Thai-style pork-filled omelettes
Reviewed by our expert panel(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- Filling
- 300g minced pork
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 5 cm piece of ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 red chilli, chopped
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- olive oil spray
- 1 tablespoon reduced-salt soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons no-added-salt tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- juice and zest of 1 lime
- 5 ripe tomatoes, pureed
- Omelette
- olive oil spray
- 8 eggs
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh coriandercilantroX
- freshly ground black pepper
- Salad
- 5 cups shredded lettuce
- 1 small cucumber, sliced
- 4 radishes, thinly sliced
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- To serve
- 1 lime, cut into 4 wedges
- fresh coriandercilantroX leaves
Instructions
1 Cook mince in a non-stick pan until browned. Add garlic, ginger, chilli, spring onion and a little spray oil. Cook for a further 3—4 minutes.
2 Add soy sauce, tomato paste, sugar, lime juice and zest with the pureed tomatoes. Cook for 5—6 minutes until thickened. Cover and set aside while the omelettes are prepared.
3 Heat a non-stick pan with spray oil until hot. Beat eggs together with some coriander and season with pepper. Add a quarter of the egg mixture to the hot pan to make each omelette, using a little more oil spray for each new omelette.
4 Tip in egg mixture and spread out to fill base of pan. Heat for a few minutes until set. Turn omelette over and cook for a further few minutes.
5 Tip cooked omelette onto a plate and spoon on some mince mixture. Fold over or roll up. Serve immediately with the salad veges, a lime wedge and fresh coriander.
Variations
- For a more substantial meal, serve on a slice of toast.
- Make it gluten free: Check soy sauce and tomato paste are gluten free. If serving with toast, use gluten-free bread.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 363cal
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Kilojoules 1520kJ
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Protein 32g
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Total fat 20g
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–Saturated fat 5g
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Carbohydrates 10g
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–Sugars 10g
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Dietary fibre 5g
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Sodium 380mg
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Calcium 160mg
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Iron 5.5mg
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