Adobo Style Pork with Sweet Potato

From Food and Drink Holiday 2014….I like the combination of pork and sweet potato here.  I am also a big fan of one pot meals :)

1 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
Generous grinding black pepper
500 g pork tenderloin cut into bite size pieces
1 tbsp vegetable oil
10 garlic cloves peeled and finely chopped
3 slices ginger
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp hoisin sauce
2 bay leaves
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into bite size pieces
3 green pinions, very thinly sliced diagonally

• Place cornstarch, salt and pepper in a  medium bowl.  Add pork and toss to coat.  Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium high heat.  Add pork to oil.  Cook a couple of minutes just until browned all over; it will not be cooked through.  Remove and return to bowl.
• Reduce heat to medium, adding a little more oil to pan, then add garlic and ginger.  Stir, cooking 1 minute.   Add water, vinegar, soy and hoisin sauces, bay leaves and a generous grinding of pepper to pan.  Stir and scrape up brown bits from bottom of pan.  Add sweet potato, cover and simmer until potato is nearly tender, about 10 minutes.
• Return pork to pan.  Simmer gently uncovered, stirring occasionally until pork is cooked and potato is tender, about 2 more minutes (don’t overcook pork or it will toughen).  Discard bay leaves and ginger slices.  Stir in green onions.  Serve over rice.

Serves 4