Sweet and sour pork - 10 step-by-step homemade recipes

So that you can feel and taste all the charm of Chinese cuisine at home, we have selected 10 wonderful recipes for pork in sweet and sour sauce. The secret of the unique taste lies in the special preparation method and the sauce itself.

Chinese style sweet and sour pork in a pan (gabadjou)

Cooking pork in sweet and sour sauce in Chinese is not difficult and even a beginner in the world of cooking can handle it. Gabajou is the most authentic version of that dish.

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 4.

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  Cut the pork into thin slices 0.5 centimeters wide.
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  For the sauce, in a bowl, combine the tomato paste, starch, cold water, vinegar, soy sauce, salt and sugar.
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  Next, prepare the meat batter. Separate the white from the yolk. In a bowl of protein, add a couple of tablespoons of water and a couple of drops of vinegar, whisk the ingredients together. Then add starch, soda and salt, stir. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, dip each piece of pork in batter and quickly fry in hot oil on both sides.
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  Cut the onion into half rings, grate the carrots, cut the ginger root and garlic into thin slices. Put the prepared ingredients in a pan and fry for a couple of minutes.
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  Then add the sweet and sour sauce prepared earlier. As soon as the sauce begins to thicken, lay out the fried pieces of pork, stir, heat the dish for a couple of minutes over medium heat and the pork in sweet and sour Chinese sauce is ready.

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Juicy pork in sweet and sour sauce, baked in the oven

We suggest you try an interesting way of cooking pork in sweet and sour sauce. The dish harmoniously combines meat and vegetables, and this culinary masterpiece is completed with a sweet and sour sauce.

Cooking time: 55 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 400 gr.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 1-2 teeth.
• Ginger - 5 cm
• Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
• Vinegar 9% - 1 tbsp
• Tomato paste - 1 tablespoon
• Vegetable oil - 1-2 tablespoons
• Starch - 3 tablespoons
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Sesame - 1 tablespoon

Cooking process:

1. Cut the pork into 0.5 cm thick bars.
2. Transfer the meat to a bowl, add a couple of tablespoons of starch, a tablespoon of soy sauce and 100 ml of water, stir. Fry the meat in vegetable oil for half a minute on each side, so that it is slightly browned.
3. Cut onions, carrots and bell peppers into thin strips. Fry vegetables in vegetable oil until soft.
4. In a bowl, combine tomato paste, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, chopped ginger, and garlic.Pour water into the resulting mass and add a tablespoon of starch.
5. Pour the sauce into a frying pan for vegetable frying, boil it and remove from heat.
6. Place vegetable roast and meat in an ovenproof dish. Place the mold in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Sprinkle the finished dish with sesame seeds and serve.

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Soft and tender pork in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple

A very famous and beloved dish with amazing taste. Thanks to the unusual combination of products, pork in sweet and sour sauce with pineapples always takes pride of place on the table and attracts everyone's attention.

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 600 gr.
• Canned pineapples - 300 gr.
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
• Soy sauce - 5 tablespoons
• Tomato sauce - 3 tablespoons
• Flour - 1 tablespoon
• Starch - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 1 tsp

Cooking process:

1. Cut the pork into small cubes. Dip the meat in flour and starch.
2. Fry the pork in vegetable oil for 5 minutes.
3. Drain the canned pineapples.
4. Then add the pineapples to the meat in the pan. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes. Next, pour in the soy sauce.
5. After a couple of minutes, add the tomato paste, stir and cook for 3 minutes. Then pour in the juice from canned pineapples, stir and salt to taste.
6. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Finally, add the chopped greens and serve the meat with any side dish of your choice.

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A simple and delicious recipe for pork in sweet and sour sauce with vegetables

Pork and vegetables complement each other perfectly. If you add sweet and sour sauce to these ingredients, then the dish will turn out to be unusually juicy, tasty and spicy.

