Chinese Sweet Pork Food

CHINESE SWEET BUN DOUGH

Steps:

• Whisk the sugar and milk together in a large mixing bowl until the sugar is dissolved. Stir in the yeast, and let stand until a frothy layer forms on the milk, about 10 minutes. Stir in the flour, most of the beaten eggs (reserve about 1 tablespoon of egg in a small bowl for later), vegetable oil, and salt, mixing well until thoroughly combined.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. The dough should be slightly sticky. Place the dough into a large oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap, place the bowl in a warm spot, and let rise until doubled, 2 to 3 hours.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Remove the dough from the bowl, and knead it briefly to punch down, about 1 minute. Roll the dough out into a rope, and cut it into 12 equal-sized pieces. Roll each piece into a ball, and use your fingers to flatten each ball into a disc about 5 to 6 inches in diameter.
• Place about 2 tablespoons of your favorite bun filling in the center of the dough circle, and bring the edges of the dough up over the filling. Pinch and twist the top together to seal in the filling. Make sure there are no open spots. Place each filled bun seam-side down on the parchment paper while you finish making the rest of the buns. Cover the filled buns with plastic wrap, and let them rise for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat the 1 tablespoon of reserved beaten egg with the water to make an egg wash, and brush the top of each bun with the egg mixture. Sprinkle each bun with a few sesame seeds, and bake in the preheated oven until the tops are browned and shiny, turning the baking sheet around halfway through baking, for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve warm.

CHINESE TAKE-OUT SWEET AND SOUR PORK

Steps:

• Place the cubes pork in a medium bowl, add in 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon soy sauce; using clean hands toss well to combine, then add in 1 egg white and toss once again.
• Mix in chopped green onion; cover and refrigerate for 1 or more hours.
• heat 1 quart of oil to 365 degrees F in a large heavy pot or in an electric deep-fryer.
• Remove the pork from the fridge and toss with 1/2 cup cornstarch.
• fry the pork in hot oil about 8 minutes or until evenly browned (do not over crowd the pot fry in 2 batches or three if necessary) drain on paper towels or on a rack.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large wok over medium heat; stir in bell pepper strips, onion and crushed chil flakes; stir fry until just tender, then season with 1/4 teaspoon sugar and salt to taste; remove from heat and set aside.
• For the sweet and sour sauce; in a large skillet or saucepan combine 1 cup water with 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon salt, 3/4 cup sugar, apple cider vinegar, ketchup and 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce; bring to a boil.
• Stir in the cooked pork along with green pepper/onion mixture, pineapple chunks along with the juice from the can; return to a simmer.
• In a small bowl whisk 1/4 cup cold water with 2 tablespoons cornstach until smooth; add into the simmering mixture and cook stirring until bubbly and thickened.
• Sprinkle top with a small amount of sesame seeds if desired, then serve with cooked rice.

SWEET AND SOUR PORK

Steps:

• Pound pork with the back of a cleaver (this is to tenderize the pork), and then cut into 1-inch squares.
• Soak with marinade for at least half an hour.
• Cut green pepper into halves, remove seeds and membrane, and cut into 1" squares.
• Next cut 4 slices of pineapple into the same size squares.
• Set aside.
• Heat 6 cups oil.
• While oil is heating, coat each piece of pork in cornstarch.
• When oil is ready, fry pork until brown and done (about 2 minutes), take out, reheat oil then fry once more until crispy.
• Remove pork and drain off oil from frying pan.
• Put back into frying pan 2 T.
• of oil; fry the green pepper and pineapple, stirring constantly.
• Add the seasoning sauce continuing to stir fry, until thickened.
• Turn off the heat.
• Add the pork, mix well and serve immediately.
• Serve over rice!

CHINESE TAKE-OUT SWEET AND SOUR PINEAPPLE PORK

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together eggs, salt and 1/2 cup cornstarch, flour, garlic powder (if using) and 1/2 cup chicken stock.
• Add in the pork cubes; toss to coat completely with batter.
• Heat oil in a wok or skillet over medium-high heat.
• Place the coated cubes into the oil (working in batches) cook about 4-5 minutes or until pork is done; remove with a slotted spoon or strainer to drain.
• Pour off any excess oil leaving just a small amount.
• Saute the green pepper, garlic and carrots until just crisp-tender.
• Add in the pineapple chunks and juice, the remaining 1 cup of chicken broth and vinegar.
• In a small cup dissolve the 2 tablespoons cornstarch in 2 tablespoons cold water, then add to the sauce along with soy sauce; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly (about 1 minute).
• You can place the pork back in the wok to coat and heat in the sauce, or place the pork on a dish and pour the sauce over top, or serve the sauce on the side, the choice is up to you.
• Serve with cooked rice.

