Sweet and Sour Pork

What I'm going to share here is not the authentic way of making Sweet and Sour Pork. I discovered the use of Mirin in one of those Taiwanese cooking shows. The show was in their local dialect, hence I wasn't able to understand what they were talking about BUT I could recognized some of the ingredients used. ;) When the chef bought out the bottle of Mirin, which was what I'm using too, there were so much talking about it and the tone of the host was different too. I guessed that must be his secret ingredient for that dish. ;) Anyway, I got to experiment it myself and I used it on my pork dish. Hmm .... it's really quite good. You should try it too if you have Mirin at home.  

Ingredients:

• 300g Pork, cubed
• Corn Flour
• Oil for frying
• Corn Flour Mixture, thickener

Marinate:

• 1/2 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2/3 tablespoon Corn Flour
• Additional Corn Flour for dusting

Sauce

• 5 tablespoon Mirin
• 2 tablespoon Water
• 1/3 tablespoon Brown Sugar
• 1 tablespoon Tomato Sauce

OR

• 1 tablespoon Chili Sauce
• 1/2 - 1 tablespoon White Vinegar

How to do it:

1. Marinate pork for at least 30 minutes.
2. Heat enough oil for frying.
3. Dust marinated pork with additional corn flour and fry till light brown.
4. Dish and drain.
5. Heat 1/2 tablespoon of oil used from frying the pork in the wok.
6. Stir fry vegetables if using, for 30 seconds to 1 minutes if you prefer it less raw.
7. Remove the vegetable and set aside.
8. Pour in the sauce. If you are making Sweet Pork, use only tomato sauce. For Sweet and Sour Pork, use both chilli sauce and vinegar, adjusted according to your taste.
9. Heat sauce till it bubbles.
10. Gradually stir in the corn flour mixture.
11. Return the vegetable and pork back to the sauce.
12. Stir to coat well.
13. Dish and serve.