I haven’t found a good recipe for Sweet & Sour Pork for the Thermomix, so I’ve created my own. The pork is baked in the oven, rather than frying, so there’s less mess.

You can vary the veggies. I coudn’t buy any spring onion for decoration, so went without! This recipe was created in the TM6.

The Bush Gourmand

Sweet & Sour Pork & Rice

A delicious easy version of a family favourite.

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Course: Main Meal

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 200 g Jasmine rice
• 4 Tbsp corn starch
• 1 tsp Chinese five spice powder
• 1/2 tsp bi-carb soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 800 g pork scotch fillet steaks cut into bit sized pieces
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 cm piece fresh ginger peeled
• 20 g olive or peanut oil
• 120 g tomato passata
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 30 g soy sauce
• 80 g rice wine vinegar
• 70 g white sugar
• 1 x 440g can pineapple pieces in juice drained, reserve 50g of the juice
• 1 brown onion cut into large pieces
• 200 g red/green capsicum cut into strips or pieces
• 1 carrot cut into thin strips (approx 100g)
• 2 stalks celery cut on an angle (approx 100g)
• extra 1 Tbsp corn starch
• Spring onion sliced, to decorate

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 230 C, FF
2. Line a baking tray with baking paper and spray with oil.

Pork

1. Pace corn starch, five spice and seasonings into small bowl.
2. Place a large bowl onto mixing bowl lid and weigh pork into it.
3. Add egg and mix together.
4. Add cornstarch mix to the pork and mix well. Pop in the fridge while preparing sauce. If time, allow to marinate for 2 hours or more.
5. When oven is hot, place pork pieces onto baking tray in one layer.
6. Bake 15 minutes. Stir around and bake a further 15 minutes.
7. Set aside in ThermoServer until sauce is ready.

Rice

1. Place simmering basket onto mixing bowl lid and weigh rice into it. Rinse well and set aside.

Sauce

1. Place garlic and ginger into mixing bowl and chop 5 sec/speed 6. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula.
2. Add oil and sauté 3 minutes/Varoma/sp 1.
3. Add tomato passata, tomato paste, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, pineapple and reserved 50g juice, onion, capsicum carrots and celery and cook 8 min/120°C/R/speed 1.
4. Add a little water or pineapple juice to extra corn starch to make a paste. Add to bowl and cook 2 min/100°C/R/speed 1.

Rice

1. Don't wash bowl. Place 1000 g water into mixing bowl, insert simmering basket with rice and cook 15 min/Varoma/speed 4.
2. Serve Sweet and Sour Pork with rice on the side. Decorate with sliced spring onion.