Sweet-and-Sour Pork

Sweet-and-Sour Pork
Recipe Number: 726
Contributor: Snowy Owl

Serves: 4
Calories Per Serving:
Preparation Time:
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

1? pounds lean pork, cut into 1? cubes
2 carrots, cut into thin strips
1 red bell pepper, cut into thin rings
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 slice fresh ginger, minced
? cup onions, chopped
? pound mushrooms, sliced
? cup beef stock

Marinade:

3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons sake, (or dry white wine)

Sweet-and sour sauce:

4 tablespoons catsup
? cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons wine vinegar
2 tablespoons sake, (or dry white wine)
2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in ? cup water

Cooking Instructions:

Combine catsup, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and wine in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch dissolved in water to sauce. Cook over low heat stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened. Set aside and keep warm

Combine ingredients for marinade. Place pork in a shallow dish and pour in marinade. Turn pork to cover all sides. Let stand 20-30 minutes, turning occasionally.

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in wok. Add ginger and pork, and stir-fry about 5 minutes. Remove pork and set aside. Add remaining oil to wok, and add carrots, pepper, onion, and mushrooms. Stir-fry about 5 minutes or until carrots and peppers are tender but still crisp. Add pork back to wok and stir-fry about 5 minutes. Add beef stock and mix well. Stir in sweet-and-sour sauce, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 2 minutes. Serve with rice.