• Canned pineapples - 200 gr.
• Rice vinegar - 2 tablespoons
• Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
• Vegetable oil - 4 tablespoons
• Brown sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Greens to taste.
• Chili to taste.
• Salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. To get a good result, you need to take responsibility for the preparation of meat. We clean the pork from the film, rinse and cut into thin slices. Add soy sauce with a teaspoon of cornstarch, pepper and salt to the minced meat. Mix everything well and leave it aside until next use.
2. Chop canned pineapple, bell pepper and onions.
3. For the sauce, mix together the tomato paste, leftover cornstarch, vinegar, and soy sauce. After everything has been mixed, add brown granulated sugar and stir until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
4. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and fry the marinated meat in parts until golden brown. After that, we transfer the meat to a separate bowl.
5. Fry chopped vegetables in used oil, after 5-10 minutes return the pork to the pan and fill everything with the prepared sauce.
6. Cook until the sauce thickens for 2-3 minutes.
7. Serve the finished dish hot along with a side dish, garnished with chopped herbs on top.

Enjoy your meal!

Incredibly delicious pork with pineapple in sweet and sour sauce and ginger

No seasoning will add such piquancy and light spiciness to a dish like fried ginger. The result is incredibly satisfying and tasty meat that will win the hearts of your guests.

Cooking time: 80 min.

Cooking time: 45-50 min.

Servings - 4-6.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 400 gr.
• Ginger - 30 gr.
• Soy sauce - 50 ml.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs.
• Potato starch - 2 tablespoons
• Canned pineapples - 200 gr.
• Rice vinegar - 2 tablespoons
• Tomato paste - 2 tablespoons
• Granulated sugar - 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. We start the cooking process by preparing vegetables. Rinse and chop the bell pepper. Peppers of different colors can be used to create a bright dish.
2. Peel the ginger and cut into thin strips.
3. Cut the washed and dried meat quite coarsely.
4. We break the egg and separate the white with the yolk.
5. Add the yolk, starch to the minced meat and fill it with soy sauce. Mix all the ingredients carefully and leave the pork to marinate for 20-30 minutes.
6. At this time, let's start cooking vegetables. Grind pineapple rings into small cubes.
7. Now we dilute the starch in two tablespoons of cold water.
8. We send the marinated meat to fry in a preheated pan with a lot of vegetable oil until it is browned.
9. To prepare the sauce, fry the chopped ginger.
10. After a couple of minutes, pour chopped bell pepper into the fried ginger.
11. Add the sliced ​​pineapple pieces right away and continue to simmer the vegetables.
12. Pour vinegar over slightly browned vegetables.
13. Next, add granulated sugar, mixing all the contents well.
14. Next, add the tomato paste.
15. At the end, pour the mixture with starch into the vegetables, stirring constantly.
16. Combine vegetables in sauce with pieces of meat and continue to simmer all contents over low heat for several minutes.
17. Serve hot meat with vegetables.

Enjoy your meal!