I just made this for dinner tonight, and wow... it was really good!
SWEET AND SOUR MEATBALLS WITH VEGGIESGadgetsSteamer
Pot
Or a Thermomix
Ingredients500 g pork tenderloin (pork fillet) (slightly frozen) - use pork mince otherwise
1 tbsp sesame oil (less depending on your taste, e.g. 1 tsp)
4 tsbp corn starch (cornflour)
4 tbsp soy sauce
1 egg yolk
1 brown onion
1 green bell pepper (capsicum)
1 red bell pepper
2 carrots - thick juliennes or sliced
1 small tin bamboo shoots (I omitted this)
1 large tin (880 g) pineapple - or 1 fresh pineapple
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
50 g tomato paste
100 g sherry
40 g dark sugar -- or 40 g raw sugar with 2 tbsp molasses
Rice
Method- Mince pork to desired texture (I used well minced - works very well)
- Add sesame oil, 3 tbsp corn starch, 1 tbsp soy sauce, egg yolk and mix well.
- Roll into balls and place in 1 layer of your steamer.
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- Chop vegetables into bite sized chunks.
- Place vegetables into another layer of your steamer.
- Save the pineapple juice.
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- Any vegetables that don't fit in the steamer, puree them.
- If you use fresh pineapple, puree the core.
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- Place remaining ingredients (corn starch, soy sauce, pine apple juice, tomato paste, sherry, sugar, molasses, vinegar) into your puree. (Optionally hold back the corn starch and sherry until almost done.) Add some water if you used a fresh pineapple to make up for the pineapple juice. Boil and stir for however long you feel like. It should reduce down somewhat as you want it to be a bit thick and not too watery. It will depend on if you used pineapple juice or how much water you added.
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- Steam your veggies and pork balls while the sauce is cooking.
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- Serve in a serving bowl and pour sauce over top. Serve rice on the side in a rice bowl or small bowl. Optionally have soy sauce available for dipping.
The way I cooked it was slightly different as I used our Thermomix - see
this thread for a quick description. I've adapted the instructions somewhat there.
I was really surprised at just how well it turned out. My wife said it beat what you get in a restaurant.
Then again, she might just be trying to keep me cooking all the time~!
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