Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make the perfect sweet + sour pork!
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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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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-interest/2012/05/ketchups-chinese-origins-how-it-evolved-from-fish-sauce-to-todays-tomato-condiment.html
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