Stir Fry Sweet Sour Pork Or Chicken Or Shrimp Recipes

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN STIR FRY

Steps:

• Mix together Sauce ingredients. Mix together Thickener in a separate small bowl.
• Heat oil in a wok or skillet over high heat. Add garlic and onion, cook for 1 minute.
• Add chicken and stir fry until it it is white all over but still pink inside.
• Add capsicum and stir fry for 2 minutes.
• Add Sauce ingredients. Stir until sugar has dissolved and the sauce begins to bubble.
• Add Thickener. Bring to simmer, stirring constantly. Then cook until it thickens to a syrup consistency - about 3 minutes.
• Stir through pineapple pieces (just to warm) and remove from stove.
• Serve immediately with rice - or for a low carb, low cal option, try Cauliflower Rice! Garnish with shallots if desired.

STIR-FRIED SWEET-AND-SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat a large cast-iron skillet over high 1 minute, then add 1 tablespoon oil and swirl to coat. Add chicken, season with salt, and cook 1 minute. Stir in ginger, garlic, and chile and cook until chicken is almost cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in jam and pineapple, then add scallions. Cook until chicken is cooked through and scallions are bright green and tender, about 3 minutes. Season with vinegar and salt. Serve with rice.

STIR FRY SWEET & SOUR PORK OR CHICKEN OR SHRIMP

Steps:

• Combine the sauce ingredients, set aside.
• Heat the wok over high heat.
• Add oil swirl to coat.
• Add garlic and green onions, Stir fry 1/2 minute.
• Add pork or chicken, stir fry 3 minutes or 'til is opaque.
• If doing shrimp, stir fry 2 minutes, 'til pink.
• Remove and set aside.
• Keep warm.
• Quickly wipe the wok, Reheat.
• Add oil, swirl to coat.
• Add peppers and carrots, stir fry 2 minutes.
• Add onion and tomato, (omit tomato with shrimp) stir fry 1 minute.
• Push the vegetables up the sides of the wok.
• Stir the sauce, pour into the center of the wok.
• Stir 'til bubbly.
• Return the meat to the wok.
• Add pineapple, combine with vegetables.
• For shrimp or chicken, heat and serve.
• For pork, add chicken stock, cover, cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes 'til pork is opaque throughout.
• Serve with jasmine or basmati rice.

SWEET AND SOUR SHRIMP (OR CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Combine shrimp and 2 tablespoons of the cornstarch in bag; shake to coat.
• Drain pineapple, reserving juice (about 1/2 cup).
• Stir remaining 1 tablespoon cornstarch into reserved juice until smooth.
• Stir in tomato paste, vinegar, honey, soy and sesame oil until blended.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil in nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add the shrimp and cook for about 3 minutes or until cooked through.
• Drain on paper toweling.
• Heat remaining oil in skillet.
• Add sweet peppers; stir-fry 6 minutes.
• Add onion, garlic, ginger; stir-fry 1 minute.
• Stir tomato mixture into skillet.
• Bring to boiling.
• Add shrimp and pineapple; heat through.
• Serve over rice.
• Garnish with slivered green onion, if you wish.

SWEET & SOUR SHRIMP STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In small bowl, combine ketsup, soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar and cornstarch; whisk until blended.
• Drain pineapple in small colander, reserving juices in small bowl.
• Measure 1/2 cup reserved pineapple juice; add to ketsup mixture and set aside.
• (Discard any remaining juice.) Trim pea pods and cut diagonally in half.
• Cut tomatoes into wedges.
• Heat oil in stir-fry skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
• Add pea pods and pressed garlic to skillet.
• Stir fry for 1 minute.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Stir ketsup mixture, and add to skillet.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cook and stir 1 minute until thickened.
• Add pineapple and shrimp to skillet; toss and heat thoroughly.
• Remove from heat.
• Gently stir in tomato.
• Serve over rice.

SWEET AND SOUR SHRIMP

Steps:

• Whisk together honey, rice vinegar, tomato paste, pineapple juice, and soy sauce for sweet and sour sauce in a medium bowl. Whisk together water and cornstarch for thickener in another bowl. Set both aside.
• Pat shrimp dry with paper towels. Combine shrimp, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl; toss to season.
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and the sesame oil in a wok or large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add shrimp in a single layer to the hot oil; cook for 1 minute without stirring. Stir and cook for another 30 seconds. Transfer to a clean plate.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to the wok. When heated, add bell pepper and zucchini; stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add garlic and ginger; stir-fry until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add pineapple; stir-fry for 30 seconds.
• Pour in the reserved sweet and sour sauce; stir and cook until simmering, about 2 minutes.
• Whisk the cornstarch mixture again, then gradually add it to the center of the wok; stir constantly until sauce has thickened, about 30 seconds.
• Return the cooked shrimp to the wok; stir to combine and cook until shrimp are warmed through, about 2 minutes.
• Garnish each serving with green onions and sesame seeds.

SWEET & SOUR CHICKEN & SHRIMP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients for batter and let sit for 10-15 minutes.
• While batter is resting in a medium saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch, pineapple juice, water, vinegar, & ketchup.
• Heat sauce mix over medium until it begins to boil, stir, and turn to low heat and simmer.
• Heat oil in skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken and shrimp.
• Fry chicken and Shrimp for about 5 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Drain on paper towels.
• When ready to serve, layer chicken, shrimp, and pineapple chunks over fried rice/white rice. Pour hot sweet and sour sauce over top.

SWEET-AND-SOUR PORK STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Dredge pork in cornstarch. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in wok or large skillet over medium-high heat; stir-fry pork in batches, 3 minutes or until browned. Remove pork from wok or skillet and set aside.
• Drain pineapple tidbits, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Add reserved juice and soy sauce to wok, stirring to loosen browned particles.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon sesame oil to wok and stir-fry pineapple, bell peppers and green onions 5 minutes or until peppers are tender (careful to not over-cook).
• Stir together hoisin sauce and garlic-chili sauce and add to wok. Add pork and stir-fry 5 minutes.
• Serve over rice and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.