A famous Chinese dish - sweet and sour pork loin.

Sweet and sour pork loin, this dish is found in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Halal and Lu cuisine. It is particularly popular and may be found all over the world.

【Features】.

The sweet and sour sauce is poured over the tenderloin, and when you bite into it, the crispy skin and the tender pork are wrapped in a mixture of sweet and sour taste.

The dish consists of bite sized pieces of fried pork, which are subsequently sautéed in a more customized sweet and sour sauce made with sugar, ketchup, white vinegar and soy sauce.

【Ingredients】.

Ingredients：250g tenderloin, 500g cooking oil (50g actual consumption)

Ingredients: 1 egg, 1 scallion, 1 small piece of ginger, flour and starch.

Seasoning: 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1/2 tbsp stock, 1/2 tbsp wine, 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp salt. 

[Common Cooking Methods:]

1. beat the eggs in a bowl.

 2) Wash and slice the meat, put it in the egg mixture, add water starch and flour and mix well.

3. wash and chop the spring onions and ginger. 

4) In a bowl, thicken the sauce with wine, sugar, balsamic vinegar, salt, spring onion, ginger, starch and stock. 

5) Heat oil in a pan until 50% hot, add the sliced meat, fry until crispy, drain off the oil. 

6) Leave the oil in the pan, add the gravy, stir-fry the meat and pour sesame oil over it.

 

      Some prefer to add pineapple, green peppers (chilies) and onions as toppings.

       In some more elaborate preparations, Chinese white rice vinegar is requested sparingly and a less vinegary ketchup is used to control the acidity of the dish, while some restaurants use unripe kiwi and HP sauce instead of vinegar.

      Some of the more casual eateries use diluted acetic acid instead of white vinegar and synthetic red coloring instead of ketchup to keep costs down, making the dish too spicy and making customers thirsty.

      Sweet and sour pork consists of pork cut into edible slices, marinated, dusted with flour and/or cornstarch, and then deep fried.

The sweet and sour sauce is made from brown sugar, rice vinegar and ketchup. It also uses vegetables such as bell peppers, carrots and red onions to add flavor.