Pork with Pineapple

Explore your palate and try this recipe for a typical sweet and sour dish. Sweet and sour dishes are not a mixture of sweet and salty, as Brazil has a culture of thinking that it is salty and sweet, but that, in fact, it is a combination of sour and sweet. Check out the recipe and try it!

Ingredients

• ½ kg of pork loin
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• ¼ teaspoon of aji-no-moto
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch (cornstarch)
• 1 can of pineapple in syrup
• 1 medium green pepper (optional)
• 6 small tomatoes, skinned and seeded

Sweet and Sour Sauce Ingredients

• 1/3 cup (tea) of pineapple syrup
• ½ cup (tea) vinegar
• ½ cup (tea) sugar
• ½ cup ketchup
• 2 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce
• Pepper sauce drops

How to prepare sweet and sour sauce

1. Place all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Add ½ cup (tea) of water and stir well.

Loin preparation method

1. Chop the tomatoes.
2. Cut the pineapple into small pieces.
3. Cut the pepper into ½ cm strips
4. Cut the loin into 2 cm cubes.
5. Fry the loin in very hot oil, stirring constantly, until it is golden.
6. Add the aji-no-moto, sprinkle with soy sauce and salt.
7. Pour the sweet and sour sauce over the meat.
8. Leave it on the fire until it boils.
9. Cover and let cook over low heat for 15 minutes.
10. Dissolve the cornstarch in 2 tablespoons of water and add it to the meat.
11. Cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens and starts to bubble.
12. Add the pineapple, pepper and tomato.

Mom Tips

Sweet and sour dishes are taking over Western menus.

Serve as a main dish.

If you prefer, serve with white rice.

Approximate yield of 6 servings.

See also another version of sweet and sour pork loin.