Air Fryer Sweet and Sour Pork
This is my Chinese grandma's recipe for sweet and sour pork, adapted for the air fryer. Crispy pork nuggets get sauteed in a surprisingly easy sweet and sour sauce. It's perfect for Chinese family dinners or to pack in a bento!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 lb pork (cut in bite size pieces)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- oil spray
- 1 clove garlic (sliced)
- 1 tsp ginger (sliced)
- oil (for frying)
- 1.5 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1/4 cup water
- salt
Instructions
- 1
Cut pork into bite size pieces, if needed (I buy my pork already cut for stir fry at the market).
- 2
Mix flour and cornstarch in a shallow dish.
- 3
Lightly beat eggs and pour into another shallow dish.
- 4
Dip your pork in the beaten egg and then in the flour/cornstarch mixture.
- 5
Put dredged pork in air fryer and spray with oil spray. Air fry at 400 degrees F for 12 minutes, no preheat necessary.
- 6
While pork is cooking, mix sugar, ketchup, and rice vinegar. Set aside.
- 7
In a separate bowl, mix cornstarch and water. Set aside.
- 8
When pork is done in the air fryer, heat up oil in a wok.
- 9
Add garlic and ginger to the wok. You'll know your oil is hot enough if your garlic and ginger are sizzling.
- 10
Add pork to the wok. Pour your ketchup mixture over the pork and stir until everything is coated.
- 11
Add cornstarch and water mixture to the wok and stir, creating a thick sauce. If your sauce gets too dry as the water gets cooked off, add more water as needed.
- 12
Taste your sauce and adjust salt and other seasonings as needed. If you like a tangier sauce, add more vinegar. If you like it sweeter, add more ketchup and sugar, etc. Once you have adjusted the sauce to your liking, you are done!