Sweet & Sour Pork

OK, it's recipe time! Here is one I made for dinner last night, before going out to see my awesome law friends! It's a recipe I got from an old coworker of mine. (Oh, and chicken works equally well in this dish.)


Sweet & Sour Pork

Ingredients

• 1 sprays cooking spray
• 1 1/2 pound lean pork tenderloin, cut into thin strips
• 15 oz canned unsweetened pineapple chunks
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp table salt
• 1 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
• 2 medium green pepper(s), sliced
• 1 small onion(s), sliced
• 3 cup cooked brown rice, kept warm

Instructions

• Heat a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.
  
  
• Add pork and cook until golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes; remove from skillet and set aside. Drain any remaining fat from skillet.
  
  
• Drain pineapple chunks, reserving juice; set aside.
  
  
• Combine water, vinegar, sugar, cornstarch, salt, soy sauce and reserved pineapple juice in a small bowl; add to skillet and cook until sauce is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Add pork; cook covered over low heat until meat is tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
  
  
• Add peppers, onion and pineapple chunks; cook 5 minutes. Serve over rice. Yields about 1 cup of pork and 1/2 cup of rice per serving.