Sweet and Sour Pork is a flavorful one-pan meal made with a sticky sweet and sour sauce and snow peas. Make these sweet and sour pork chops in less than 30 minutes!
Quick
Easy cleanup
You’ll Learn: The steps to quickly bring a classic takeout favorite to your table
Worth It: Simple method, great results-without fussy steps
Bonus: One-pan approach for easy cleanup
Why You’ll Love This Rice
- Take out at home – This recipe is a healthy spin on one of my take out favorites. It’s easy to make right at home.
- One pan meal – You can make this meal in one pan for a quick dinner with easy clean up.
- Weeknight eating favorite – This sweet and sour pork recipe comes together in 30 minutes for a perfect weeknight dinner.
Serving Suggestions
This sweet and sour pork is great on its own, but you could also serve it with rice or cauliflower rice. It would also be great with lo mein noodles. If you would like more greens to serve with your pork, you could make a simple greens salad with mason jar salad dressing or apple cider vinaigrette.
For another takeout option at home, try this beef and broccoli or chicken and veggie stir fry.
Ingredients
- Pork tenderloin chops – use boneless pork tender loin chops to make this recipe
- Corn starch – the corn starch helps get the slightly crispy texture on your pork. You don’t even need to dredge in an egg for this recipe
- Salt and garlic powder – you just need a bit of salt and garlic powder to season your pork because you’ll be adding the sauce to the pan as well
- Pineapple juice – the pineapple provides the sweetness for your sauce
- Soy sauce – the soy sauce adds the umami flavor to your sauce
- Sesame oil – I like to use sesame oil to add even more flavor to the dish
- Chicken broth – the chicken broth deepens the flavor of the sauce while making it the perfect consistency
- Sriracha – add some sriracha for a bit of spice and heat in your sauce
- Ketchup – in addition to the pineapple, the ketchup helps sweeten your sauce and add some tang
- Snow peas – I love the combination of snow peas and pork in this dish
- Olive oil – use olive oil or a neutral oil to cook the pork and the snow peas
Ingredient Substitutions
You can also make this recipe as sweet and sour chicken breast instead of pork. For a meatless option, you could use tofu instead. I use corn starch on the pork, but flour or baking soda also work to crisp up your meat. Salt and garlic powder give the meat great flavor, but you could also add a pinch of white pepper.
If you want to add more vegetables to your stir fry, you could saute red bell pepper or green bell pepper with your snow peas. Carrots would also be delicious. If you want some added aromatics, you can also add some onion.
You can change up the sauce however you would like. Some grated ginger would be great. If you like the sauce thicker, you could add a cornstarch slurry to your sauce. For a slightly more sour sauce, add a splash of white vinegar. I also like to add pineapple chunks to the final dish for extra sweetness.
How to make
Step 1: Slice, Toss, and Mix
To begin, slice the pork loins into thin strips or 1-inch pieces. Then, toss the pork strips in a mixture of corn starch, a teaspoon salt and garlic powder in a medium bowl (Image 2). Next, mix the wet ingredients together to make a sauce (Image 1).
Step 2: Sauté
Then, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a non-stick pan or wok over medium to medium-high heat. Cook the pork strips in batches until browned on all sides (Image 3) and remove from the pan. You can drain on paper towels to retain the crispy texture.
Then, keep the heat on medium and add more oil to the pan. Next, saute the snow peas until soft about 6 minutes (Image 4).
Step 3: Mix It All Together
Then, add the pork and sauce back into the pan with the snap peas (Image 5). Finally, increase the heat to medium-high. Allow the sauce to thicken slightly and fully coat the pork and snap peas (Image 6).
Step 4: Enjoy!
Storage and Reheating
Once cooked, this Sweet and Sour Pork leftovers should be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. When ready to eat, remove from the fridge and heat on the stovetop or in the microwave.
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You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
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Recipe
Sweet and Sour Pork
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless pork loin chop
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 cup chicken broth or chicken bone broth
- 1 tsp sriracha
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 9 oz snow peas
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Slice pork loin chops into thin strips
- In a small bowl combine corn starch, salt, and garlic powder
- Toss pork strips in the corn starch and seasoning mixture
- Whisk together pineapple juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, chicken broth, sriracha and ketchup to make a sauce
- Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large non-stick pan over medium heat
- Add the pork to the pan in small batches – you will cook the pork in batches so as to not crowd the pan and get an even crisp on each piece
- Cook each batch of pork for about 4 minutes – removing the pork from the pan each time you cook a new batch
- Remove all of the pork from the pan and add in another 1 tbsp of oil
- Add the snow peas to the warm oil and saute for 6 minutes or until soft
- Add the pork back to the pan along with the sauce and increase the heat to medium-high
- Toss the pork and snow peas in the sauce until it thickens slightly and the pork and veggies are fully coated in the sauce
- Garnish the dish with some toasted sesame seed and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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