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    Sweet and Sour Pork

    January 9, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 12 Comments

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    sweet and sour pork

    Despite all my meal planning efforts, today was one of those days where it was 5 pm and I hadn’t set foot in the kitchen to start making dinner (we usually eat at 5:30). We all have “one of those days” and today was mine! But, thankfully we didn’t resort to eating out, because I did have a plan and the ingredients I needed to make tonight’s meal.

    Sweet and Sour Sauce adapted from Betty Crocker Cookbook

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    Sweet and Sour Pork

    Easy skillet meal!
    Prep Time5 minutes
    Cook Time15 minutes
    Servings - 4 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 1 lb pork cut into cubes
    • 2 Tbsp olive oil
    • 3 Tbsp honey Recipe called for 1/4 cup brown sugar
    • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce I recommend 1 Tbsp soy sauce, but we can't have soy.
    • 1 Tbsp cornstarch
    • 1 orange Recipe called for 1- 8 oz can crushed pineapple. I didn't have any, so I finely cut and orange and used it's "juices" as well. Worked fine!
    • 1/3 cup white vinegar
    • 1/4 green pepper
    • 1 cup rice
    • 2 large broccoli heads

    Instructions

    • In skillet, cook pork cubes in 2 Tbsp olive oil over medium-high heat.
    • In saucepan, cook 1 cup rice in 2 1/4 cup water. Bring water to boil. Add rice and return to boil. Cover and reduce heat.
    • Simmer 20 minutes.
    • In smaller saucepan or skillet, prepare sweet and sour sauce. Mix honey and cornstarch in saucepan. Add juices from orange + about 1/4 cup water. Stir. Add vinegar and worcestershire (or soy) sauce. Stir in orange pieces and chopped green peppers. Add sauce to cooked pork and let simmer about 10-12 minutes for flavors to infuse into the pork. (I added the sauce when the pork was still a bit pink and let it finish cooking in the sauce.)
    • Steam broccoli in steamer or microwave.
    • Serve sweet and sour pork over rice with side of broccoli.

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    Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Pork Recipes, Rice Recipes Tagged With: broccoli, green pepper

    Comments

    1. Precious says

      January 9, 2009 at 5:54 pm

      Thanks for the recipe! This looks delicious!

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    2. Toni says

      January 9, 2009 at 8:06 pm

      Sounds like something we have to try! What cut of pork did you use, or does it matter?

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    3. $5 Dinner Mom says

      January 9, 2009 at 8:15 pm

      I used a pork chop cubes “for chop suey”…this is what the package said. This would be a great cut for anytime that you wanted to do pork in a stir fry.

      🙂 Erin

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    4. Melissa says

      January 9, 2009 at 8:37 pm

      This sounds good. I like to make dishes like this every once & awhile.

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    5. Sherry says

      January 9, 2009 at 8:44 pm

      We love sweet and sour! I haven’t tried to adapt my sweet and sour recipe to be w/healthier products yet though. THis sounds divine!

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    6. Elder Family says

      January 9, 2009 at 9:54 pm

      I was inspired by someone’s meal plan this week (can’t remember which one) to make Sweet and Sour Pork. It was a new recipe for me and turned out great. I used Ham Steak because it is what I had in my freezer.

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    7. Tammy says

      January 10, 2009 at 9:10 am

      I am unable to pull up your recipe under the Google Docs. : (

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    8. Jen - Balancing beauty and bedlam says

      January 10, 2009 at 10:46 am

      Just saw that you are going to Blissdom – me too, looking forward to meeting you. Just came upon your site this past month. Congrats on the walmart groceries – what a blessing. :)Hope they do it again next year since I didn’t know about it.

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    9. PamperingBeki says

      January 10, 2009 at 11:16 am

      This sounds so good!

      I make something similar with chicken, but I use a bag of frozen stir fry veggies instead of the fresh broccoli.

      Now I want to try it with pork!

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    10. Mar says

      January 11, 2009 at 4:22 pm

      I have never seen pork for chop suey — did you get it at Kroger? I will have to look — you’ve inspired me to try this recipe! Was the regular price 1.99/lb or was that a sale or special?

      Also, I’d love to hear an update on your Wal-Mart winnings, and how exactly it works.

      THANKS!

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    11. Toni says

      January 19, 2009 at 8:16 pm

      I made this recipe using chicken. (That is what was on sale lol ) and it was AWESOME!!!!!! It was so very good. It is definitely a new addition to our menu rotation!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!

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