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Sweet and Sour Pork with Lychees

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Battered pork strips and quail eggs are fried, then simmered with lychees, celery, and red bell pepper in a Mama Sita’s Sweet and Sour Mix sauce made with lychee syrup.

  • Cooking time: Cook 16 min
  • Yield: 2-3
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Ingredients: 15 ingredients
  • Steps: 5 steps

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Sweet and sour pork with lychees, battered quail eggs, red onion and red bell pepper on a blue-rimmed plate
Sweet and Sour Pork with Lychees

Ingredients

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Combine the following ingredients in a bowl to make the batter:

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Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a small saucepan. Coat the quail eggs in batter and fry until golden. Drain and set aside. Dip the pork slices in batter and fry in hot oil, taking care not to overcrowd the pot. Fry until golden, drain, and set aside.

  2. In a separate pan, heat 2 tablespoons oil and saute onion for 1 minute.

  3. Add the dissolved Mama Sita’s Sweet and Sour Mix. Bring to a boil and simmer until sauce thickens.

  4. Add lychees, celery, and bell pepper. Cook for another minute.

  5. Add the fried pork and quail eggs. Mix well.

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