Sweet Sour Pork (Ku Lou Yuk)
The sweet and sour pork is one of the most common Chinese dish, either served at home or at the restaurant. This dish is a must try if you really have the faintest idea what dish to order for a Chinese dinner. In Cantonese, it is also known as "Ku Loh Yuk".
Out of the blue, I remembered how tasty those "ku lou yuk" my Mom dish out for us (very often) when we were children. This dish always makes us eat more - our plate so squeaky clean, my Mom probably saves on the washing as well…hahaha
I attempted this dish and this is how it looked like…
Sweet Sour Pork, Stir fry baby french beans and ABC soup
Given the time I have, I used the shortest way I know to cook the sweet sour pork.
Ingredients
Pork belly (I used the really lean type with less fat)
1 egg
Cornflour
Oil for frying
Spring onion (for garnishing)
* You can add other fruity veges to make this dish more wholesome such as cubed pineapples, capsicum and cucumber
Seasonings (mixed all in a bowl - you can do this a day earlier if you are busy)
Tomato sauce
Chilli sauce
Apple cider vinegar
Sugar
Salt
Pepper
A dash of Chinese cooking wine
Method
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Cubed the pork belly and soak them in 1 beaten egg.
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Heat up a wok with enough oil for frying.
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Dab the pork belly with egg in corn flour and fry all of them till golden brown. Dish out.
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Leave a little of the frying oil in the wok and heat up.
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Pour the seasonings in the wok and let it come to a boil - stirring occasionally.
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Once you can smell the pungent sourish taste of the seasonings, add in the fried pork and stir fry.
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Once the pork cubes are all well covered with the sauce - dish out and garnish with some spring onions. Serve with rice.
Hubby commented that he dislike the use of vinegar in the dishes (even healthy apple cider vinegar), so maybe next time I have to use lemon or some other subsitutes for this dish. Anyhow, I am not sure whether the outcome will be the same 
- I doubt it!
You can add a pinch of 5 spice powder to the pork before frying which gives it that extra oomph.
Comment by mumsgather — June 27, 2008 @ 10:19 am
Mumsgather - It’s an honour to have you comment on my blog…blush!
Thanks for the tip, I will sure try that next
Comment by ponytales — July 4, 2008 @ 1:55 am
Eh.. instead of using vinegar - yeah, my friends also don’t like vinegar, you can substitute with plum sauce and sunkist orange! it works!
Comment by Gina — July 8, 2008 @ 9:45 am
Gina - Great idea! I will try that the next time I cook this
Thanks for the tip!
Comment by ponytales — July 9, 2008 @ 1:21 am