Dish · chinese
Sweet and Sour Pork
Battered, deep fried pork loin tossed in a bright red-orange sauce built on pineapple, ketchup, and vinegar, with bell pepper.
Where it comes from
Sweet and sour pork descends from Cantonese guo bao rou, adapted for overseas Chinese restaurant audiences with ketchup and pineapple replacing the more restrained vinegar-sugar glaze of the original.
What cooks argue about
Cooks argue over double frying the pork for a shatter-crisp coating that survives being tossed in sauce, versus a single fry, which softens almost as soon as the sauce hits it.
Versions
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What goes in it
Each one opens everything else made with it.
cornstarch
pineapple
rice vinegar
bell pepper green