Sweet & Sour pork

4 30 Min (15Mins Preparation / 15 Mins Cooking Time)

This sweet and sour pork has had a healthy makeover, containing 3 serves of vegetables per serve, over one-quarter of your daily dietary fibre needs and being lower in added sugars.

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons cornflour (see tip)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 500g lean pork fillet, thinly sliced
  • 225g can pineapple pieces in juice, drained and reserve
  • 2 tablespoon Celebrate Health Tomato Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon salt-reduced soy sauce (see tip)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large red onion, sliced
  • 2 large carrots, peeled, halved, thinly sliced diagonally
  • 1 large red capsicum, cut into strips
  • 200g snow peas, trimmed, halved
  • 2 cups steamed brown rice, to serve
  • Fresh coriander, to serve

Method

1.Place cornflour on a large plate and season with salt and pepper. Add pork and toss to evenly coat. 

2.Combine the drained pineapple juice, Celebrate Health Tomato Sauce, vinegar and soy sauce in a small bowl. Set aside.

3.Heat half the oil in a large wok or non-stick frying pan over high heat. Stir-fry pork, in 2 batches, for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a plate. 

4.Heat remaining oil in same wok. Stir-fry onion and carrot for 2 minutes. Add capsicum and snow peas and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes or until vegetables are almost tender. Return pork to wok along with pineapple pieces and reserved sauce mixture. Stir-fry for 1-2 minutes or until hot. 

Serve with steamed rice, sprinkled with fresh coriander.

 

Nutrition claim: This healthy stir fry is not only delicious but is Low in calories, high in protein and high in fibre 

Per serve:  36.9g protein 7.6g fat (1.5g saturated fat) 47.9g carb 7.8g dietary fibre 1781kJ (426 Cals) 321mg sodium

Cook’s tip: For a gluten-free version of this recipe ensure you use gluten-free corn flour and soy sauce.