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 700 gr.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
• Zucchini - 0.5 pcs.
• Garlic - 2 teeth
• Soy sauce - 4 tablespoons
• Sugar - 3 tablespoons
• Water - 8 tablespoons
• Vinegar 9% - 2 tablespoons
• Starch - 2 tablespoons
• Salt to taste.
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
• Ginger root - 3 cm
• Chili to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the pork into small pieces.
2. Add chopped garlic, soy sauce to the meat, stir and leave for half an hour.
3. Cut the Bulgarian pepper into cubes.
4. Cut the zucchini into quarters.
5. Cut carrots into slices, ginger and chili into strips.
6. In a bowl, combine the ingredients in the following order: pour water, vinegar and soy sauce into the sugar, stir until the sugar dissolves, then add the starch.
7. In a preheated skillet, fry the carrots until golden brown.
8. Add bell pepper, zucchini and ginger to the carrots, fry for 5 minutes. Then add salt to the vegetables. Place the sautéed vegetables on a plate.
9. Fry the meat in a skillet.
10. Then put the vegetables in a skillet, stir and fry for 5 minutes. Pour in the prepared sweet and sour sauce, stir and continue cooking until the sauce begins to thicken.
11. Serve pork with vegetables in sweet and sour sauce and cooked rice.

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How to cook juicy pork in sweet and sour sauce with starch?

You don't have to go to China to taste their national dish, sweet and sour pork. According to this recipe, you will be able to cook such a dish yourself, and the pork will be soft and juicy.

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 1 kg.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Potato starch - 2 tablespoons
• Rice vinegar - 1 tablespoon
• Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Sweet red pepper - 1 pc.
• Sweet yellow pepper - 1 pc.
• Green onions - 1 bunch.
• Vegetable oil - 200 ml.
• For the sauce:
• Soy sauce - 2 tablespoons
• Rice vinegar - 1.5 tablespoons
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Tomato paste - 1 tablespoon
• Potato starch - 1 tsp
• Chicken broth - 170 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the pork into cubes, transfer to a bowl, add rice vinegar, soy sauce and salt. Leave the pork to marinate for half an hour.
2. Cut onions into feathers, sweet peppers - into cubes, carrots - into bars. Blanch the carrots in boiling water for 3 minutes.
3. Beat the egg with starch, add a little water. Put the meat in the resulting mass, mix.
4. Heat oil in a skillet, then fry the meat in small portions until golden brown.
5. For the sweet and sour sauce, combine rice vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, tomato paste, and chicken broth. Pour the resulting mixture into a pan, bring to a boil, put the vegetables and simmer everything together for a couple of minutes. In a separate container, mix the starch with two teaspoons of water, add to the vegetables and bring the sauce to a boil.
6. Put the meat in a frying pan, stir and the dish is ready. Can be served on the table.

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Step-by-step recipe for cooking pork with rice in sweet and sour sauce

Pork in sweet and sour sauce has long been popular far beyond China. Asian-style pork can be cooked at home. And it is best to serve such meat with boiled rice.

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 1.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 250 gr.
• Bulgarian pepper - 100 gr.
• Hot pepper - to taste.
• Lime juice - 1 tablespoon
• Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
• Tomato sauce - 3 tablespoons
• Brown sugar - 1 tsp
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
• Dried garlic - 2 gr.
• Dried ginger - 2 gr.
• Ground coriander - 2 gr.
• Water - 150 ml.
• Rice - 0.5 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the pork and pat dry with paper towels. Then cut the meat into strips and fry in vegetable oil.
2. Cut the bell pepper into strips, put in a pan and fry with the meat for 2-3 minutes.
3. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, tomato sauce, brown sugar, lime juice, water, and seasonings. Pour the sauce into the skillet.
4. Cut hot pepper into thin rings, add it to meat and vegetables in a pan, continue to fry for 5-7 minutes.
5. Once the sauce has thickened, the dish is ready. Boil rice in salted water. Serve sweet and sour pork with rice.

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Delicate and delicious pork with Udon noodles in sweet and sour sauce

An interesting and unusual dish with tender pork and thin noodles in sweet and sour sauce. This dish has a rather unusual taste and thanks to it you can get to know more about oriental cuisine.

