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Sweet and Sour Pork Nuggets Made Easy
Irene MullerIrene Muller

Sweet and Sour Pork Nuggets Made Easy

5 from 2 votes
Pork nuggets with a tasty sweet and sour sauce is the perfect combination to make as a weeknight meal for one or the entire family!
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg Pork chops, deboned, fat trimmed then the meat is cut into cubes
  • ½ cup cornflour more if needed
  • Canola oil for deep-frying
  • sweet and sour sauce of your choice
Marinade:
  • 120 ml light soy sauce
  • 80 ml dark soy sauce
  • 60 ml brown sugar
  • 1 knob ginger peeled and grated
  • 5 ml olive or sesame oil
The batter for Frying the Nuggets:
  • 300 g self-raising flour
  • 100 ml cornflower
  • 10 ml baking powder
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 330 ml sprite must be cold

Method
 

  1. Whisk all the ingredients together, add this to the cubed pork, mix well and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or longer.
  2. Mix all the dry ingredients for the batter together. 
  3. Mix in the sprite slowly just before you will be dunking the pork, ensure there are no lumps.
  4. Drain the marinated pork in a colander, then sprinkle the dry ingredients with the cornflour, ensuring all the cubes have been covered.
  5. Heat 750ml oil, test the heat with a little batter, it must bubble immediately and not flow to the bottom.
  6. Dip a few cubes of pork in the batter just a few at a time and fry until golden brown.
  7. Drain on a paper towel.  repeat until all the meat has been fried.
  8. *Serve with a sweet and sour sauce of your choice, with rice or noodles.