Sweet and Sour Pork | Authentic Chinese Recipe | Comfort Food Tang Cu Li Ji (糖醋里脊)
Channel: the Chinese Ginger
Date: 19/06/2019

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There are various types of Sweet and Sour Pork. Tang cu li ji is one of them and it´s a typical central or northern Chinese dish.
Ingredients for the preparation of pork:
· 200 grams Meat
· pinch of salt 
· pinch of white pepper
· corn starch
· 3 spoons of Chinese cooking wine
· 1 egg
Ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce:
· 1/4 cup of ketchup
· 2 spoons of vinegar
· 2 spoons of sugar
· 1/4 cup of water mixed up with 1 spoon of corn starch

Cooking steps:
Preparation of the meat
· Cut the meat into strips, and then marinate them with 3 spoons of Chinese cooking wine, a few pinches of salt and white pepper. Mix everything up well and let it sit for 15 minutes. 
· After 15 minutes, add in one egg, mix the meat with the egg, and prepare a bowl with enough corn starch, and let every piece of meat be coated up with corn starch.
· When the oil is all heated up, put in the slices.  When all the slices turn into golden color, get them out.
Sweet and sour sauce
· Heat up some oil left from frying, add 1/4 cup of ketchup, and 2 spoons of vinegar and 2 spoons of sugar, the quantity of vinegar and sugar depends on that if you prefer it to be a bit more sour or sweeter.
· And then we need to 1/4 cup of water mixed up with 1 spoon of corn starch. After a few minutes of stirring, let’s take them out. 
· And at last, put on some white sesame seeds or green onions for decoration! 

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