Sweet And Sour Pork (Gu Lu Rou) 咕噜肉

Sweet and Sour Pork 咕噜肉 is a classic Cantonese dish that everyone loves. Crispy pork cubes coated in a flavoursome sweet and sour sauce, simply delicious!

📝 Ingredients

• 300 gram pork (cut into cubes)
• 1 green capsicum (sliced)
• 1 tomato (cut into wedges)
• 1 big onion (sliced)
• 1 cucumber (sliced)
• 100 gram pineapple (cubed)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp oyster sauce
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3 tbsp water
• 3 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp chilli sauce
• 1 tbsp plum sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 100 ml water

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- Preparing Ingredients: ---
2. 2Ready: Have ready all ingredients needed to make the dish.
3. 3Slice all the vegetables into cubes, pieces and wedges.
4. 4Sauce: Have ready ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce.
5. 5Mix well the sauce and set aside.
6. 6Pork: Have ready ingredients for marinating the pork cubes.
7. 7Cut pork into 1/2 inch thickness and cut into cubes.
8. 8Marinade: Add all marinade ingredients into the pork pieces and stir to mix well.
9. 9Cover with cling wrap and marinade for at least 30 minutes, preferably overnight in the refrigerator.
10. 10Toss: When about to cook, remove and leave to room tempearture. Toss the marinated pork in cornflour until well coated. Then get ready to deep fry the pork pieces.
11. 11Fry: To deep fry the coated pork, first heat up oil and deep fry in the hot oil until golden brown and the pork is cooked through.
12. 12Dish up, drained and set aside. And we are ready to cook the dish.
13. 13--- Cooking Sweet And Sour Pork: ---
14. 14Fry: To cook the dish, first leave 1 tbsp oil in wok and stir fry onion, capsicum, tomatoes and pineapple until fragrant.
15. 15Sauce: Pour in the sweet and sour sauce and bring the sauce mixture to a boil. Cook till sauce thickened.
16. 16Mix: Add in deep fried pork and mix well. And we are done!
17. 17Serve: Dish up and serve hot with steamed rice.