Gulaorou (Crispy Sweet and Sour Pork)

Name: Gulaorou (Crispy Sweet and Sour Pork)
Ingredients: 200g Pork (lean and fat); 30g Tomato paste; 750g Cooking oil (about 100g actually used); 5g Soy sauce; 25g Vinegar; 6g Salt; 25g Cooking wine; 50g Sugar; 2g Minced scallion; 2g Minced ginger; 75g Water starch slurry; 50g Flour; 5g Sesame oil (inferred)

Classic Lu (Shandong) sweet and sour pork: vibrant pink in color, with a perfectly balanced sweet, sour, savory, and aromatic flavor, and a delightfully crispy, appetizing texture.

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Ingredients

Pork (lean and fat) 200g

Tomato paste 30g

Cooking oil (about 100g actually used) 750g

Soy sauce 5g

Vinegar 25g

Salt 6g

Cooking wine 25g

Sugar 50g

Minced scallion 2g

Minced ginger 2g

Water starch slurry 75g

Flour 50g

Sesame oil (inferred) 5g

Instructions

Step 1

Wash the pork and cut into strips, then coat with starch, flour, and sesame oil.

Step 2

In a bowl, combine soy sauce, vinegar, salt, cooking wine, scallion, ginger, tomato paste, and water starch slurry to make the sauce.

Step 3

Heat oil in a wok to about 50% hot, add the pork strips, gently poach over low heat until cooked through, then increase to high heat and fry until golden and crispy. Remove and drain.

Step 4

Leave a little oil in the wok, pour in the sauce and cook until thickened, add the fried pork strips, toss to coat, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve immediately.