Chinese Sweet And Sour Pork Balls
Here's how to make Chinese sweet and sour pork balls with a crispy batter. This recipe is a Chinese takeaway classic and it tastes so good.
Ingredients
- 300 g Diced Pork
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp White Pepper
- 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce Or Light Soy Sauce
- 2 tbsp Self-Raising Flour
Pork Ball Batter
- 200 g Self-Raising Flour
- 200 ml Water
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vegetable Oil
Sweet And Sour Sauce
- 230 ml Water
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 3 tbsp Ketchup
- 3 tbsp Vinegar
- 2 tbsp Pineapple Juice
- 1 tsp Cornflour Mixed With 1 tbsp Water
Instructions
- Add diced pork into a mixing bowl. Add salt, dark soy sauce and white pepper to the mixing bowl and mix together until evenly distributed.300 g Diced Pork, 1 tsp Salt, 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce, 1 tsp White Pepper
- Then add 2 tablespoons of self-raising flour to the mixing bowl and coat the diced pork with the flour.2 tbsp Self-Raising Flour
- In a separate bowl, add self-raising flour and salt and mix until evenly distributed. Then pour water into the bowl and mix together.200 g Self-Raising Flour, 1 tsp Salt, 200 ml Water
- Leave the batter to rest for 5 minutes as this will help remove any lumps. Once 5 minutes have passed, add a teaspoon of vegetable oil and mix together until evenly distributed.1 tsp Vegetable Oil
- Heat oil in a pan over a medium heat. Depending on the size of your mixing bowl, coat 3 to 4 pieces of pork at a time into the batter.(Add more or less depending on the size of mixing bowl you are using.)
- Add 3 to 4 coated pieces of pork into the oil and fry for 4 minutes or until the batter is golden. They’ll float to the top when they’re cooked.
- Place water, ketchup, sugar, pineapple juice and vinegar into a clean pan and heat over a medium to high heat.230 ml Water, 3 tbsp Sugar, 3 tbsp Vinegar, 2 tbsp Pineapple Juice, 3 tbsp Ketchup
- Leave the sauce to simmer for 2 minutes before mixing a small teaspoon of cornflour with a tablespoon of water.1 tsp Cornflour
- Pour the cornflour mixture into the sauce and mix until evenly distributed. Leave the sauce to simmer for a further 2 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
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Nutrition
Calories: 112kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 5gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 397mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 16IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 1mg
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