Sweet and sour pork6/11/2023 If you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating on this recipe below and leave a comment, take a photo and tag me on Instagram with #foodiecrusheats. Instant Pot Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps.In pressing or grating, the ingredients seem to meld into the sauce easier, avoiding bites of chunks of either. I totally agree with Emilie’s use of grated or pressed ginger instead of minced.The only other change I made to this recipe was I used 2 garlic cloves instead of one because I just always use two instead of one and I don’t know why.I would avoid green bell pepper simply because it just doesn’t have that sweet bite. Feel free to use any color of sweet bell pepper you have handy, or what is in your price range. While Emilie’s recipe calls for just red bell pepper, I had a few leftover colors of the pepper rainbow in my fridge after making my Shrimp in Thai Coconut Sauce recipe.The master stir-fry sauce will last up to 2 weeks in the fridge. This healthier Chinese sweet and sour pork is best enjoyed immediately, but you can definitely slice the veggies and whisk together the master stir-fry sauce ahead of time. Emilie reminds readers to drain the juice and use the fruit only, otherwise, the sauce will be too watery. If you do, please choose pineapple packed in its own juices rather than sugar-syrupy sauce. However, you can use canned pineapple if you want to. The sweet bite of fresh pineapple is a staple in the classic Chinese takeout version and we didn’t skip it here. Sweet and sour pork is an authentic Chinese dish, though some iterations of this dish have different ingredients because it has become more Westernized. Garnish with cilantro and serve alongside rice and/or steamed veggies. Add the homemade sweet and sour sauce to the pan and let the mixture bubble away until thickened before returning the pork to the pan, along with the pineapple chunks. sear the thinly sliced pork on both sides and set aside before sautéing the veggies in the same pan. Then, simply measure out 1 cup of that sauce and add to a bowl with the additional ingredients needed to make the sweet and sour sauce.Ĭook the pork and veggies. Add the master stir-fry sauce ingredients to a jar and shake well to combine. Cilantro––feel free to omit it if you don’t care for it.This sweet and sour pork is brimming with fresh and flavorful ingredients, and as they say, the secret’s in the sauce. No heavy breading or greasy, saccharine sauce here. Instead, this Chinese sweet and sour pork uses sliced, lean, pork tenderloin sliced thin so it takes just minutes to brown and is then tossed together with the sautéed peppers and the master sauce to cook down. If you’re looking for nuggets of deep-fried pork, this isn’t that either.” Two of the exact reasons I was drawn to the recipe. Just like my lighter BBQ chicken salad, and Chinese chicken salad with sesame dressing, her healthier sweet and sour pork recipe cuts down on the sugar and fat, without sacrificing any flavor.Įmilie titled this recipe “healthier,” because in her words, “If you’re looking for neon red sauce, this isn’t it. This healthier sweet and sour pork recipe comes from my blogger friend and cookbook author Emilie Raffa, of The Clever Carrot. I love taking my favorite dishes and finding clever, creative ways to lighten them up. This recipe for the classic Chinese sweet and sour pork is made healthier thanks to lean pork that’s sautéed instead of deep-fried, and a naturally sweetened honey balsamic stir-fry sauce.
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