SWEET AND SOUR PORK AND PINEAPPLE WITH RICE OMELETTE
Ingredients
- 1 x 600g/1lb 5oz pork fillet
- cut into thin slices
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 1 tbsp groundnut oil
- 3 large garlic cloves
- roughly chopped
- 225g/8oz fresh or tinned pineapple in juice
- cut into chunks
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 5 spring onions
- trimmed
- finely chopped
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves
- 3 free-range eggs
- lightly beaten
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp groundnut or vegetable oil
- 200g/7oz cooked long-grain rice
- chilled (preferably overnight)
Directions
- For the pork
- put the pork into a bowl and add the light soy sauce
- rice wine or sherry
- sesame oil and cornflour. Mix well to cover the pork in the marinade
- then set aside.
- Heat the oil in a wok over a high heat. When the oil starts to smoke
- add the garlic and stir-fry for 10 seconds
- or until golden brown but not burned. Add the marinated pork
- reserving the marinade in the bowl
- and continue to stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the pineapple
- sugar
- reserved marinade
- three-quarters of the spring onions
- and the dark soy sauce and continue to stir-fry for a further 2-3 minutes. Add the coriander
- stir well and remove the wok from the heat.
- Meanwhile
- for the rice omelette
- whisk together the eggs and sesame oil in a bowl.
- Heat the oil in a separate wok or large frying pan over a high heat. When the pan is hot
- pour away the oil so that only a light coating remains in the wok.
- Pour the egg mixture into the pan and swirl the pan so that the mixture forms a thin omelette. When the eggs have just set
- sprinkle the cooked rice over the omelette and cook for one minute. Carefully fold the edges of the omelette over the rice to cover
- then transfer the omelette to a warm plate and cover with a clean tea towel to allow the rice to finish heating through.
- To serve
- slice the omelette
- divide the slices equally among four serving plates
- then spoon the pork alongside. Garnish with the remaining spring onions.

