Sweet and Sour Pork
Tender chunks of pork tenderloin stir fried with colourful veggies and pineapple with a sweet and sour sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lb uncooked pork tenderloin
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 2 tsp sesame oil plus extra if necessary
- 1 head broccoli about 2 cups
- 1 sweet pepper any colour
- 2-3 carrots
- ½ onion red is best for colour
- 8 large mushrooms
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 2 Tbsp minced ginger root or 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 can pineapple chunks, drained reserving juice save juice for sauce
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- ⅔ cup reserved pineapple juice amount varies depending on juice in can
- ⅓ cup orange juice or enough to make 1 cup of juice combined with pineapple juice
- 2 Tbsp rice vinegar or 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar well packed
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- ¼ cup chicken broth or water
- 1 tsp sriracha sauce if desired for extra heat
- ½ salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
Garnish
- 1 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds
- minced green onion
Instructions
- Toast sesame seeds in dry hot pan. Remove to plate to cool, save for garnish.
- Cut broccoli into bite sized pieces. Peel and slice stems, saving for stir fry. Blanch broccoli florets in boiling water for 1 minutes, drain quickly and cool in ice water.
- Drain juice from pineapple chunks into measuring cup. Add orange juice to make up 1 cup of juice in total. Add rice vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar and sriracha (if using) and season with salt and pepper. Combine cornstarch with chicken broth or water, then add to sauce. Stir everything together and set aside.
- Cut pork tenderloin into bite sized chunks, about 1 inch cubes. Season with salt and pepper. Sear quickly in wide hot skillet in sesame oil until browned, turn over and quickly sear other side. Pork does not need to be completely cooked. Sear in batches if necessary to avoid crowding meat. Remove to a plate.
- Slice pepper, carrots, mushrooms and onions. Add to hot skillet and stir fry until vegetables are starting to soften, adding more sesame oil if necessary. Add garlic, ginger, and pork. Stir fry for a few more minutes to cook pork through. If using ground ginger instead of fresh ginger root, add to sauce mixture.
- Pour sauce over stir fry mixture and simmer for about 5 minutes until thickening and bubbling.
- Add broccoli and pineapple and stir to combine and heat through.
- Serve hot over rice and garnish with sesame seeds and minced green onion.
Notes
Nutrition information does not include rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 312kcalCarbohydrates: 37.5gProtein: 28.4gFat: 7.7gSaturated Fat: 2.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1.3gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 1561mgPotassium: 633.7mgFiber: 4.8gSugar: 21g
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