Enjoy this simple yet tasty Asian-inspired pork nugget dish. Served with a sweet and sour sauce, these are perfect in any meal or even as a quick snack.
1kgPork chops, deboned, fat trimmed then the meat is cut into cubes.
½cupcornflour, more if needed
Canola oil for deep-frying
sweet and sour sauce of your choice
Marinade:
120mllight soy sauce
80mldark soy sauce
60mlbrown sugar
1pieceof ginger, peeled and grated
5mlolive or sesame oil
The batter for Frying the Nuggets:
300gself-raising flour
100mlcornflower
10mlbaking powder
1tspcayenne pepper
330mlsprite (must be cold)
Instructions
Whisk all the ingredients together, add this to the cubed pork, mix well and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or longer.
Mix all the dry ingredients for the batter together Mix in the sprite slowly just before you will be dunking the pork, ensure there are no lumps.
Drain the marinated pork in a colander, then sprinkle the dry ingredients with the cornflour all over the pork cubes, ensuring all the cubes have been covered.
Heat 750ml oil, test the heat with a little batter, it must bubble immediately and not flow to the bottom.
Dip a few cubes of pork in the batter just a few at a time and fry until golden brown
Drain on a paper towel. Repeat until all the meat has been fried.
*Serve with a sweet and sour sauce of your choice, with rice or noodles.