SWEET AND SOUR PORK RECIPE

Steps:

• If the recipe in advance is desired to prepare, I suggest cooking the sauce, and start the first cooking pork fritters. Then at the last second, finish with the second frying and pour sauce to coat everything! Start by cutting the roast pork into pieces of a size suitable for bites. Pour the clear soy sauce, Chinese wine, powder 5 spice, baking soda and cornstarch. Let cool at least one hour.
• Pour all the sauce ingredients except the cornstarch and water.
• Add vegetables, peppers, onions and pineapple. Put on low heat for ten minutes just to cook the onion and peppers. So you can cook a little more or a little less.
• Add to the end of these 10 minutes, the cornflour and 50g of water if the sauce thickens too much.
• Cook one minute and stop the fire.
• Prepare the batter for pork. Combine flour, cornstarch, egg white.
• Add hot water gradually to obtain a smooth paste. Too dry or too wet. Pour this batter over pork.
• Heat oil in a wok or saucepan. When the oil is hot, add the pork pieces one by one. Do not put too much pork pan simultaneously. Cook two or three times!
• Turn pieces of browned on all sides. Set aside each time on a paper towel while the other pieces cook. Once everything is cooked, allow the oil to warm up a little and then add all at once. We will fry again to make the extra-crispy pork !! Yum!
• Drain the oil from the wok into another container (an empty pan) and put the fried pork pieces into the wok, pour over donuts sweet and sour sauce.
• Cook just to warm up the sauce. Serve immediately with rice.

CHINESE SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Mix the potato starch with 1 tablespoon of water (or a little more, as needed) to make a slurry.
• Add all of the ingredients to a saucepan and mix evenly before you start cooking.
• You must continuously stir the sauce to prevent the sauce from getting lumpy.
• Bring the sauce to a boil and turn the heat to the lowest temperature and simmer until the sauce texture has turned thick and sticky. Then it's ready.
• You can stir fry some pork or chicken with vegetables and pour the sauce in.
• If you have any extra sauce, you can keep it in a dry and clean container after it is cooled down and store it in the fridge. Usually, this sauce should last 7 to 10 days in the fridge.

SUPER EASY CHINESE SWEET N' SOUR RIBS

Steps:

• Boil about 1 L of water in a pot, or enough to cover the ribs.
• Carefully drop the ribs in the boiling water, stir til outside browns, roughly 1 minute (this is to clean out the blood in the ribs so your sauce won't have the 'foamy stuff' later).
• Drain ribs, put in a medium sized pot big enough for the ribs to be layed down in one layer. A deeper pan will work too.
• Add rice wine, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce and water in the pot (you don't need to follow the measurements, I usually take a ladle and use 1 ladle of rice wine, 2 vinegar 3 sugar etc).
• Bring to a boil for about 10 minutes then reduce to a simmer.
• Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is very dark and almost dry or to your desired thickness, roughly half an hour.
• Be careful not to dry all the sauce out, the sauce will reduce much quicker in the final stage, so keep an eye on it.
• Serve with steamed rice and stir fried veggies for a great Chinese meal!

SWEET AND SOUR PORK

Steps:

