Name: Quick sweet and sour pork recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Chinese, Thai
Ingredients: 500g (1lb) pork fillet, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp Malaysian curry paste, or Thai yellow curry paste; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 200g (7oz) chopped fresh pineapple (ready prepared); 1 red onion, peeled and cut into wedges; 150g (5oz) green beans, topped and halved; 150g (5oz) baby plum tomatoes, halved; 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce; 1 tbsp brown sugar; Juice of 1 lime; Large handful of fresh basil leaves

By GoodtoKnow

published 2 October 2019

in Recipes

You can’t beat a stir-fry for a midweek meal in minutes. Why not try our quick and simple sweet and sour pork - a healthy alternative to a takeaway.

Ingredients

500g (1lb) pork fillet, thinly sliced
2 tbsp Malaysian curry paste, or Thai yellow curry paste
2 tbsp sunflower oil
200g (7oz) chopped fresh pineapple (ready prepared)
1 red onion, peeled and cut into wedges
150g (5oz) green beans, topped and halved
150g (5oz) baby plum tomatoes, halved
1 tbsp Thai fish sauce
1 tbsp brown sugar
Juice of 1 lime
Large handful of fresh basil leaves

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Method

Put the pork in a bowl with the curry paste and mix them together with your hand. Put a wok or pan on a high heat. Add 1 tbsp of the oil and, when hot, add the pork in 2 batches and stir-fry for 2-3 mins, until browned and just cooked through. Transfer the pork from the wok on to a hot plate.
Stir-fry the pineapple for a minute or two to caramelise. Put it with the meat on the hot plate. Reheat the wok, add the rest of the oil and the onion and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the beans and 2 tbsp water and cook for a minute.
Put the pork and pineapple back in the wok and add the tomato halves, fish sauce, sugar and lime juice. Warm through for half a minute and then sprinkle with basil leaves. Serve immediately with rice and lime wedges, if you like.

Top Tip for making Quick sweet and sour pork

This recipe would work just as well with chicken.

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