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Leftover Roast Pork with Sweet and Sour Sauce served with rice in white pasta bowl.
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Leftover Roast Pork with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Leftover Roast Pork with Sweet and Sour Sauce is a fantastic way to use up leftover meat. It's tasty, packed with veg and perfect if your pork is a little dry.
Course Dinner
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword fakeaways, leftover roast pork, sweet and sour
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 426kcal
Author Donna

Equipment

  • Large Frying Pan
  • Jug

Ingredients

For the Sauce:

  • 150 ml of Pineapple Juice approx – use the juice from the tinned pineapples
  • 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons Soft Light Brown Sugar
  • 3 tablespoons Tomato Ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon Cornflour

For the Sweet and Sour Pork

  • Cooking Spray or 1tbsp oil
  • 1 Red Onion – Finely Diced
  • 1 Clove Garlic - Crushed
  • 350 g Cooked Roast Pork Chopped - or whatever you’ve got left
  • 1 tsp Ginger Puree or Lazy Ginger, or 1tsp fresh ginger grated finely
  • 425 g Tinned Pineapple (Drained - with the juice used in the sauce - and chopped into small chunks
  • 2 Peppers Deseeded and chopped into small chunks - any colour is fine
  • 2 Medium Carrots Peeled and sliced

Instructions

  • To make the sauce first mix together the cornflour with a small splash of the pineapple juice in a small jug until smooth.
  • Then add the rest of the juice and other ingredients and whisk together well.
  • Set to one side.
  • Now, heat the oil or spray in a large frying pan.
  • Add the onions and garlic and fry for 5 minutes until soft.
  • Add the chopped pork and the ginger and stir, fry for 2 minutes.
  • Tip in the peppers and carrots and mix, fry for a further 2 minutes.
  • Pour in the sauce and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often.
  • Add the pineapple chunks and stir until evenly distributed.
  • Simmer for a further 5 minutes.
  • Serve straight from the pan with rice or noodles.

Notes

  • Don’t worry if you’ve got less pork, there’s plenty of veg to bulk it out.
  • Adjust the sweet and sour sauce recipe to suit your taste, adding more vinegar or sugar, you can also add some water if it starts to dry out, or if you prefer a milder flavour.
  • Nutritional information doesn't include rice, or other sides.
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