Warm Chinese Pork Salad
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.
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
Tip: Chinese five-spice power is a splendid mix of asian spices and is easy to find in your local shop!
- ½ tablespoon five-spice powder
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 3 tablespoons dry sherry or
Chinese wine - 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- ÂĽ 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
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- 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.
- 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.
- To make a warm sauce add remaining marinade to frying pan, bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes.
- 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.
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