Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make the perfect sweet + sour pork!

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🍴 RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴

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🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗

On Wok Hei: http://youtu.be/gKw8jMn9Zmo

Chinese Cooking Demystified's Sweet & Sour Pork w/o Ketchup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9TaR8racD8

Ketchup origins: https://slate.com/human-intere....st/2012/05/ketchups-

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🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳

- Electric Burner: https://geni.us/electricburner
- Non-Stick Wok: https://geni.us/nonstickwok
- Carbon Steel Wok: https://geni.us/carbonsteelwok
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- Pan Protector: https://shrsl.com/305j0
- Carbon Steel Seasoning Wax: https://shrsl.com/305iz

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If you don't live near an Asian market, you buy these online / on Amazon:
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- Soy Sauce: https://geni.us/kkmsoysauce
- Tamari (Dark Soy Sauce substitute): https://geni.us/kkmtamari
- Rice Cooking Wine: https://geni.us/ZHJK
- Oyster Sauce: https://geni.us/kkmoystersauce
- Vegetarian Oyster Sauce: https://geni.us/kkmoystersauceveg
- Chili Oil: https://geni.us/DX1vm
- Hoisin Sauce: https://geni.us/lmBz0
- Chicken Bouillon: https://geni.us/2Eu7CU
- Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://geni.us/M93Zer

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- https://geni.us/nf17

Options for Gluten Free Oyster Sauce
- https://bit.ly/gfoystersauce
- https://geni.us/C9ABB

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲

00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Prepare pork
02:55 - Cut vegetables & pineapples
04:08 - Ketchup came from fish?!
06:08 - Create sweet and sour sauce
06:34 - Coat pork in flour, cornstarch
07:32 - Start heating oil
08:00 - A quick primer on oil & smoke points
09:12 - How to tell if oil is hot enough
09:45 - Fry pork #1
10:26 - Why we fry our pork twice
11:22 - Fry #2
12:00 - Cook veggies, sauce, pork
13:07 - Plate!
13:38 - Meal Time!
14:30 - Substitutes for pork?
14:50 - How do you keep the pork crispy?
16:02 - How to avoid tough pork texture?
16:30 - The most important thing to focus on for this dish?
17:22 - Alternatives to deep-frying?
18:24 - On sugars, honey
19:07 - How to get the red color?

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🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵

Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau
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