Sticky pork with rice pilaf

This recipe is so delicious and full of asian flavours. Sticky, sweet, salty tender pork over rice with a surprising crunch here and there. Make the rice in advance so it's not soggy.

Ingredients

  • 500g pork fillet

    cut across grain in 5mm slices

  • 1 cup hoisin sauce

  • 1 cup soy sauce

  • 1 cup honey

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 onion

    finely chopped

  • ⅓ cup slivered almonds

  • 2 cups basmati rice

  • 3 cups chicken stock

    (750mL) gluten-free

  • 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley

    chopped

Allergy Advice

Contains Gluten

Contains Nuts

Contains Soy

Equipment

  • 1 large heavy-based saucepan or frypan with lid
  • 1 non-stick frypan

Instructions

  1. Heat a large heavy-based saucepan or frypan with lid over medium heat. Add oil and onion and cook for 5 minutes or until soft.
  2. Add almonds and cook until golden brown. Add rice and stir for 1 minute to heat grains.
  3. Pour in stock and bring to the boil, stirring to prevent the rice sticking. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 10-15 minutes until all stock has been absorbed and rice is tender. Keep covered while cooking pork.
  4. Heat a non-stick frypan over medium to high heat. Add hoisin sauce, soy sauce and honey, allow to boil for 2-3 minutes until mixture thickens.
  5. Add the pork and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until cooked through.
  6. Serve slices of pork on a mound of the rice pilaf. Spoon any leftover sauce over pork.

Notes

Tip
The rice can be cooked in advance and reheated in the microwave.

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