Sweet & Sour Pork

Sweet & Sour Pork

1/4 cup peanut oil (or other)
1 beaten egg
1 lb pork shoulder, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup consommé
1 cup diced pineapple
2 tbsp minced onion
1 green pepper, diced fine
2 tsp cornstarch
2 tsp soya sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup pinapple juice
1 tbsp ketchup

Heat oil in large frying pan. Roll meat in beaten egg and then in cornstarch mixed with salt.

Brown quickly in hot oil, over high heat, stirring often. Lower heat and cook for 7 minutes. Remove the pork from the fat.

To the fat in frying pan, add the consommé, pineapple, onion and green pepper. Boil 5 minutes.

Add the cooked pork and cook for another 5 minutes.

Blend 2 tsp cornstarch with soya sauce, brown sugar, pineapple juice and ketchup, and pour into pan. Boil, while stirring, until it thickens.

Serve with steamed rice.