Gran'S Sweet And Sour Pork And Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 green pepper, cut in bite sized squares
1 1/2 - 2 lbs pork tenderloin, cut in 1-inch cubes
1 -2 tablespoon flour
2 eggs
1 dash garlic powder
2 -3 tablespoons oil
1 (10 ounce) can consomme, divided
1 (398 ml) can pineapple tidbits, not drained
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup soya sauce
For rice
3 cups raw white rice
1 onion, chopped
3 celery ribs, finely chopped
4 slices bacon, chopped in 1/2 squares

Preparation

Take the green pepper chunks and boil them in a little water (1/4 - 1/2 cup) for 2-3 minutes. Do not drain.
Combine the flour, eggs and garlic powder into a loose batter. Dip the pork cubes and brown them in hot oil in a dutch oven over medium high heat. If there is any batter remaining, brown it in the oil with the pork.
Add 1/2 of the consomme, the pineapple and its juice, the green pepper and its cooking water. Cook, covered on medium about 30 minutes.
Prepare plain white rice using usual recipe. Saute the bacon, onion and celery together until the vegetables are transparent and soft. Do not brown veggies or crisp the bacon. Stir the veggies and bacon into the hot white rice.
Combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the remaining consomme, the vinegar and the soya sauce. Stir cornstarch mixture into pork and simmer 5 minutes.
Serve pork over rice.