Sweet Crispy Pork Recipes

SWEET AND SPICY SHREDDED PORK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse and dry the pork shoulder.
• Mix together the brown sugar, garlic, cumin, salt, and cayenne. Rub the mixture generously and evenly over the pork shoulder.
• In a large roasting pan or Dutch oven, add the chopped onions, broth, and cola. Place the seasoned pork in the Dutch oven and roast for 4 to 6 hours, checking the pork every hour for tenderness and liquid level.
• When the pork is tender enough that it is falling apart, shred it with a fork. Reserve the juices and pour them over the shredded pork before serving.

CRISPY SWEET AND SOUR PORK

Steps:

• Toss pork pieces with salt and 1 tablespoon cornstarch.
• Mix egg and flour to make a batter.
• Dip pork pieces into batter with slotted spoon.
• Fry in hot oil until nicely browned.
• Drain on paper towels and keep warm.
• In a deep skillet, mix sugar and cornstarch; stir in water, pineapple juice, ketchup, soy sauce and vinegar.
• Bring to a boil, sirring constantly, until thickened.
• Continue cooking and stirring for two minutes.
• Add green pepper and onion; cook for five minutes.
• Add pineapple chunks and pork pieces and simmer, uncovered, for six to eight minutes or until pork pieces are heated through.

SWEET AND SPICY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. In a small bowl, mix the first five ingredients., Place chops on a broiler pan; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil 4 in. from heat 5 minutes. Turn; top with brown sugar mixture. Broil 4-5 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 145°. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

SWEET & SOUR PORK

Steps:

• Mix the pork with the marinade ingredients and leave to sit for at least 15 mins, or chill for a few hours. In a separate bowl, mix all the coating ingredients. Drain any excess liquid off the pork and toss the pork in the seasoned coating. Can be done 1 hr ahead.
• To make the sauce, heat the oil in a shallow saucepan and gently fry the garlic, ginger and peppers until just starting to soften. Now drop in all the rest of the ingredients except the sesame seeds. Bring everything to the boil and cook for a few mins until thickened, then take off the heat. To make the batter, whisk the flours and baking powder together with 200ml water to a smooth paste.
• Heat the oil in a deep-fat fryer, large saucepan or a wok to 180C or until a drop of batter sizzles and browns in 20 secs. Dip the marinated pork in the batter mix (do it in two or three batches) and let any excess drip off. Fry the pork in batches for about 5-6 mins or until golden. Remove and drain on kitchen paper until all the batches are done. Make sure you bring the oil back to the correct temperature between each batch. Coat the crispy pork in the sauce, then sprinkle over the sesame seeds, coriander and serve with rice or noodles.

QUICK HOMEMADE SWEET-AND-SOUR PORK

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, and soy sauce. Pour half into a large resealable plastic bag; add pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 30 minutes. Set remaining marinade aside., Drain and discard marinade from pork. In a large skillet, cook pork in oil over medium heat for 2-3 minutes on all sides or until meat is lightly browned; drain. Add the onion, carrots, green pepper, and ginger. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. , Cover and simmer for 6-8 minutes or until pork is tender. Add reserved marinade. Bring to a boil; cook for 1 minute or until heated through. Stir in pineapple. Serve with rice if desired.

SWEET CRISPY PORK (MUU GROP WARN)

Steps:

• Steam pork until well cooked. This will take 30-60 minutes depending on your steamer and the cut of meat so check for an internal temperature of 70C (155F) with a meat thermometer and remove at that temperature.
• Allow to rest 10-15 minutes at room temperature and then place in refrigerator a while to cool.
• While pork is cooling you can make the paste by adding all the paste ingredients one by one to a mortar and pestle and pounding until smooth. Set to one side.
• Mix fish sauce and oyster sauce in a small and then mix in the palm sugar until dissolved if using soft palm sugar, or otherwise just break solid palm sugar into a few pieces because it will dissolve later in the wok.
• Cut pork into cubes of around 1cm (1/2").
• Deep fry the pork over moderate heat until nice and golden, remove and drain.
• Add a little of the left-over oil from deep frying to a wok over moderate heat and stir fry until golden in colour and fragant.
• Add sauce / sugar mix to wok and lightly stir once or twice until it has become sticky.
• Reduce heat, add pork and simmer a few minutes until coated. The meat will become tough if you leave it too long.
• Serve sprinkled with deep-fried shallots and coriander leaves.