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Quick Sweet and Sour Pork

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By Amy
Inspired by this recipe, I made the following for dinner last night. It was super easy, quick and very yummo!

Quick Sweet and Sour Pork

4 or 5 boneless pork chops
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium green pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
1 15 1/4-oz can crushed pineapple in juice
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons soy sauce
Hot cooked rice (optional)

Cooking Directions
Partially freeze pork. Cut across the grain into 2 1/2 x 2 1/4-inch strips; set aside. Preheat a large skillet over high heat; add oil. Stir-fry peppers and onion in hot oil for 2-3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove from pan. Add more oil, if necessary. Add half the pork to pan; stir-fry until browned. Remove pork; stir-fry the remaining pork. Return all pork to pan; keep warm.

In a small saucepan combine brown sugar, vinegar, cornstarch, soy sauce and as much juice as you can squeeze out of the crushed pineapple. Bring to a boil; cook about 1 minute or until thickened, stirring constantly.

Return peppers and onion to pan. Stir in about half of the crushed pineapple and the thickened pineapple juice mixture. Cook and stir until heated through. Serve with rice, if desired.

Serves 4
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Unknown said…
ooo... i am a super fan of sweet and sour food! sigh. i want the Sweet and Sour Meatballs sooooo badly right now. with rice.

Here I bought a sauce pack so as to skip all the seasonings! and i will try this friday after work.
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