Sweet & sour pork

This is one of the recipes that my husband and I love. You could use a chicken breast or thigh instead of pork if you like. We love pork. I like to eat pork more often in order to take in vitamin B which fights against fatigue, tiredness, exhaustion, depression, etc.
Originally, you would need to deep-fry pork before stir-frying it with vegetables to make sweet and sour pork, but you will not need to in this recipe. So, I will say this is healthy sweet & sour pork as you are using less oil. You could also add cucumber and pineapple if you like.

Serve 2 to 3
Total time: about 30 min

• 0.6lbs(300g) pork boneless country-style ribs
• 1 carrot
• 2 green bell peppers
• 1/2 to 1 yellow onion
• 1 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon of sake (for marinating)
• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce (for marinating)
• Salt and pepper (for marinating)
  [Sauce]
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 3 tablespoons of ketchup
• 3 tablespoons of vinegar (I use distilled white vinegar)
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch (or potato starch)

1. Cut the pork into bite-size chunks. Marinate in the soy sauce, sake and season with salt and pepper.

2. Peel the carrot and cut into 1/8 inch rectangular slices. Cut the green bell pepper in half, remove the seeds, and cut into bite sizes. Cut the onion into bite size pieces as well.

3. To prepare the sauce, combine the sugar, ketchup, and vinegar in a bowl. Set aside.

4. In a wok or a 11-inch skillet, cook and stir garlic in hot oil over medium heat for 15 seconds. Add pork and cook. Stir until no longer pink.

5. Add onion and carrot to skillet; cook and stir for 1 to 2 minutes or until crisp-tender.

6. Add the green bell pepper to the skillet. Cook and stir until tender. 

7. Add the sauce over the vegetables and pork. Stir it well.

8. In a separate small bowl, dissolve cornstarch in 2 teaspoons of the water. (Please do this right before next step because it will separate as time goes.)

9. Reduce heat to low and add the cornstarch dissolved water over the vegetables and pork. Cook and stir for about 1 minute more or until it is heated through.

10. Done! I served it with brown rice and miso soup.