How to make sweet and sour pineapple pork

INGREDIENTS

• 1 small pineapple

• 300 g thinly sliced pork belly

• 2 pinches salt

• pepper

• 2 tbsp potato starch

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil

• 1 bell pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces

• 1/2 carrot, microwaved for 2 minutes

• 1/2 onion, cut into bite-sized pieces

• 4 dried shiitake mushrooms, reconstituted in water and sliced in half (reserve liquid for later use) (sweet sour sauce)

• 2 tbsp ketchup

• 2 tbsp soy sauce

• 2 tbsp sugar

• 3 tbsp vinegar

• 80 ml dried shiitake stock or water

• 1 tsp potato starch

LET'S GET COOKING...

• Slice 1cm off the top of the pineapple. Then hollow out the inside by cutting into the pineapple. Cut out the insides into 1cm sticks and set aside.

• Arrange half of the pork by slightly overlapping each slice. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle on 1 tbsp of potato starch. Lay down pineapple sticks and roll it up tightly. Slice into 1cm pieces. Repeat once more with the other half of the pork.

• Combine ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.

• Heat some oil in a frying pan and cook the pork 3 minutes on each side.

• Once the pork is cooked through, take them out and set aside. Saute the vegetables until they are done.

• Add the meat back inside and give it a toss.

• Finally add in the sauce and cook until thickened.

bon appetit