Sweet "N" Sour Pork

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Attributed to: Mary Horn 

Category: Pork

Description: 

A delicious recipe for sweet n sour pork that is best served with fried rice 

Prep time: 15 min

Total time: 35 minutes

Servings:  4

Difficulty rating: 3

Ingredients:

1 20 Ounce can pineapple chunks, in own juice

3 Tablespoon cornstarch

1/2 Cup Karo syrup (light or dark)

1/4 Cup cider vinegar

3 Tablespoon soy sauce

2 Tablespoon ketchup

4 Tablespoons cooking oil

1 Green pepper, cut in 1" squares

1 Onion, cut in thin wedges

1 Clove garlic, minced

3 Butterfly pork chops, cut in 3/4" squares

Special tools/utensils needed: wok

Instructions:

1. Drain pineapple, reserve juice.

2. In bowl stir together: pineapple juice, cornstarch, karo syrup, vinegar, soy sauce, and ketchup

3. In wok, heat cooking oil over high heat, and add green pepper, onion, and garlic; stir fry for 2 minutes, or until tender and crisp.

4. Remove vegetables from wok and stir fry pork in 3 separate batches for 3 minutes each batch, setting cooked pork aside with vegetables after each batch.

5. Drain all oil from wok except 1 tablespoon

6. Return pork to wok, add pineapple juice mixture, pineapple chunks and green pepper mixture.

7. Stirring constantly, bring to boil and boil on high heat for 1 minute, or until thickened.