Sour Plum Pork Nuggets (酸梅豬肉塊)

Ingredients

500g belly pork meat (mini slices), 1 pc Japanese cucumber (cut into cubes), 1 onion (quartered), 1 chilli (wedges), Pineapple (cubes), Oil for deep-fry

Marinade

1 teaspoon soy sauce, pepper to taste

Frying flour

(mixed in separate bowl)

4 tsp corn flour, 3 tbsp kentucky flour, 1 small pinch of salt

1 egg (light beaten)

Sauce

(mixed in separate bowl & set aside)

3 tbsp plum sauce,1 tbsp tomato ketchup, 2 tsp chinese rice vinegar (transparent in colour), 1/2 tsp soya sauce, 1 tsp corn starch, 3 tsp sugar, 3 tbsp water

(sauce ingredients up to individual taste)

Method

Marinate pork cubes with the marinade for 5 minutes. When the pork well-marinated, transfer the pork pieces into the beaten egg and well coated with flours. Then deep-fry until golden brown. Remove and drain from oil.

Heat wok with two tbsp oil in a wok; stir-fry the chilli & onion. Stir fry until you smell the peppery aroma then add in the cucumber, pineapple. Stir in the sauce till thickeners, transfer the pork into the wok and stir well with the sauce. Dish out & serve with steamed rice.