Chinese-style pork fillet with fried rice

Chinese-style pork fillet with fried rice

A low-fat family favourite with tender pork that's simple to make, a great mid-week meal

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Plus marinating

Low-fat

Method

  1. Mix the pork medallions with the soy sauce and five-spice; leave to marinate for 5 mins. Heat a large non-stick pan, then fry the pork for 2-3 mins on each side until cooked through. Pour in 150ml boiling water with the honey and bubble for 2 mins. Mix the cornflour with a little water, stir into the sauce and cook until it thickens and is glossy.
  2. Meanwhile, make the fried rice. Pour the egg into a non-stick frying pan to make an omelette, cooking for 2 mins on each side. Remove, roll up, and cut into thin strips. Add the rice to the pan with the peas and stir-fry for 3-5 mins until piping hot, then gently stir through the omelette with the spring onions and seasoning and cook for 1 min. Serve with the pork and a dash more soy sauce.
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Spicy pork fried rice for 4

Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a frying pan. Add 500g pork mince and 1 tbsp Chinese five-spice and fry until browned. Tip in 225g cooked rice, 200g frozen peas, defrosted, 4 sliced spring onions and 1 egg omelette, made as above, and fry for 5 mins until piping hot. Season with 1 tbsp soy sauce and serve with hoisin sauce, if you like.

Per serving

319 kcalories, protein 29.0g, carbohydrate 31.0g, fat 9.0 g, saturated fat 3.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 8.0g, salt 1.53 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2011.

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  • 03 October 2011

    Catherine rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Was it deliberate not to use oil? Everything stuck... Other than that, nothing to write home about...

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  • 04 October 2011

    hanna136 rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    edible

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  • 04 October 2011

    aniotyganda rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I loved it! Very tasty and easy to prepare. The only thing is that the rice stuck a bit but maybe it's because of the type of rice I chose.

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  • 13 October 2011

    relm514 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I don't think you can go wrong with five-spice pork and fried rice! I really liked the marinade, but added too much corn flour at the end - make sure you add it bit by bit. I never pay attention when it says not to use oil, so sticking wasn't a problem for me.

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  • 14 October 2011

    Julie commented on this recipe

    Really enjoyed this simple but honest recipe. Did not have a problem with anything sticking as I was using my new none stick pans and made sure they were really hot before adding the pork. Thought the dash of soy sauce was really needed at the end to tone down the sweetness and add some body.

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  • 15 October 2011

    Madwumin rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    FANTASTIC! I have to say - I did change this recipe slightly - I used twice the amount of 5 spice and 3 times the amount of soy sauce. I added the leftovers from the marinade when I added the water and honey. After I added the cornflour I ended up with a lovely velvety sauce - plenty of it too so no need to add egg to rice to make it more flavoursome. My hubby loved it! And so did I - I will certainly be making this more often - perhaps with chicken next time!

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  • 15 October 2011

    Madwumin commented on this recipe

    And I forgot to add - as said before - ensure you add the cornflour bit by bit :)

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  • 05 January 2012

    Julie's grub rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Can't believe its healthy! Really lovely dish, I overdid the 5 spice and soy so it was full of flavour - really delicious, loved by the kids too

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  • 05 January 2012

    Pringle 29 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    really tasty. dead simple. will have again used sweetcorn rather than peas as i lost my peas. worked well as a substitute

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  • 26 February 2012

    Stormy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Liked this dish very much. Very tasty sauce in which I used more soy sauce and thickening granules, not cornflour.

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  • 27 March 2012

    SuzA rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made tonight, so quick and easy to make. Will definitely be a regular meal in our house

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  • 30 April 2012

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Plus marinating

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 420g pack pork fillet , trimmed and sliced into medallions
  • 1.0 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Chinese five-spice
  • 2.0 tbsp honey
  • 1.0 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 egg , beaten
  • 225.0g cooked rice
  • 200.0g frozen peas , defrosted
  • 2 spring onions , sliced
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Per serving

319 kcalories, protein 29.0g, carbohydrate 31.0g, fat 9.0 g, saturated fat 3.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 8.0g, salt 1.53 g

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