How to cook susie's sweet & sour pork/chicken

Put on the rice. If you don't have a rice cooker- get one. It will change your life.

Cut the chicken or pork into cubes and fry in a little vegetable/sunflower oil. When it starts to brown add the crushed garlic (and ginger if you have it) and fry a bit longer

While that cooks, chop up the vegetables into biggish chunks

Then add the vegetables to the meat in the following order, allowing a couple of minutes cooking between each

Onions

Peppers

Courgettes

Tomatoes. These will mostly disintegrate

This recipe originated from a 70s recipe book, and was called honeyed pear and pork. As it can contain none of these I've changed the name, but honey instead of sugar and pear make a nice addition

Combine the juice rom the tinned pineapple, 2 dessert spoons tomato purée, 3 dessert spoons soy sauce, 2/3 dessert spoons sugar, stock cube/powder. Make up to 300ml with water and pour into the pan

Simmer for 5/10 minutes to reduce the sauce

Finally add the spring onion (if using it) and pineapple in chunks

Mixed a heaped teaspoon of cornflour with a little water

and stir this in until the sauce is thick

Serve on rice and enjoy!

If you want a more authentic Chinese restaurant sweet and sour use more sugar and no water. This version is lighter and a bit healthier