Sweet and Sour Pork

 

Sweet and sour pork is the go-to meal for many takeaway nights. But with this really easy recipe, you can save yourself some money and make your own.

It not only tastes identical to the takeaway version, it only takes a few minutes to prepare and cook.

This served about seven of us today and still came in at well under a fiver, making it an affordable alternative to a takeaway.

Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

sweet and sour pork

Sweet & Sour Pork

A nice and easy one tonight. We have a few extras in the house today, with everyone trying to cram the most into the remaining few days of the school holidays.
To be completely honest I had most of the ingredients in the storecupboard and fridge. So all I needed to buy was the pineapple chunks and sugar snap peas.

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Recipe Cost Under £5.00
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course, Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine Chinese, Asian, 15 - 30 minutes
Servings 7
Calories 395 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 7 Pork Fillets
  • Rice
  • Snap Peas (half a bag, roughly cut)
  • 1 Onion, roughly cut
  • 2 Red Peppers, roughly chopped
  • 1 Tin of pinapple chunks, drained
  • 9 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
  • 3 tbsp Malt Vinegar
  • 4 tbsp Brown Sugar

Instructions
 

  • Firstly I cooked the rice in the rice cooker, knowing this will keep it warm after cooking.
    Then (after a quick drive to pick up an extra PS4 controller from someone’s house, because apparently life isn’t worth living unless more than two boys can play at once), I chopped the pork into rough cubes and chucked it into the wok with the garlic and cooked for a few minutes.
    I then stirred in the ketchup, onion, peppers, vinegar and sugar and cooked through for about another five or six minutes.
    Finally, I chucked in the peas and pineapple. Cooking for another few minutes before serving.
  • This was a super easy, sweet and sour dish that can be easily adapted to suit your family from what you already have in the fridge and freezer. Happy days. 7 kids and 1 Adult feed for another evening.

Nutrition

Calories: 395kcalCarbohydrates: 59.4gProtein: 20.2gFat: 7.6gSaturated Fat: 2.8gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 235mgFiber: 1.6gSugar: 14g
Keyword mid-week, 15-30 Minutes, pork, easy cooking, easy recipe, easy meals, sweet and sour, pinapple
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Nutrition Facts
Sweet & Sour Pork
Amount per Serving
Calories
395
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
7.6
g
12
%
Saturated Fat
 
2.8
g
18
%
Cholesterol
 
42
mg
14
%
Sodium
 
235
mg
10
%
Carbohydrates
 
59.4
g
20
%
Fiber
 
1.6
g
7
%
Sugar
 
14
g
16
%
Protein
 
20.2
g
40
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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