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Guo Bao Rou (Dongbei Sweet and Sour Pork)
1 hServes 3Nutri-Score D€€
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1 h
1 hGuo Bao Rou (Dongbei Sweet and Sour Pork)
what you need
Ingredients
pork loin (thinly sliced against the grain into flat slices)Meat500 g
salt (for the marinade)Spices5 g
soy sauce (for the marinade)Pantry20 ml
white pepper (ground)Spices2 g
Chinese cooking winePantry15 ml- potato starch (for the batter)Pantry200 g
water (for the batter)Other100 ml- frying oil (for deep frying)Pantry1.5 litres
ginger (minced)Produce15 g
garlic (minced)Produce3 pieces- rice vinegarPantry120 ml
sugarPantry100 g- salt (for the sauce)Spices2 g
- soy sauce (for the sauce)Pantry15 ml
- cooking oil (for frying the aromatics)Pantry15 ml
per serving
Nutrition
753kcal
- Carbs
- 63 g
- Proteins
- 35 g
- Fat
- 40 g
what you’ll use
Tools
Mixing bowl ×2
Deep fryer
Frying pan
Slotted spoon
Kitchen thermometer
step by step
Method
- Step 1
Slice and marinate the pork
- Thinly slice the pork loin against the grain into flat slices.
- Marinate the pork with the salt, soy sauce, white pepper and Chinese cooking wine.
- Let it marinate as long as you can wait.
- Step 2
Make the starch batter
- Mix the potato starch with the water into a thick, goopy batter.
- Adjust the ratio as needed: a thicker batter is harder to coat the slices but fries crunchier.
- Step 3
Deep fry the pork
- Deep fry the coated pork slices at 160 °C.
- Double fry at 200 °C, keeping enough oil and space since it gets sticky.
- Take the pork out when the texture is crispy; it will not turn golden brown because of the starch.
- Step 4
Fry the aromatics
- Heat the cooking oil in a pan and fry the minced ginger and garlic.
- Step 5
Make the sweet and sour sauce
- Pour in the rice vinegar, sugar, salt and soy sauce.
- Let it bubble into a glossy sauce.
- Step 6
Coat the pork in the sauce
- Toss the fried pork into the sauce, in the pan or in a bowl.
- Serve right away.
most cooked first