Sweet and Sour Pork

My parents went away for a week so i only cooked for them when they came back and during the majority of the week me and Bobby ate junk food.. it was great to be a pig! Anyways, i decided to make something simple to make. So i got out one of my Food Network Magazines and found 11,375 Stir Fries! They give you a list of proteins you can use, 3 cups of different vegetables and your sauce. So me and Bobby choose pork as our protein and for our 3 cups of vegetables we choose carrots, bell peppers and scallions and from the 5 different sauces we choose sweet and sour. The procedure is simple and you can pretty much use anything in a stir fry.

Ingredients:

Marinade:

• 1 egg white
• 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
• 1 tbsp cornstarch

*Whisk together and toss with protein.

Sweet and Sour Sauce:

• 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 1/4 ketchup
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 3 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sesame oil

*Mix together.

Preparations:

First, marinade your protein for an hour in the refrigerator.

After your protein has marinated your going to set up your stir fry. Line up your protein, vegetables and sauce in order of how they will be added into your wok, leaving the sauce for last and arranging your vegetable from slowest cooking to fastest.

Then add 2 tbsp of peanut oil and heat on high. Remove protein from marinade and add to wok; constantly stirring. Cook until protein has become opaque; remove from wok and set aside. Clean off wok of any juice/oil.

Heat on medium-high and add 3 tbsp of peanut oil. Add the slowest cooking vegetable first. When vegetable get slightly tender, add the rest of the vegetables. When vegetables have reached your desire, add protein back in and stir with vegetables; about 2 minutes. Then add your sauce and heat until thickened; about 3 minutes.

Remove from heat and serve. Garnish with cilantro, peanuts, sesame seeds or hot pepper flakes.

It was super filling and very delicious. My parents came home to a good meal. I bought some white rice from a Chinese food place and plated it with my stir fry. Definitely going to try other combinations seeing as there are 11,375! Enjoy!