Yen Can Cook ~ Sweet & Sour Pork (Gu Lou Yoke)
Sweet and Sour Pork or more commonly known as Gu Lou Yoke (in Cantonese) or Gu Lao Rou (in Mandarin) never fail to be a crowd pleaser for everyone of all ages. It is one of the most well known and well loved Chinese dishes not only among the Chinese bit also non-Chinese alike, with its winning combination of crispy pork bites and tangy sweet and sour sauce.
Ingredients (Serve: 3-4)
300g pork loin/collar, cut into bite size pieces (approximately 3cm cubes)
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 red onion, cut into wedges
1/2 capsicum, cut into wedges
1/2 cucumber, cut into cubes
1 tomato, cut into wedges
Cooking oil (for deep-frying)
Marinade
1.5 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon cooking oil
1 teaspoon rice wine
1 teaspoon constarch
A dash of pepper
Frying Batter
70g all purpose flour
35g cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
200ml water
1.5 teaspoons cooking oil
A pinch of salt
Sauce
3 tablespoons tomato sauce
1.5 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar or to taste
150ml water
1 tablespoon cornstarch
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Step 1: In a bowl, mix well all ingredients of marinade, add in pork cubes and marinate for at least 20 minutes.
Step 2: In another bowl, mix well all ingredients for sauce, set aside.
Step 3: Heat up cooking oil in a wok for deep frying. Deep fry the pork cubes until they turn golden brown. Dish out and drain on kitchen towels.
Step 4: In a clean wok, heat up some cooking oil, saute chopped garlic till fragrant. Add in the capsicum and red onion, stir fry for 2 minutes. Add in the tomato wedges and cucumber, stir fry for another 1 minute.
Step 5: Pour in the sauce mixture (Step 2), keep stirring until the sauce start thickening, transfer the pork (Step 3) into the wok again, stir to coat the sauce evenly on the meat.
Step 6: Serve.
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Ooohh..la..la… This is my favorite dish at any Chinese restaurant! I think it is also my dad’s favorite. I am so tempted right. The only hassle in preparing this dish is the deep frying part but worth it lah heh..heh…
PH, this is my family’s must order too, whenever dining in Chinese restaurant.
Our family loves to eat this gu lou yoke dish. Looks delicious and I am sure it goes really well with that purplish rice. 😀
Tekkaus, whenever don’t know what to order in a Chinese restaurant, get this dish, that’s it!
Hey, good effort…looks good! This is my family’s favourite order at restaurants….but I don’t make it at home coz I can’t get the pork to be as crispy as how the restaurants do it and the balance of the sauce just right between sweet & sour. I noticed your recipe didn’t use any white vinegar? What gives the dish the sour flavour then? 😉
Kris, try this recipe as the pork turned out rather crispy. I omitted the vinegar as the acidic of tomato sauce is enough for me. I tried add in vinegar but the flavour was too sour for my liking. 🙁