If you love sweet and sour then you have to try this delicious pork and pineapple stir fry. Quite often sweet and sour from the take away is high in calories, but you could make this yourself in less than the time it takes for a just eat delivery and get all the flavour of your favourite Chinese dish, for a fraction of the calories!
PrintChinese Pork and Pineapple Stir Fry
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Sweet and sour without the calorie overload!
Ingredients
400g pork tenderloin fillet
1 tbsp. potato starch/potato flour
100g white rice
135g pineapple chunks, in juice (keep the juice)
1 red bell pepper, sliced
Β½ onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves
Β½ chili pepper
1-inch fresh ginger, grated
2 tbsp. coconut oil
2 spring onions, chopped, to serve
For the sauce:
180ml pineapple juice from can
5 tbsp. soy sauce
3 tbsp. rice vinegar
Instructions
- Cut the pork into the thinnest slices possible. Season with salt and pepper, and coat with potato flour.
- Cook the rice according to instructions.
- Drain the pineapple but keep some of the juices for the sauce.
- Cut the peppers into strips, and the spring onions julienned.
- Half the chili, remove the seeds, then finely chop.
- Peel and grate the ginger.
- Prepare the sauce by mixing all sauce ingredients in a bowl.
- In a wok or large pan, heat 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, and stir fry all the vegetables (pepper, onion, garlic, chili, ginger) over high heat for about 3 minutes.
- Add the drained pineapple and fry together for another 2 minutes, then transfer everything onto a plate.
- Add a second spoon of oil to the pan and fry the tenderloin on high heat for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Put the vegetables back into the pan and mix, then add the sauce. Cook over high heat for about 2 minutes until the sauce thickens. Mix occasionally.
- Sprinkle with chopped spring onions and serve with rice.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 10
Nutrition
- Calories: 303