Sweet and Sour Pork Chops - A RECIPE FOR YOU TODAY

Sweet and Sour Pork Chops 

By Christine Ho 

Ingredients:

• 5 Pork loin chops (about 265 grams)
• 1/2 onion
• 1/2 green bell pepper (capsicum)
• 1/2 red bell pepper (capsicum)
• 3 slides of pineapple (fresh or tinned)
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

Marinade:

• 1 tablespoon soya sauce
• 2 teaspoons grated ginger juice
• 2 teaspoons Shao-xing wine
• 1/2 teaspoon corn flour
• a dash of salt & white pepper

Sweet & sour sauce ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 49 grams brown sugar 
• 2 tablespoons ketchup

Thickening:

• 1/2 teaspoon corn flour
• 2 tablespoon water

Method:

1. Rinse and dry pork chops, tenderize them briefly with the back of a chopper, sprinkle salt and pepper. Cut each pork chop into 3 pieces, then blend in soya sauce, ginger juice and wine. Leave them for 30 minutes.
2. Wash green and red bell pepper and cut them into pieces. Cut pineapple into bite sizes.
3. Briefly coat the marinated pork chops with some corn flour. Fry them on medium-heat pan until golden. Set aside.
4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil to sauté onion until soft, then add minced garlic, green & red bell pepper (capsicums). Sprinkle a dash of salt, stir fry a while until the vegetables turn soft. Dish up.
5. Pour in sweet and sour sauce ingredients with brown sugar on low heat until sugar dissolves. Simmer for 1 minute, uncovered. Add thickening to the sauce if you desire. Put back the pork chops and stir well. Turn off the heat, add pineapple. Dish up and serve hot.