Recipe: Yummy 'Merican Sweet and Sour Pork

'Merican Sweet and Sour Pork. Get your veggie or canola oil heated up for frying. Better than take-out, this savory dish of pork, pineapple, snow peas. Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set aside.

Sweet and Sour Pork This recipe is a Chinese-American rendering of a Cantonese dish, employing a version of a sweet and sour sauce usually found on fish but just as delicious on pork. Crispy Sweet and Sour Pork is an easy classic Chinese recipe that always looks more intimidating than it is. With an easy batter and quick sauce, this recipe is delicious and crispy. You can have 'Merican Sweet and Sour Pork using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of 'Merican Sweet and Sour Pork

1. You need 3/4 cup of Self rising flour.
2. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt.
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of Baking powder.
4. You need 1/4 cup of Vinegar.
5. You need 1 cup of Beer.
6. Prepare of Sauce.
7. It's 2 tsp of Honey.
8. You need 5 small of Random leftover Chinese takeout sauce packets (duck, soy, etc.).
9. Prepare 1/4 cup of Cheap sweet and sour sauce.
10. Prepare of Meat.
11. Prepare 6 slice of Pork chops.
12. It's of Ginger.
13. You need 1 each of Garlic salt.

One of the most frustrating things about ordering Chinese food from your local takeout place is the steam factor. We served our sweet and sour pork over rice and it was the perfect meal. Even though this dish cooks for an hour, it is really simple to throw together and our family loved it. I loved that it wasn't a really heavy dish because of the light breading on the pork and the flavor of the sweet and sour sauce was spot on.

'Merican Sweet and Sour Pork step by step

1. Preheat oven to 325 and place all pork in oven, uncovered, sprinkled with mentioned seasonings. Let bake for 20 minutes.
2. Get your veggie or canola oil heated up for frying.
3. Remove pork from oven and let rest for 15 minutes.
4. Cut pork into 2-3inch pieces, set aside in separate bowl.
5. Mix all sauce ingredients in bowl and set aside.
6. Mix all left over ingredients in recipe in cold metal bowl, make sure beer is very cold. Don't over mix, it won't be as fizzy if you over mix it.
7. Dip pork in batter and put in hot oil. Flip when golden brown. Place fried pork on paper towel stack in bowl..
8. Drizzle or coat finished pork with sauce. Serve with wasabi and more beer! Enjoy!.

For sweet and sour pork, I like to use pork shoulders (or pork butt) because of the marbling of fat within the meat. The fat marbling makes the bite-sized pieces tender, moist and flavorful. If you are looking for a healthier or leaner alternative, you can use pork tenderloin but it might turn out slightly less tender and less moist since it is. this is such a great recipe. i was skeptical at first because sweet and sour pork varies so much between different restaurants and sometimes it is downright disgusting. this recipe really turns out better than any sweet and sour pork i've had in chinese restaurants. my boyfriend requests this all the time! Stir in pork, onion, green pepper and pineapple. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and broth until smooth; gradually stir into cooking juices.