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Five-spice pork with shiitake and sugar snap rice

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 32 mins, plus 20 mins marinating
  • Serving: 6 people (4 dinners + 2 lunches)
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
    • 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice
    • 2 x 350g pork fillets
    • spray oil
    • 2 onions, cut in wedges
    • 3cm-piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut in thin batons
    • 100g fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
    • 300g button mushrooms, sliced
    • 250g sugar snap peas, trimmed
    • 200g snow peas, trimmed, halved diagonally
    • 4 cups cooked brown rice
    • 2 tablespoons gluten-free tamari sauce
    • sliced spring onions, to garnish
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine sesame oil and five spice in a shallow ceramic or glass dish. Add pork and turn to coat. Cover and set aside to marinate for 20 minutes.

    2 Place a large frying pan over a high heat. Cook pork for 1 minute each side or until golden. Transfer to a baking tray, roast for 10-12 more minutes (for medium), or until cooked to your liking.

    3 Remove from oven, cover loosely with tinfoil and set aside to rest for 5 minutes. Slice into 1cm-thick slices.

    4 Meanwhile, spray a large wok with oil and place over a high heat. Stir-fry onion for 2 minutes, add ginger and stir-fry for 1 more minute. Add mushrooms and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Add peas and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until just cooked. Add rice and tamari then toss together for 1-2 minutes or until rice is heated through.

    5 Serve pork on rice. Garnish with spring onions.

    NOTE: Nutrition information, time to make and costings apply to main dinner recipe only.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check five spice is gluten free.

    Lunch tomorrow: Asian pork salad

    Serves 2
    Cost per serve $7.24
    Time to make 5 minutes

    2 cups baby spinach
    2 serves leftover Five spice pork with shiitake and sugar snap rice
    1 teaspoon lightly toasted sesame seeds
    2 teaspoons gluten-free tamari sauce, to drizzle

    Step 1 Add baby spinach to leftover pork, shiitake and sugar snap rice. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and drizzle with tamari.

    Step 2 Serve cold or warm gently in a microwave for 1 1/2–2 minutes.

    • Dairy free, high fibre, high iron
    • 1810kJ/433cal, 34g protein, 12g total fat, 3g sat fat, 50g carbs, 7g sugars, 7g fibre, 610mg sodium, 100mg calcium, 5.5mg iron

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