with Rice and Pepper
From Fujianese cuisine, lychee pork (also known as lizhi rou), consists of fried pork served in a sweet and sour sauce. Sour cherry compote and oyster sauce are the combination we're using to achieve the tangy sauce, though typically red yeast rice adds the vibrant colour!
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Jasmine Rice
150 grams
Green Beans
80 grams
Bell Pepper
1 unit(s)
Garlic Clove
2 unit(s)
British Pork Loin Steaks
2 unit(s)
Cornflour
10 grams
Chinese Five Spice
1 sachet(s)
Oyster Sauce
100 grams
Sour Cherry Compote
30 grams
Water for the Rice
300 milliliter(s)
Honey
2 tbsp
Water for the Sauce
100 milliliter(s)
Pour the water for the rice (see pantry for amount) into a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid.
Stir in the rice and ¼ tsp salt and bring to the boil. Once boiling, turn the heat down to medium and cover with the lid.
Leave to cook for 10 mins, then remove the pan from the heat (still covered) and leave to the side for another 10 mins or until ready to serve (the rice will continue to cook in its own steam).
Meanwhile, trim and halve the green beans.
Halve the bell pepper and discard the core and seeds. Slice into thin strips.
Peel and grate the garlic (or use a garlic press).
Pop your pork steaks onto a board and score one side of the flesh in a 1cm-wide criss-cross pattern, taking care not to cut all the way through the steaks.
Pat the pork steak dry with kitchen paper.
Put the cornflour into a large bowl. Add half the Chinese Five Spice and season with salt and pepper. Mix to combine.
Add the pork steaks and turn them in the cornflour to coat well. IMPORTANT: Wash your hands and equipment after handling raw meat.
Heat a large frying pan on high heat with enough oil to coat the bottom of the pan.
Once hot, add the pork steaks. Fry until browned, 2-3 mins on each side.
Once cooked, remove to a plate and cover with another plate or foil to rest. IMPORTANT: The pork is cooked when no longer pink in the middle.
Give the frying pan a quick wipe clean.
Heat a drizzle of oil in the (now empty) frying pan on medium-high heat.
Once hot, add the green beans and pepper. Stir-fry until starting to char, 2-3 mins.
Stir in the garlic and remaining Chinese Five Spice, then turn the heat down to medium and cook for 1 min. Add a splash of water and immediately cover with a lid or some foil. Cook until the beans and pepper are tender, 4-5 mins.
Add the oyster sauce, honey and the water for the sauce (see pantry for both amounts. Bring to the boil, then simmer until the sauce has thickened slightly, 2-3 mins. Stir in the sour cherry compote.
When everything's ready, slice each pork steak into 3 pieces.
Share the rice between bowls. Spoon the veg and sauce to one side of the rice.
Arrange the pork steak slices on top of the stir-fry to finish.
2505
kJ
Energy (kJ)
599
kcal
Energy (kcal)
6.2
g
Fat
2
g
of which saturates
100.8
g
Carbohydrate
31
g
of which sugars
4.7
g
Dietary Fibre
36.8
g
Protein
5.49
g
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