Sweet and Sour Pork

One of the popular dishes in the Chinese cuisine is the Sweet and Sour Pork. Chicken can be a good substitute. It is not difficult to cook this dish at home. Here's a very basic recipe from Amy Beh's recipe collection.

Ingredients
500g belly pork meat, cubedMarinade (A):
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp Chinese five spice powder (ng heong fan)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/4 tbsp plain flour
2 tbsp oil
1 onion, quartered
1/2 ripe tomato, quartered
1/2 a red capsicum, cut into wedges
100g cucumber, cut into wedges with the center soft centre portion removed

Sauce Ingredients (combined):
3 tbsp tomato sauce
1 1/4 tsp sugar or to taste
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
Dash of pepper
250ml water
1/2 tsp chicken stock granules
3/4 tbsp corn flourEnough oil for deep-frying.

Method
Marinate pork cubes with the marinade for several hours or preferably overnight. Dip the marinated pork in the beaten egg and toss in plain flour, then deep-fry until golden brown. Remove and drain from oil.

Heat wok with two tbsp oil in a wok, fry onion briskly for half a minute and add in combined sauce ingredients. When the sauce begins to boil, add in pork, capsicum, tomato, onion and cucumber.

Stir well to mix. Dish out and serve immediately.