Japanese Recipe Subuta

Japanese Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

Wafu-Chuka, as the cuisine is known in Japan, is characterized by an elegance and style that heightens both Japanese and Chinese cooking traditions. Popular wafu-chuka dishes include mabo-tofu, hiayashi chuka, gyoza, subuta and so on. Subuta（酢豚） a sweet and sour pork dish which is one of the very popular wafu-chuka dish in Japan. The sauce is the main point of the dish. So, with a good combination among vinegar, sugar, ketcup and starch, it will determine how delicious the subuta is? Alternatively, you may replace kurosu (黒酢、black vinegar) for the dish which will increase your appetite.

Ingredients:

200 g pork tenderloin cut into bite size
1 onion cut into bite size
1/2 carrot cut into bite size
1/2 green pepper cut into bite size
1 clove garlic, minced
3 shiitake mushroom
2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup soup stock
3 tbsp soysauce
3 tbsps rice wine vinegar
4 tbsps sugar
1 tbsp ketchup
3 tbsps water
3 tbsps potato starch / corn starch
2 tsp oyster sauce (if you have)

Preparations:
Add in sugar, ketchup, soysauce, and rice wine vinegar to the pork in a bowl and let stand 30minutes.
Heat oil to 350F and deep-fry pork until golden/cooked. Drain oil and cook onion, garlic, carrot, green pepper, shiitake mushrooms and fried pork over high heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add mixture of water, soup stock and starch in the pan and stir quickly over medium heat.
Put in a plate and serve with plain rice.