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Pan-fried pork with balsamic lentils

  • Time to make: 40 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • cooking spray oil
  • 4 x 120g pork loin steaks
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 teaspoons lightly crushed fennel seeds (optional)
  • ½ lemon, 1 teaspoon zest
  • ⅓ cup salt-reduced chicken stock
  • 2 x 400g cans brown lentils, drained, rinsed
  • 200g baby spinach
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • ¼ cup lightly toasted pine nuts
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Spray a large frying pan with oil. Place over a medium-high heat. Cook pork for 3-4 minutes each side or cooked to your liking. Remove, cover loosely with foil and rest for 5 minutes.

    2 Lower heat to medium. Spray pan with more oil. Add onion to pan and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add garlic, fennel seeds (if using) and lemon zest, stirring for 30 seconds. Add stock and lentils to pan and simmer for 1 minute. Add spinach and cook until just wilted. Stir through balsamic and pine nuts.

    3 Divide lentils and spinach among serving plates and top with a pork steak. Serve with vegetables.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free stock.

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