Sweet-and-sour pork Japanese-style for the Dolls’ Festival

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Sweet-and-sour pork Japanese-style for the Dolls’ Festival

Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Keyword: Winter, meat and vegetable
Servings: 2 Serves
Author: Yuko Asano@Kuracooking
Cost: 600yen

Ingredients

  • 2 Pork shoulder roasts
  • 2 tsp Sake
  • 2 tsp Soy sauce
  • 2 tsp Rice flour
  • 1 tbsp Potato starch
  • 1/2 Carrot
  • 7~8 cm Lotus root
  • 1/2 Leek
  • 2 Dried shiitake mushrooms 
  • 6 Peas
  • 4 pieces Dried peaches

Sauce

  • 60 ml Shiitake mushroom broth
  • 2 tbsp Ketchup
  • 2 tsp Sake
  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Rice vinegar
  • 100 ml Frying oil
  • a lot Love

Instructions

  • Cut pork into bite-sized pieces and season with sake and soy sauce.
  • Roughly slice carrot and lotus root, diagonally slice , return dried shiitake mushrooms and cut into 4 pieces
  • Deep-fry carrot and lotus root in oil. When softened, drain the leeks and shiitake mushrooms in the oil.
  •  Put ice flour and potato starch on 1 and deep fry.
  • Put all the sauce and love in a pan and heat. When warm, add 3, 4, and dried peaches and stir to combine the flavors.
  •  Sprinkle the steamed peas over 5.

Notes

Japanese soup stock is very refreshing. It is a great addition to girl’s festival dishes with dried peaches.
©2023 Yuko Asano

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Author：Yuko Asano / Kuracooking
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I run a cooking school "Kura Cooking" in Iwakura City, Aichi Prefecture. I love "eating," "searching for delicious food," "making delicious food," and "creating new dishes," and I love to entertain people with my cooking ideas. If you are interested in Kura Cooking. Please contact us and we will be waiting for you in our classroom which is renovated warehouse built more than a century ago.