Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Celebrated the end of my first week of work by visiting a virtual 90s arcade and finally PLAYING some games now that I got the controllers all set up....

It's incredibly nostalgic feeling, especially in VR.

This Week's Fancy Pants Meal: Thai Sweet and Sour Pork

This was very different than I expected, but still pretty darned good, and absolutely full of veggies which I love. It uses pineapple chunks to sweeten the meal, but it doesn't really taste of pineapple - just a general sweet citrussy flavor on top of the salty fish sauce. Less Sweet-And-Sour and more Sweet-and-Savoury.

It came out a little more soupy than I expect. I don't cook with a wok, so the pan kinda starts boiling in its own juices rather than evaporate off. The picture in the cookbook didn't really show if it was a sauce, or a stew (it didn't seem to show ANYTHING), so I just went with stew. I think if I had a wok, I would have let the liquid evaporate a bit mroe and thicken up into a sauce.

If you make this, I highly suggest cutting the pork into more of a shoe-string type strip, as well as seasoning it as it fries. The pork came out fairly bland, while everything else was well seasoned, bu I also cut it too thick, too....

# Thai Sweet-and-Sour Pork

The Ultimate Chinese & Asian Cookbook
2.0 servings

12.0 ounces lean pork
2.0 tbsp vegetable oil
4.0 cloves garlic (finely sliced)
1.0 whole red onion (sliced)
2.0 tbsp fish sauce
1.0 tbsp sugar
1.0 whole red bell pepper (seeded) (diced)
0.5 whole cucumber (seeded) (diced)
2.0 whole tomatoes (cut into wedges)
4.0 oz pineapple (chunked)
black pepper
2.0 whole scallions (cut into short lengths)
cilantro leaves
shredded scallions

1 - Slice the pork into thin strips.
2 - Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan.
3 - Add the garlic and fry until golden
4 - Add the pork and stir-fry for about 4-5 minutes.
5 - Add the onion.
6 - Season with fish sauce, sugar and freshly ground black pepper.
7 - Stir and cook for 3—4 minutes, or until the pork is cooked.
8 - Add the rest of the vegetables, the pineapple and scallions.
9 - You may need to add a few tablespoons of water.
10 - Continue to stir-fry for about another 3—4 minutes.
11 - Serve hot, garnished wi cilantro leaves and scallions.

2 servings at ~37.5g carbs per serving

Calories 493
Total Fat 18g
Total Carbohydrate 33g
Protein 41g

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