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Sweet & Sour

adapted from Masterchef Australia recipe for Sweet and Sour Duck

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup White Vinegar (I used cider vinegar)

  • ½ cup Sugar

  • 8cm Ginger, julienned

  • 1 tsp Salt

  • 1kg Pork Neck, Beef, Chicken or Fish, diced

  • 2 Egg Whites

  • 4 tsp Cornflour

  • 4 tsp Soy Sauce

  • 2 cups Vegetable Oil

  • 5 cloves Garlic, thinly sliced

  • 3-6 red Chillis, sliced

  • 1 large Pineapple, diced

  • 2 Red Onions, chopped in large chunks

  • 2 Carrots, sliced

  • 1 Red Pepper, chopped in large chunks

  • 1 Yellow Pepper, chopped in large chunks

  • 375g thick Rice Noodles or Rice


Sauce

  • 1 cup Chicken Stock

  • 4 tsp Soy Sauce

  • 4 tsp Cornflour

  • 1 tsp Fish Sauce

  • Salt and Pepper to season

  • 1 tbsp Sesame Seeds

Method

  1. Stir vinegar and sugar in a pot over heat until the sugar is dissolved

  2. Stir the ginger to the vinegar syrup, bring to the boil and set aside

  3. In a large bowl, mix together the meat, egg white, soy sauce and cornflour and set aside

  4. In another bowl, mix together all the sauce ingredients, season and set aside

  5. In a wok, bring the oil to a high temperature and fry the meat a bit at a time, allowing the oil to heat between batches; set aside

  6. Remove most of the oil from the wok leaving just a tablespoon

  7. Remove the ginger from the vinegar syrup (keep the syrup and ginger)

  8. Add garlic, ginger, chillis and onions to the wok and fry for two minutes

  9. Add meat, pineapple, carrots and peppers and fry until heated through

  10. Add sauce and vinegar syrup and mix until the sauce starts to boil

  11. Serve on rice or stir noodles into sauce and serve

  12. Sprinkle with sesame seeds

Notes

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