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Sweet and Sour Pork

By: Kita · Published Jul 18, 2011 · Updated: Nov 3, 2016 · This post may contain affiliate links

Sweet and sour pork is a quick stir fry dinner, full of fresh vegetables and breaded pork. It's relatively easy to make, too, which is always a plus in my book. Hopefully, in your book, too.

Sweet and sour pork is a quick stir fry dinner, chock full of fresh vegetables and breaded pork. Get the easy weeknight dinner recipe from PassTheSushi.comI'm all about the quick and easy meal from time to time. The king of quick and easy has got to be the stir fry dinner. We love mixing it up and trying new ones. Part of my new year's resolution is to try to utilize more of my cookbooks and magazines, so the moment I saw this sweet and sour pork recipe, I had to try it!

I ripped the recipe out (as per my new organization process) and added it to the pile.

Sweet and sour pork is a quick stir fry dinner, chock full of fresh vegetables and breaded pork. Get the easy weeknight dinner recipe from PassTheSushi.com

Sweet and Sour Pork

from Food Network Magazine, January/February 2011

Sweet and sour pork is a quick stir fry dinner, chock full of fresh vegetables and breaded pork. Get the easy weeknight dinner recipe from PassTheSushi.comIngredients:

  • 1 lb pork tenderloin, cut into ½-inch pieces
  • 2 ½ tbs balsamic vinegar
  • Kosher salt
  • 2 teas low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 3 tbs ketchup
  • 3 tbs sugar, plus a pinch (really, FN - is plus a pinch an actual form of measurement?)
  • ⅓ cup water
  • 3 tbs peanut or vegetable oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 carrots, thinly sliced
  • 3 scallions, cut into ½-inch pieces
  • 3 cups snow peas, cut in half
  • ½ small head of cabbage, sliced thin *I threw this in

Preparation:

Toss the pork with ½ tbs vinegar and pinch of salt in a bowl. Mix the remaining 2 tbs vinegar, soy sauce, cornstarch , ketchup, 3 tbs sugar, ⅓ cup water and ½ teas salt in another bowl.

Heat 2 tbs oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat. Add the pork and slowly sit until it turns mostly opaque, about 2 minutes (my ½-inch to 1-inch pieces took more like 5 minutes to get to a point I was ok with serving). Remove the pork with a slotted spoon and transfer to a plate. Discard the oil and wipe out skillet.

Heat the remaining 1 tbs oil in the skillet, then stir-fry the garlic with a pinch each of salt and sugar, 15 seconds. Add the carrots and scallions and stir-fry until crisp-tender, 2 minutes. If the garlic starts to stick to the skillet, add a bit of water. Add the pork, snow peas and soy sauce mixture stir until the pork is cooked through and the sauce is thickened, about 3 minuets.

Serve with rice and enjoy 😀

 

My thoughts on the sweet and sour pork recipe:

Until I made the sweet and sour pork, I had never eaten a sweet and sour anything. After trying this dish, I'm not sold. I didn't love love this one from Food Network magazine, but with amount of recipes in each issue, there are bound to be a few we don't love. It was a meal, and I packed a ton of veggies in without much prep-work or time wasted, but I won't be making this one again. Win some, lose some.
Sweet and sour pork is a quick stir fry dinner, chock full of fresh vegetables and breaded pork. Get the easy weeknight dinner recipe from PassTheSushi.com

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  1. Blog is the New Black says

    July 18, 2011 at 7:57 am

    Kita, this looks divine!

    Reply
  2. Lacy DeVeney says

    July 18, 2011 at 9:21 am

    Wow the colors are beautiful! This looks amazing!!

    Reply
  3. Tina@flourtrader says

    July 18, 2011 at 9:57 am

    This looks fantastic. I like the addition of the red cabbage here, adds more flavor and makes the dish so eye catching. Well done.

    Reply
  4. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    July 18, 2011 at 9:58 am

    Looks great - I am not a fan of sweet and sour either. Maybe if that is your thing this would be wonderful!

    Reply
  5. RavieNomNoms says

    July 18, 2011 at 10:00 am

    Wow! Look at those colors! It is just so pretty....I bet it is even more delicious than it looks in your pictures (which are outstanding as usual!).

    Reply
  6. Vicki @ WITK says

    July 18, 2011 at 11:15 am

    This dinner looks so good, I love that it's a quick dinner. I'm totally needing quick dinners these days, bookmarked!

