What is Sweet and Sour Pork? How to Cook Sweet and Sour Pork at Home

Sweet and sour pork is golden in color and tastes sweet and sour. For people in Northeast China, sitting on a warm kang in winter and eating a bowl of sweet and sour pork is really a great enjoyment, so many people like to make sweet and sour pork. Now people all over the country like to eat sweet and sour pork. Today I will share with you the home-cooked method of sweet and sour pork, I hope it will be useful to your life.

Contents of this article

1. What is Pot-Braised Pork?

2. Homemade Pot-Boiled Pork

3. What kind of starch is best for sweet and sour pork?

What is pot-baked pork?

Guobaorou, formerly known as Guobaorou, is a Northeastern dish that was first created by Zheng Xingwen, the chef of Harbin Daotaifu, Du Xueying, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu. After the dish is cooked, it is golden in color and tastes sweet and sour.

In order to cater to the tastes of foreign guests, the "scorched pork strips" with a salty and fresh taste have been changed into a sweet and sour dish. Usually, the pork tenderloin is sliced ​​and marinated, coated with fried batter, fried until golden brown, and then stir-fried and thickened with starch.

Homemade Pot-Boiled Pork

Ingredients

200 grams of pork (pork or tenderloin), 25 grams of tomato sauce, 25 grams of white vinegar, 25 grams of sugar, 2 grams of salt, 10 grams of rice wine, and appropriate amounts of ginger, onion, coriander, and corn starch.

practice

1. Cut the pork into half-centimeter thick slices, mix with 1 gram of salt and 10 grams of rice wine, and marinate for later use.

2. Cut the ginger and green onion into thin strips and cut the coriander into sections and set aside.

3. Mix corn starch into a thick paste, add a little oil and mix well for later use.

4. Heat the oil in a pan until it is 70% hot, put the meat slices into the prepared batter and dip both sides evenly, then fry until it is set and remove from the pan.

5. Heat the oil to 80% hot, add the meat slices and fry again until the surface is crispy and remove from the pan.

6. Clean the wok, add a little oil and heat over high heat, then stir-fry the shredded green onion and ginger.

7. Then put the meat slices and coriander into the pot, pour the sauce on them and stir-fry until the meat slices are evenly coated with the sauce before serving.

What kind of starch is good for pot-baked pork

For people in Northeast China, sitting on a warm kang in winter and eating a bowl of sweet and sour pork is really a great enjoyment, so many people like to make sweet and sour pork. However, because of the current developed economy, many outsiders also think that sweet and sour pork is a delicious food after tasting it, so many people have begun to learn to make sweet and sour pork by themselves, but if you want to make a delicious sweet and sour pork, one of the most important things is starch. What kind of starch is the best? The most recommended is water-milled starch, which is more delicate and has a good taste.

You can use flour to make sweet and sour pork, but it is not as delicious as the one made with starch.