Sweet And Sour Pork (Gu Lu Rou) 咕噜肉
Sweet and Sour Pork 咕噜肉 is a classic Cantonese dish that everyone loves. Crispy pork cubes coated in a flavoursome sweet and sour sauce, simply delicious!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 300 gram pork (cut into cubes)
- 1 green capsicum (sliced)
- 1 tomato (cut into wedges)
- 1 big onion (sliced)
- 1 cucumber (sliced)
- 100 gram pineapple (cubed)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp oyster sauce
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 tbsp water
- 3 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp plum sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 100 ml water
Instructions
- 1
Have ready all ingredients needed to make the dish.
- 2
Slice all the vegetables into cubes, pieces and wedges.
- 3
Have ready ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce.
- 4
Mix well the sauce and set aside.
- 5
Have ready ingredients for marinating the pork cubes.
- 6
Cut pork into 1/2 inch thickness and cut into cubes.
- 7
Add all marinade ingredients into the pork pieces and stir to mix well.
- 8
Cover with cling wrap and marinade for at least 30 minutes, preferably overnight in the refrigerator.
- 9
When about to cook, remove and leave to room tempearture. Toss the marinated pork in cornflour until well coated. Then get ready to deep fry the pork pieces.
- 10
To deep fry the coated pork, first heat up oil and deep fry in the hot oil until golden brown and the pork is cooked through.
- 11
Dish up, drained and set aside. And we are ready to cook the dish.
- 12
To cook the dish, first leave 1 tbsp oil in wok and stir fry onion, capsicum, tomatoes and pineapple until fragrant.
- 13
Pour in the sweet and sour sauce and bring the sauce mixture to a boil. Cook till sauce thickened.
- 14
Add in deep fried pork and mix well. And we are done!
- 15
Dish up and serve hot with steamed rice.