I have been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from my original cookbook which many of you have. I'm also going to be adding pictures as I retest many of these recipes. They aren't the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. They're comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






Friday, January 15, 2016

Sweet and Sour Pork

1 medium pork roast
2 cans beef broth
3 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
3 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 bay leaves
1 green bell pepper, cut in strips (or 1/2 green and 1/2 red)
3 onions, sliced in 1 inch slivers
1 (16 oz.) can pineapple chunks, drained
Salt and pepper
1 Tbsp. flour (or as needed)
1/2 cup water (or as needed)
Cooked rice

Cut pork into 3/4 inch cubes, trimming all visible fat.  Brown in small amount of oil.  Add broth, vinegar, ginger, brown sugar, and bay leaves and simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour.  In the meantime sauté onions and bell peppers until just tender.  During last 5 minutes, add to meat, then add drained pineapple and cook until pineapple is warmed.  Mix a little flour with water to make a thin paste and add to broth; simmer to thicken.  Serve over rice with soy sauce on the side.   

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