Sweet & Sour Pork Balls With Green Pea Rice
To make this lighter version of a takeaway classic in your own kitchen, you'll fry pork meatballs until golden brown. While they're sizzling, you'll whip up a pineapple-packed sweet and sour sauce. Nailed it!
Ingredients for 2 people
Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient
You'll also need
Vegetable oil, Salt, Water (or dietary alternatives)
Cooking instructions
Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.
Peel and finely chop (or grate) your garlic and shallot[s]
Peel and grate (don't chop!) your ginger
Add your pork mince (remove the paper if required!) to a large bowl with half the grated ginger, half the chopped garlic, half your soy sauce (save the rest for later!) and a generous pinch of salt, then mix everything together, then divide the pork mixture and shape into 5 small meatballs per person – these are your pork balls
Heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick with a matching lid) with a drizzle of vegetable oil over a high heat
Once hot, add the pork balls to the pan and cook for 2 min on each side, then reduce the heat to medium-high and cook covered for 6 min, until your pork is cooked through and browned (no pink meat!)
While the pork balls are cooking, add your white long grain rice to a pot with a lid with 175ml [230ml] [350ml] cold water and bring to the boil over a high heat
Once boiling, reduce the heat to very low and cook, covered, for 12-15 min or until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked
Remove your pineapple from the can (save the juice!) and chop roughly
Add your cornflour to a bowl with the reserved pineapple juice
Add your tomato ketchup, rice vinegar, red chilli relish and remaining soy sauce and mix until smooth – this is your sweet & sour sauce
Once the pork balls are cooked through and browned, transfer to a plate and set aside, carefully wipe any excess hot oil from the pan using kitchen paper
Return the pan to a medium heat and add the remaining grated ginger, chopped garlic and chopped shallot with a generous pinch of salt and cook for 1-2 min or until slightly softened
Once softened, add the sweet & sour sauce and chopped pineapple and cook for 2-3 min further or until reduced to a syrup-like consistency
Return the cooked pork balls to the pan with the sweet & sour sauce and cook for 1 min or until the pork balls are coated in sauce – these are your sweet & sour pork balls
Once the rice is almost cooked, add your blanched peas to the pot and cook for a further 2 min
Once cooked, remove from the heat and keep covered until serving – this is your green pea rice
Serve the green pea rice and top with the sweet & sour pork balls
Enjoy!
Nutritional information
Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.
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Allergens
Allergens highlighted by † (gluten, soya).
In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.
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