Sweet & Sour Pork with Rice

Sweet & Sour Pork with Rice

Serves 4.

This recipe comes from The Mr.'s grandmother. She included it in a recipe box she compiled for me a few Christmases ago. It was such a fun gift to receive -- I love looking through recipes, but family recipes hold extra special meaning.

The Mr. dubbed this "too sweet" for his tastes, but I liked that part about it. I mean, it is called SWEET and sour pork. And it's exactly that.

1 lb. boneless pork, cut into cubes

3/4 c. ketchup

1/4 c. white vinegar

1 c. pineapple juice (drained from a can of pineapple chunks, reserve pineapple)

3 T. sugar

1/2 c. onion slices

1 c. green pepper chunks

1 T. cornstarch

3 T. water

Combine ketchup, vinegar, pineapple juice, and sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Blend and bring to a boil.

While mixture is heating, lightly fry pork cubes in a skillet.

In a small bowl, mix together cornstarch and water.

When ketchup mixture has reached a boil, add the cornstarch mixture and blend throughout. Return to a boil and add onion slices and green pepper chunks. Boil uncovered for 3 minutes.

Add the fried pork and the pineapple to the sauce. Serve over rice.

After 3 minutes