Gabajou in Chinese sweet and sour sauce

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 10 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   We prepare products for pork in batter. Wash the pork and dry it with napkins. The water should be cold and icy. For me it’s straight with pieces of ice. Until the very moment of preparing the batter, it should be in the refrigerator. Sift flour and starch.

2. STEP 2

   

   We cut the meat into small pieces approximately 2x3 cm in size and 2-2.5 cm thick.

3. STEP 3

   

   We beat off pieces of meat, thanks to this procedure, it will be very tender after frying.

4. STEP 4

   

   Before dipping the meat into the batter, prepare all the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce. We wash and clean the vegetables. Now let’s start chopping all the vegetables so that we have them at hand at the right time, since this dish is prepared quite quickly. At the same time, we won’t have time for vegetables later, since we will need to quickly fry the meat and make sure that it doesn’t burn.

5. STEP 5

   

   We cut the carrots into long strips, the onion into half rings (in Chinese: along the onion, not across), the pepper into squares.

6. STEP 6

   

   Cut the garlic and ginger into thin slices.

7. STEP 7

   

   Take ice water out of the refrigerator (it allows the batter to remain crispy when frying). Pour it into a deep container, add egg white (we don’t need a yolk), shake well with a fork, quickly add starch and flour. Mix thoroughly until smooth and without lumps.

8. STEP 8

   

   Dip pieces of beaten meat into the batter. Make sure that the batter is distributed evenly on all sides.

9. STEP 9

   

   The batter should have the consistency of thick sour cream. Mix the meat in the batter.

10. STEP 10

    

    Heat a deep frying pan or wok over the fire. Pour vegetable oil into it and heat it thoroughly. Dip the meat in starch batter into deep fat in portions and fry until fully cooked - until golden brown for 7-8 minutes. To check the readiness of the meat, cut a piece of meat from the 1st batch in half and make sure. Fry all the slices of meat in two or three batches.

11. STEP 11

    

    Place the meat on paper towels to absorb excess oil. At the same time, cover the meat with something on top so that it does not cool down.

12. STEP 12

    

    Pour 3-4 tbsp into a heated frying pan. l. vegetable oil, heat it, throw in garlic and ginger, almost immediately add onions and carrots. Fry, stirring constantly, for 4-5 minutes.

13. STEP 13

    

    Add bell pepper and pineapple, simmer, stirring constantly for 4-5 minutes.

14. STEP 14

    

    Pour in soy sauce, starch (1 tablespoon) previously diluted in a small amount of water, honey, squeeze out the juice from half a lemon, salt and pepper to taste.

15. STEP 15

    

    Mix thoroughly, reduce heat and simmer the sauce until thickened, about 8 minutes.

16. STEP 16

    

    Place the deep-fried meat in batter on a serving plate or in a deep bowl, pour plenty of sweet and sour sauce on top and serve hot. Enjoy! Try it, it's incredibly tasty and aromatic!

Comments on the recipe

LuSey

12.09.2023

4.7

The dish is also a discovery for me! After reading the ingredients, I realized it would be delicious! Here is another similar recipe - pork in sweet and sour sauce.

Corason

12.09.2023

4.6

I was interested in the original name of the meat dish with vegetables. I decided to experiment and make gabajou in Chinese sweet and sour sauce using this recipe. I added lychee myself. The sweet and sour sauce came out amazing! Then I added the fried meat to the sauce with the vegetables in a frying pan and stirred. I laid it out in portions and immediately served it on the table. Great dish! The aroma is stunning. The Korean meat turned out tender and juicy. And the vegetable sweet and sour sauce simply cannot be expressed in words - beyond all praise. The sauce has such a rich taste, it is beautiful, tasty, spicy, appetizing, sweet, sour, and glossy. Chic! Next time I’ll cook chicken fillet this way) I recommend everyone to try it! Many thanks to the author 😊

IgorArt

12.09.2023

4.9

Today we are having a Chinese style dinner, namely gabajou in sweet and sour sauce. It’s better to take the meat chilled, so there will be less excess liquid when frying. Prepare the batter, I added black pepper and salt to it (I like spicy dishes). Cut the meat into thin but wide enough pieces, dip it in batter and fry, it is better to fry in portions (which is not stewed). Then fry the vegetables in the same oil (for Chinese dishes I like to cut the vegetables into larger slices), the vegetables should become slightly soft, but still retain their elasticity. Next, pour the sauce into a frying pan with high edges or a saucepan, heat over medium heat, as soon as the sauce thickens, add the fried meat and vegetables, simmer for 5 minutes, ready. Serve hot, the most tender gabajo pork, with a crispy crust and the unique taste of sweet and sour sauce will not leave you indifferent.

Natusik

12.09.2023

5

This is delicious!!! I also love pork, and in such an unusual version, it’s actually a godsend! That's it, I'll cook! Thanks for the Chinese sweet and sour gabajou recipe!!

Tatiana

12.09.2023

4.5

I love pork, but in this recipe the sauce outshone everything... it’s just some kind of miracle!!! I’m picking up gabajou in sweet and sour sauce in Chinese in K/K.... And a HUGE thank you to the author!!

Irena

12.09.2023

5

Gabajou in Chinese sweet and sour sauce is a gorgeous discovery dish! Our family loves meat very much. But some meat dishes are already boring. So it was interesting to try something new. And the result pleased me. Meat in starch batter has a pleasant crunchy crust and is juicy inside. And the sauce is a separate pleasant theme: aromatic, piquant, tender and goes surprisingly well with relatively neutral meat! I added some more pieces of canned pineapple. Beauty!