    Reply
  7. Sandra's Easy Cooking says

    July 18, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    Oh my dear, this is an amazing dish! I love the color contrast,very very pretty and delicious looking!!! Fantastic photos!!

    Reply
  8. Kim Beaulieu says

    July 18, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    This is just a beautiful dish. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

    Reply
  9. Susie Bee on Maui says

    July 18, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    Aww, sorry you didn't like it but don't give up on sweet and sour. Here is a good one for sweet and sour meatballs. You could use the sauce on pork tenderloin, chicken etc

    https://eatlittleeatbig.blogspot.com/2011/01/recipe-for-sweet-and-sour-meatballs.html

    Reply
  10. The Harried Cook says

    July 18, 2011 at 2:31 pm

    I love sweet & sour pork! And I love that your recipe is so quick to fix, too! Thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  11. Ann says

    July 18, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    Looks delicious! Brilliant minds thinking alike...we both made Sweet & Sour Pork today!

    Reply
    • Kita says

      July 18, 2011 at 10:51 pm

      😀 Love when that happens. Always makes me feel like I'm not the only one on the boat. Yours looks beautiful.

      Reply
  12. Sarah-Jane Nash says

    July 19, 2011 at 3:50 am

    shame you didn't like it - the colours are really pretty and inviting

    Reply
  13. Tes says

    July 19, 2011 at 6:18 am

    This looks so beautiful, Kita! It sounds so fresh and delicious 🙂

    Reply
  14. ping says

    July 19, 2011 at 7:13 am

    Aww ... I'm sorry you didn't like this. I'm not sure if it's meant to be the Chinese styled sweet sour pork dish. If so, it sure doesn't look like it, but ... it's really colorful and beautiful and I'm sure it didn't taste too bad.

    Reply
    • Kita says

      July 19, 2011 at 8:35 am

      Im with you Ping, I didn't really feel that this was a 'traditional' recipe at all. Any time something has ketchup in the ingredients I am a little weary. >.> Ill give sweet and sour another shot, I promise!

      Reply
  15. Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says

    July 19, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Looks good but I'm not sure it is sweet and sour. I agree with you. Still beautful! 🙂

    Reply
  16. Amy says

    July 19, 2011 at 10:22 am

    THIS LOOKS SO GREAT!!!!! I would prefer to make my own asian food then go out and buy it. This is great!!

    We just started following you! We saw you on food gawker!!

    Love,

    https://chickswholovetoeat.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  17. Adora's Box says

    July 19, 2011 at 11:36 am

    I actually like this. I was expecting the thickly battered fried pork with the gloopy sauce. This actually looks so much better and healthier. I like the colourful vegetable mix. I might cook this actually.

    Reply
  18. claire says

    July 19, 2011 at 2:01 pm

    Beautiful work, this looks incredible! Congrats on the top 9!!

    Reply
  19. Mike@The Culinary Lens says

    July 19, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    The red cabbage really makes this pop. I am sure it tastes as good as it looks

    Reply
  20. Ann says

    July 19, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    Congratulations on making the Top 9! This was So beautiful and well deserved!

    Reply
  21. Drew says

    July 19, 2011 at 8:10 pm

    Just a quick note about cooking the pork...the recipe is correct...in the initial fry, you're only just browning the pork...it then sits on the side and the cooking process is completed when you add it back into the wok by simmering in the sauce...

    also, yes, this is nothing like the "traditional" sweet & sour sauce you normally see in take-out restaurants (what I like to refer to as tourist-style chinese food) which is a nasty concoction that is mainly an excessive amount of breading with an unnaturally neon red sauce...ugh...

    one thing that doesn't make sense to me is using low-sodium soy sauce yet adding salt...uhhhh, what?

    btw, feel free to ask if ya have any chinese food questions...just don't ask me to make chop suey...heheh

    Reply
  22. Christa Rose says

    July 20, 2011 at 10:23 am

    I was just admiring this photo on Foodgawker! The veggies looks so fresh and crisp. Can't wait to try it!

    Reply
  23. Sandra says

    July 21, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    Very pretty dish, love the colors!

    Reply
  24. Pretty. Good. Food. says

    July 23, 2011 at 11:06 am

    Mmmmmm, sounds delicious! So much better than take out!

    Reply

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