Fatso Sweet & Sour Pork with vegetables

Fatso Sweet & Sour Pork w/ Vegetables
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Tangsuyuk is another popular Chinese delicacy in Korea, which is more familiarly known to Westerners as sweet and sour pork (or beef) with vegetables. This dish is more of a crowd-pleaser, consisting of a pile of battered, crispy fried pork or beef strips in a sweet/tart apple and vinegar based sauce. It is also laced with pickled snippets of cucumber, carrot, and sometimes cubed pineapples that offers a variety of color as well as taste. It is usually eaten as an appetizer, ample enough for a quartet of diners to share. When eating, the meat is usually dipped in soy sauce mixed with vinegar and crushed or powder red peppers which will add some spiciness to the dish.

Recipe Ingredients
12 oz pork or beef (lean, grilling part)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 onion, sliced
1/4 carrot, sliced
1/8 cucumber, sliced
1 cup corn starch
1 cup water
1/8 tsp salt
1/16 tsp pepper
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Vegetable oil for deep-frying meat
Cooking Ingredient - Sauce
1 and 1/2 cup water
1/2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp rice vinegar
5 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt

Cooking Directions
Mix 1 cup corn starch and 1 cup water, stir well, and let sit for 1-2 hours.
After the corn starch and water are separated, carefully drain water.
Heat oil in a large pot to fry. Don't fill more than a half way.
Cut beef into thin stripes, add 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/16 teaspoon pepper and egg, mix well.
Put meat in a corn starch batter, mix well with hands.
Once you are done consistently coating the meat with batter, deep-fry it in oil until golden. *The key for crispy meat is to fry twice, so before serving it, fry once again.
Cooking Directions - Sauce
Add 1 tsp of vegetable oil to a hot pan and saute vegetables briefly for about 1-2 minutes.
Add sauce ingredients, stir to dissolve sugar and bring to a boil.
In a separate bowl, mix 2 tbsp of corn starch and 2 tbsp of water to make a slush.
Then add the slush to the boiling sauce and stir until it gets thick.
Important thing is to put corn starch mixture to the boiling sauce. The slush may not mix well if you put in lukewarm sauce. Continue boiling for 4-5 minutes.
Once the sauce is complete, pour it over onto the meat and serve hot.