A traditional Chinese dish, a family favourite and surprisingly quick to make. For an authentic touch, serve as part of a banquet of steamed vegetables, dim sum and rice.
The ingredient of Sweet Sour Sesame Pork
- 800g pork scotch neck steaks
- 75g 1 2 cup cornflour
- 1 teaspoon chinese five spice
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4cm piece ginger
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 125ml 1 2 cup rice wine vinegar
- 75g 1 3 cup caster sugar
- 60ml 1 4 cup chinese rice wine shaoxing see notes
- 400g about 1 4 pineapple
- 250g grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes
- 1 green capsicum
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 2 spring onions
- peanut oil or vegetable oil to shallow fry
- 35g 1 4 cup plain flour
- steamed rice to serve
The Instruction of sweet sour sesame pork
- cut pork into 3cm pieces place 2 tablespoons cornflour and five spice in a bowl whisk in egg soy sauce and sesame oil until combined add pork and toss to coat
- to make sauce peel garlic and crush into a saucepan peel ginger cut into julienne matchsticks then add to pan with tomato paste vinegar sugar and rice wine peel core and cut pineapple into 3cm pieces halve tomatoes seed capsicum cut into 3cm pieces and add to pan with pineapple and tomatoes bring to a simmer over medium heat stirring occasionally to dissolve sugar then cook for 20 minutes or until capsicum is tender but tomatoes are still holding their shape keep warm
- meanwhile stir sesame seeds in a frying pan over medium heat for 2 minutes or until golden transfer to a bowl thinly slice onions and add to the sesame seeds with 1 teaspoon salt
- fill a frying pan or wok with 3cm oil heat over medium heat add remaining cornflour plain flour and 2 teaspoons water to pork toss to coat fry pork in 3 batches for 3 minutes each side or until golden and cooked drain on paper towel
- combine pork and sauce scatter with sesame seed mixture serve with rice
Nutritions of Sweet Sour Sesame Pork
calories: 736 359 caloriescalories: 23 grams fat
calories: 5 grams saturated fat
calories: 75 grams carbohydrates
calories: 40 grams sugar
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calories: 52 grams protein
calories: 164 milligrams cholesterol
calories: 925 06 milligrams sodium
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