Warm Chinese Pork Salad
Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 14 minutes Total time: 24 minutes Serve: 4 Ingredients
800 g pork fillet (2 large fillets) 1 tablespoon coconut oil
Marinade
½ tablespoon five-spice powder 4 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons sesame oil 3 tablespoons dry sherry or Chinese wine 2 garlic cloves, crushed ¼ tablespoon grated ginger 1 tablespoon honey
Salad
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar 1 tablespoon sesame oil 250 g snow peas, lightly steamed 2 handfuls bean shoots 4 spring onions, thinly sliced 1 handful coriander, chopped
Method 1. Preheat oven to 180C. 2. Combine marinade ingredients in a bowl. Cut fillets in half so you have thin and thick pieces,
and add to marinade. Toss to coat and marinate for 2 hours or more, but if in a hurry don’t worry. 3. Drain pork well and keep the marinade aside. Heat coconut oil in a frying pan over medium–high heat, cook pork for 2 minutes each side. Transfer to a tray and place in the oven for 8–10 minutes (thin pieces may need only 8 minutes while thick pieces may need 10 minutes). The pork is perfect if it is still slightly pink. Cover and allow to rest for 5 minutes. 4. To make a warm sauce add remaining marinade to frying pan, bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes. 5. In a salad bowl, mix the vinegar and sesame oil together. Add snow peas, bean shoots, spring onion and coriander leaves, and toss together. Serve with sliced pork drizzled with warm sauce.
Tip.... CHINESE FIVE-SPICE POWDER IS A SPLENDID MIX OF ASIAN SPICES AND IS EASY TO FIND IN YOUR LOCAL SHOP.
The marinade only takes a few minutes to put together, and if you have the time, make it the night before or in the morning and let the pork marinate all day.
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Peninsula Kids – Autumn 2017