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Zesty Stir-fry Pork

Name: Zesty Stir-fry Pork
Prep time: 00:20:00
Cook time: 00:20:00
Total time: 00:40:00
Cuisine: Chinese

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The fresh sweet and sour flavours of this dish will put a spring in your step midweek.

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Serves: 4

Cooking Skill: Easy

Ingredients

4 pork loin medallions, thinly sliced into strips or pork loins steaks, fat removed and cut into thin strips

For marinade

zest and juice of 2 limes

2 garlic cloves, peeled and grated

4 tablespoons Mirin (rice wine)

4 tablespoons reduced salt soy sauce

4 tablespoons runny honey

The veg

2 large carrots, peeled and grated (approx. 100g)

100g fresh beansprouts

80g sugar snap peas, sliced lengthwise

2 spring onions, thinly sliced

2 small red chillies, deseeded and thinly sliced (optional)

Stir in at the end

240g pack ready-to-wok rice noodles

35g freshly chopped coriander (optional)

2 sprigs freshly chopped mint (optional)

Top with

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Method

Step 1

In a shallow bowl, mix the marinade ingredients. together Add the pork strips and stir well. Set aside whilst you assemble the vegetables.

Step 2

Heat a non-stick frying pan or wok on a medium high heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the pork from the marinade and add to the pan (reserve the marinade for later) and stir continuously for four minutes to avoid overcooking.

Step 3

Remove the pork from the pan and transfer to a plate. Add the reserved marinade to the pan and bring to the boil. Turn the heat down to medium. Add the vegetables (not the herbs) and cook for three minutes until hot yet still crunchy. Add the noodles and the pork to the pan, mix well and heat for a couple more minutes. Stir in the coriander and mint.

Step 4

Divide the stir fry between four bowls, sprinkle over the sesame seeds and serve.

Tips and Serving Suggestions

Need to save time? Use a 320g bag of pre-prepared stir-fry vegetables instead

Each serving provides

Based on medallions

Energy

1409kj

333kcal

16%

Fat

3.8g

Saturates

0.9g

Sugars

25.1g

27%

Salt

2.2g

37%

% of an adult's Reference intake

Typical energy values per 100g: 490kJ, 116kcal, 1.3g fat, 0.3g saturates

Each serving provides: 21.4g Protein, 50.9g Carbohydrate, 1.8g Fibre