'My Sweet & Sour Pork'

Hey everybody! I am so sorry for not posting in so long, I have been so busy, but here is another one of my meals :) Tonight I cooked the sweet and sour pork, which turned out really well and was one of my favorite dinners so far to both cook and eat. It says it serves 2, but I think it is definitely enough to serve 3 people!
~Ingredients: salt and ground pepper, 1 cup of basmati rice (I actually used half a cup and it was plenty), 1/2 pound of pork tenderloin, 1 small red onion, 1 red or yellow pepper (I used a red one), a thumb-sized piece of root ginger, 2 cloves of garlic, 1/2 or 1 fresh red chile (I used a whole one), a small bunch of fresh cilantro, vegetable oil, 1 heaped teaspoon of five-spice powder, 1 teaspoon of cornstarch, 2-3 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 x 8oz can of pineapple chunks, 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, 1 small heart of romaine, 2 teaspoons of sesame seeds

Okay, so 1st I had to make the five-spice powder because they do not sell it here in America. So I found a recipe on the internet of how to make my own. So I mixed one teaspoon of ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon of ground star anise, 1 & 1/4 teaspoons of ground fennel seeds, 1/2 a teaspoon of ground cloves, 1/2 a teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of ground white pepper. I just mixed all of the spices into a ramekin and it was ready to be used!

Then I chopped the pork, I bought a pound of pork, so I cut in half and used one half and froze the rest. I chopped the pork into 3/4 inch cubes and put in a bowl to use later. I didn't cook it until I had all of the vegetables chopped. I chopped the red onion, red pepper, cilantro stalks (save the leaves for later), garlic, and the root ginger and saved it in a bowl for later. Then I put the wok on the stove and put it on a high heat until it looked hot. (When I put the wok on I also put the rice on). Then I put in a good lug of vegetable oil. Afterwards I put in the pork and the five-spice powder and gave it a good stir. When the pork looks brown, use a slotted spoon to remove the pork and put it in a bowl. Then add another lug of oil, and throw the vegetables in the wok. You should cook all of this for at least 2 minutes, or until you think it looks ready and give it a good stir. After two minutes throw the pork back in, the cornstarch, and the soy sauce. Then after another minute add the pineapple chunks and the balsamic vinegar. Leave it cooking for quite a while, when you think it is tasting right and you have added some salt and pepper it is ready to eat. If the rice hasn't finished yet, you can have the pork cooking on a low heat. But when the rice is done, feel free to eat the pork :). It tasted really tasty and it was truly one of my favorites to cook! I served it with lettuce and the cilantro, and you can also put some sesame seeds on top of it as well.