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Title: Sweet and Sour Pork with Tomatoes
Categories: None
Yield: 6 Servings

1/3 c Flour
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/3 c Cold water
1 lb Boneless pork, cut into
-3/4-inch cubes
1 cn (20 oz) pineapple chunks in
-pineapple juice
1/3 c White vinegar
1/3 c Firmly packed light brown
-sugar
1 tb Cornstarch
1 ts Soy sauce
Vegetable oil for frying
1 Medium-size green pepper,
-halved, seeded and cut into
-1-inch pieces
2 Medium-size tomatoes, cut
-into wedges

1. Combine flour, salt, and baking powder in a medium-size bowl; add water,
stirring until smooth. Add pork cubes; stir until coated.

2. Drain juice from pineapple into a 2-cup measure; stir in vinegar, brown
sugar, cornstarch and soy sauce.

3. Heat 1 inch of vegetable oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven to 375
degrees. Fry pork cubes until golden brown; remove pork with slotted spoon
to paper toweling to drain. Cut one cube to make sure pork is done.

4. Carefully pour off all oil from skillet, then return 1 tablespoon. Add
green pepper;saute 2 minutes; remove and reserve.

5. Restir pineapple juice mixture; pour into skillet; cook over medium heat
until slightly thickened and bubbly. Add pork, green pepper, pineapple
cubes and tomatoes to skillet; heat thoroughly. Serve with hot cooked rice,
if you wish. Posted to FOODWINE Digest 21 Mar 97 by "Elizabeth A. Post"
on Mar 22, 1997