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Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

Sweet and Sour Pork

Alton Brown

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Good Eats: Down & Out in Paradise

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate This RecipeRead users' reviews (64)

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  • on December 13, 2011

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    Yummy! I doubled the recipe with no problem... This is a keeper!

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  • on May 22, 2011

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    This is wonderful! I couldn't follow the recipe to the "T" but it's equally tasty! Thanks Alton!=

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  • on April 21, 2011

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    Alton...GREAT JOB!!!! This was easy...made it after work. Just the right balance of sweet and sour. Definitely will re-do.

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  • on March 06, 2011

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    This recipe is wonderful! Worth the all the effort. My family usually doesn't eat this in restaurants because they serve it as a syrupy, artificially flavored gloup. This is FAR from that. The balance of the sweet from the pinapple and the bite from the vinegar is perfectly balanced.

    The idea that ketchup "butchers" it from the 'original' makes no sense to me. Original what? This is an American dish that has never existed in China.

    GREAT WORK ALTON.

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  • on March 02, 2011

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    Where do I begin on the wrongness of this recipe. The marinade/dredging was the only part of this recipe that "panned" out correctly. The finishing "sauce" was horrible. First, you can immediately tell this is "American" by the simple ingredient "ketchup" which butchers up any original...with the exception of mac n' cheese, mmm. Second, why 1/4 of red wine vinegar? I can only assume the sugar, honey, and pineapple is to sweeten the blow of the kethcup which is mostly vinegar based. The red wine vinegar quantity was overwhelming. Alton, if you happen to read this, what were you thinking? Maybe it was my fault. I freaking love your show so when I saw this recipe bearing your name I thought, why not? People if your looking for an "authentic" sweet n' sour recipe, this is not the one. Alton, please formulate a better finishing glaze.

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  • on February 20, 2011

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    I wanted a vegetarian dish so I made this with tofu instead of pork and increased the amount of vegtables. I squeezed the water out of the tofu by weighing it down with some heavy cans for 20 mins and then marinated it for about an hour - which was all the time I had. Turned out great, although a little salty. Will definitely not use any salt next time.
    It was a perfect sweet and sour dish.

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  • on February 05, 2011

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    this was not only easy, but better than most you get in restaurants. my husband is picky about asian food but couldn't stop eating this.

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  • on February 04, 2011

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    I loved it! It really wasn't all that hard at all. Prepped it the night before, was able to make dinner pretty fast the next night. Tasted great! Sauce didn't taste like ketchup at all, nor did I find the finished product too salty. Kids ate it right up. I will definitely make this again, perhaps even try with chicken as others have done. Thanks, Alton, you have yet to disappoint!

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  • on January 12, 2011

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    I have to agree with with pski. Less ketchup but still very good. Gave it a 4 star because of the ketchup. otherwise fast and easy. By the way dont salt a lot cause the soy has the salt in it.

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  • on January 07, 2011

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    I loved the original when I made it. I read the review about the pot roast so when I had meatballs to use up after New Year's Eve I used them instead of the pork. I just made the sauce and veggies and added the meatballs. When put over rice it turned my left over appetizer into a tasty (and fast! weekday meal!.

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