• Add the marinade ingredients to the pork, and mix everything together until there is no visible liquid. Set aside for 30 minutes.
• Next, make the sauce. Add 1 teaspoon of oil, ginger slices, and star anise to a small saucepan over medium heat, and cook until the ginger starts to caramelize (about 1 minute). Next, add the ketchup. When that starts to sizzle, stir constantly until the ketchup starts to caramelize (about 2 minutes). Take care not to burn the aromatics and ketchup--this step is essential to give the sauce a deeper, more complex flavor.
• Next, add the white vinegar, sugar, and the juice from the canned pineapple. Stir until the mixture starts to simmer, and the sugar is dissolved. Turn to the lowest heat and let the sauce simmer and reduce until the sauce just starts to coat a spoon (about 30 minutes). The sauce needs this time for the flavors to meld. The sauce can be cooled and stored at this time, and you can double or triple the amount and store the sauce away in the refrigerator for future meals.
• Heat 3 cups of oil to 350F in a small pot for frying. Using a small pot and frying in batches leaves you with less leftover oil to deal with. Always let the oil cool completely and use a fine mesh strainer to strain the oil before storing in the refrigerator.
• Mix together the dredging ingredients (flour, cornstarch, salt and pepper) in a shallow dish. Dredge the pork pieces in the flour mixture, dip into the egg, and then dredge with the flour again.
• Fry the pieces in batches for about 2 to 3 minutes, or when they just start to get golden brown. Remove them from the oil and transfer to a sheet pan with a slotted spoon or spider.
• Once you're ready to combine everything, refry the pork in batches to crisp up the coating. That's right, they're going to fry for a second time--this prevents the pork from getting too soggy when added to the sauce.
• To a clean wok, add 1 tablespoon oil, the bell peppers, and onions. Stir-fry for 30 seconds, and add the sauce and the pineapple. Bring the mixture to a simmer to further thicken the sauce. At this time, you will likely need to add some cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce further. Add half first and stir for 15 seconds; then decide if you need more. Remember the sauce will thicken more as it cools in the plate, so add only as much as you need.
• I have to add another note to this recipe that this sauce is very sweet and very pungent! So at this point, you must taste the sauce and add water to it if it is too strong and by that, I mean too sweet or too sour. Once you have it adjusted to your taste and the desired thickness, especially if you added more water, then go ahead to the next step and add the pork.
• Next, add your crispy pork to the sauce, and toss until the pieces are well-coated. Serve immediately!

SWEET AND SOUR PORK WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Cut the pork into small cubes and place them in a large bowl. Add salt, ginger and light soy sauce. Set aside for 15 minutes. Crack the egg in and then mix in around 1/4 cup of cornstarch.
• Add 1/2 cup of cornstarch in a plate and coat the pork cubes with starch. Make sure each piece is dry and isolated.
• Prepare other side ingredients. And prepare the sweet and sour sauce in advance. Heat up vegetable oil in pan or wok; add garlic, green onions and ginger to stir-fry over small fire. until aroma with low fire. Then fry the ketchup for a while and then add water, light soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar and water starch. Simmer for around 1 minute until the sauce is well thickened.
• Heat up enough cooking oil for deep-frying. When the oil just began to have movements on the surface, put the pork pieces to deep frying until pork pieces become golden brown. Move out and drain the oil.
• Add a very little amount of oil in wok and fry pineapple cubes and bell peppers until soft.
• Add well made sweet and sour sauce in. Around 4 tablespoons.
• Return fried pork cubes and toss the wok quickly to make each pieces of the pork coated with sweet and sour sauce. Serve hot.

CHINESE SWEET PORK

Steps:

• Remove the bone and outer rind from the ribs/pork belly, and cut into 1 cm slices.
• Place sugar in a wok or saucepan and stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
• Increase to medium heat and boil, without stirring, for 5 minutes, or until the sugar turns an even, golden brown.
• Add the pork and shallots and stir to coat.
• Add the fish sauce, kecap manis, pepper and 1 cup (250ml) warm water.
• Stir until all sugar has melted.
• Cover and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, then cook, uncovered and stirring often, until the sauce is sticky and the meat is cooked.
• If there is too much liquid, spoon some out. Basically the sauce should reduce to a thick glaze.
• Garnish with coriander - this really adds to the flavour of the dish.
• Serve with rice.

SWEET AND SOUR PORK (Gú LóUH YUHK)

Steps:

• Combine the pieces of pork, oil and salt in a bowl.
• Mix well and marinate for 15 minutes while preparing the other ingredients for the sauce.
• Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl and set aside.
• Add the beaten egg to the pork bowl. Stir to combine well.
• Add the 4 tablespoons of cornstarch. Stir to coat the pork.
• Heat the oil over medium to high heat in a heavy-bottomed pan until it begins to smoke.
• Add the pork all at once and spread it in a single layer over the surface of the pan.
• Separate the pieces of pork with a pair of tongs or chopsticks.
• Cook without touching the pork for 3 minutes, or until the underside is golden brown. Flip to brown the other side for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Transfer the pork to a large plate and remove the pan from the heat. Let cool for 3 minutes.
• Add the scallions and garlic cloves. Sauté, stirring until they release their scent, for a few seconds.
• Add the peppers and sauté for 5 minutes over high heat, stirring constantly.
• Stir the reserved sauce ingredients again to completely dissolve the cornstarch. Pour the mixture into the pan.
• Stir and cook until the sauce thickens.
• Add cooked pork and stir to coat with sauce, about 30 seconds.
• Serve immediately with steamed white rice.