GREAT Sweet & Sour Pork (Guo Bao Rou) | CiCi Li - Asian Home Cooking Recipes

I have here 1 pound of pork loin. Let's tenderize each piece of pork with the side of a knife. Marinate the pork with a tablespoon of cooking wine, a pinch of salt, and a pinch of white pepper. Mix well. Marinate for about 10 minutes. So in the meantime, let's cut up some vegetables. We'll need 2 tablespoons of julienned ginger, 3 cloves of sliced garlic, 2 tablespoons of julienned carrots, and 2 tablespoons of julienned scallions. We're going to separate the white and green parts. Cut up the cilantro into 2-inch pieces. To make the sauce, we're going to add 1 quarter cup of rice vinegar, a quarter cup of sugar, a dash of soy sauce, a pinch of salt. Mix well. In a large bowl, we're going to add 1 cup of cornstarch and also add about a quarter cup of water. Add the water until the cornstarch becomes really smooth texture like this. Then we're also going to add 2 tablespoons of oil. Mix again. Now we're going to add in the pork slices and just make sure that everything is coated evenly and beautifully. In a large wok, we're going to heat up 1 inch deep oil or about 1 cup and then we're going to heat it up until it is hot. To test the oil and see if it's ready, you can put in 2 chopsticks and if there are bubbles all around the chopstick, you know that your oil is ready. And now we're just going to slowly put the pork slices one by one and then deep fry them until they are kind of set. So right now we're going to take them out and put aside. We're going to continue to heat up the oil until it is even hotter than before. Now we're going to put back the pork and then we're going to deep fry it until they turn this beautiful golden brown. When you double fry it, you're going to get this super extra crispy texture. Now we're going to take it out and drain the oil on a paper towel. In a pan, we're going to add 1 tablespoon of oil. Introduce ginger, garlic, carrots, and scallions, the white part. Also pour in the sauce and we're just going to cook the sauce until it is boiling and thickening. Now we're going to put back the pork slices and you can hear how crispy they are. Now we're going to stir until everything is coated evenly. Lastly, we're going to add in a little more carrots, some scallions, the green part, and also some cilantro. Enjoy! So the last time we were there, I ordered Guo Bao Rou and it was so good. So of course, I thought about sharing it with you. So I hope that you like it. Remember to subscribe, thumbs up. I'll see you next week.