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Sweet and sour pork recipe
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Sweet and sour pork recipe

12 ingredients 5 min + 5 min 2 people openrecipes

Ching-He Huang shares her traditional Cantonese dish which was used in the 18th and 19th century to test the culinary skills of chefs.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

836
Calories
41g
Protein
42g
Fat
78g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Peanut 1 oz (28g) 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Pineapple 1 cup chunks (165g) 82
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Salad not in our table 0
Bean not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 Pork loin chops or steaks
  • 2 Groundnut oil
  • tbsp Splash of light soy sauce
  • 1 Pinch of ground white pepper
  • 1 Portions of steamed jasmine rice or salad leaves to serve
  • 2 Roasted whole soya beans or dry-roasted peanuts - For the pork coating
  • 3 Pinch of sea salt (optional) - For the pork coating
  • tbsp Pinches of ground white pepper - For the pork coating
  • 1 Crushed dried chillies - For the pork coating
  • 3 Tinned pineapple in natural juice - For the sweet and sour sauce
  • 1 Pineapple juice - For the sweet and sour sauce
  • tsp Freshly squeezed lime juice - For the sweet and sour sauce

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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