Cooking time: 35 minutes

Cooking time: 35 minutes

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 350 gr.
• Udon noodles - 150 gr.
• Carrots - 2 pcs.
• Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs.
• Honey - 1 tablespoon
• Soy sauce - 2 tablespoons
• Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons

Cooking process:

1. Cut the pork into small cubes and fry over high heat for 5-7 minutes.
2. Boil the udon noodles in salted water until tender.
3. For the sauce, combine soy sauce, honey, and lemon juice.
4. When the meat is browned, salt and season to taste. Then add the sauce, reduce heat and simmer, covered for a couple of minutes.
5. Wash carrots and bell peppers and cut into thin strips. Add vegetables to the skillet, stir and cook for 1 minute.
6. Then put the noodles, stir, heat the dish and you can immediately serve it.

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How to cook aromatic pork with honey, tomato paste and soy sauce?

China is famous not only for its traditions and culture, but also for its delicious food. One of the most popular and famous Chinese dishes is pork in sweet and sour sauce. Thanks to the special technology, the dish is prepared very quickly.

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 500 gr.
• Starch - 2 tablespoons
• Orange juice - 200 ml.
• Honey - 1 tablespoon
• Tomato paste - 1 tablespoon
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Soy sauce - 2 tablespoons
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Sweet pepper - 2 pcs.
• Green onions - 20 gr.
• Sunflower oil - 2 tablespoons
• Vinegar - 1 tsp

Cooking process:

1. Wash the pork, peel, cut into cubes and roll in starch.
2. Transfer the meat to a bowl, add water and let sit for 20 minutes.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan, fry the meat over high heat.
4. Make a sweet and sour sauce. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, honey, tomato paste, sugar, vinegar, and orange juice.
5. Pour the sauce over the meat, stir and simmer for 30 minutes.
6. Wash the vegetables. Cut carrots into strips, bell peppers - into cubes, green onions - into small pieces. Add vegetables to a saucepan, simmer for 5-7 minutes and the dish is ready. Serve hot pork in sweet and sour sauce.

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Soft and juicy pork in sweet and sour sauce in a slow cooker

There are many recipes for cooking pork. We will show you how to cook sweet and sour pork in a slow cooker. The sauce has a good effect on the structure of the meat and makes it very soft and juicy.

Cooking time: 80 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 600 gr.
• Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon
• Soy sauce - 1.5 tablespoons
• Garlic - 3 teeth.
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
• Salt to taste.
• Seasoning for meat - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the pork into small cubes.
2. Peel the garlic and cut into thin slices.
3. Turn on the multicooker, select the "Fry" mode, set the timer for half an hour. Pour in vegetable oil and fry the pork for 20 minutes. Then add the garlic, salt and spices, stir and continue cooking until the end of the program.
4. Then add soy sauce, lemon juice and sugar, stir, close the lid of the multicooker and cook the dish for another 50-60 minutes in the "Sauté" mode.
5. Serve the pork in a sweet and sour sauce with a side dish of your choice.

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Delicious pork with bell pepper and pineapple at home

We suggest you try an affordable but very exotic Chinese dish. Pork in sweet and sour sauce with bell pepper is a beautiful and tasty dish that will look great on a festive table.

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Pork - 500 gr.
• Canned pineapples - 150 gr.
• Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 2 teeth
• Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
• Vegetable oil - 4 tablespoons
• Starch - 1 tablespoon
• Ground ginger - 1 tsp
• Chili to taste.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Greens to taste.
• For the sauce:
• Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons
• Tomato ketchup - 2 tablespoons
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Table vinegar - 1 tablespoon

Cooking process:

1. Cut the pork into large pieces, sprinkle with ground ginger, salt and starch, top with soy sauce and stir in a bowl. Leave the meat to marinate for half an hour.
2. Then fry the meat in a grill pan until golden brown on all sides.
3. Dice the garlic, bell peppers, pineapples and chili peppers.
4. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, ketchup, sugar, and vinegar.
5. Transfer the pork to the pan and sauté with the vegetables.
6. Then pour in the sweet and sour sauce, stir, bring it to a boil and remove from heat.
7. Serve hot pork in sweet and sour sauce.

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