Bo Luo Gu Lu Rou (Cantonese Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple)
日本でおなじみの「酢豚」の最高峰！パイナップルの酸味が光る広東の宝石
Description
The original and absolute peak of the ketchup-based sweet and sour pork recognized in Japan. Lean pork is coated in starch, fried into crispy balls, and flash-fried with bell peppers in a bright red sweet-sour sauce. Authentic Cantonese style MANDATES raw pineapple to refresh the pork fat.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork shoulder
- Fresh pineapple
- Bell peppers
- Onion
- Ketchup
- White vinegar
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Potato starch
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Dice pork shoulder. Massage with salt, wine, and egg. Shape into round balls while coating heavily in the thick sludge of starch slurry.
- Fry at 160°C to cook through, remove. Double fry at a blazing 190°C until the surface is rock-crispy like glass.
- Dice bell peppers, onion, and fresh raw pineapple. Flash-fry or blanch.
- Heat ketchup, white vinegar, sugar, salt, and starch slurry to create a thick, bright red sweet-sour sauce.
- Dump the hot fried meat, veggies, and pineapple into the boiling sweet-sour sauce.
- Toss violently on high heat a few times. Plate instantly before the crispy batter gets soggy.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Fruity tartness of white vinegar and pineapple、Ketchup sweetness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Add fresh pineapple to standard JP Subuta
Pairing
White Rice / Jasmine Tea
Trivia
[Trivia] 'Gu Lu' is supposedly the onomatopoeia of gulping saliva because it looks so delicious. In the Qing Dynasty, Westerners loved it as 'Sweet and Sour Pork', making it one of the world's most famous Chinese dishes.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Authentic meat is shaped into round balls, and the batter shatters beautifully. The heavy pork fat is perfectly neutralized by the pineapple juice and sweet-sour sauce, leaving a highly elegant and refreshing aftertaste.
Allergen
Pork, Eggs, Wheat, Soybeans (Depends on sauce)