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Pork

Pork rice bowls

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Prep and cooking time: 30 mins

  • Freezable
  • Dairy-free
  • High-protein
  • Nausea-friendly

Ingredients

Serves: 4

  • 80g uncooked brown rice
  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 tbsp white vinegar
  • 400g pork mince
  • 4 spring onions, sliced
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely diced or minced
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • 200g mangetout
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 handfuls bean sprouts
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds

Method

Step 1

Prepare the rice as per package instructions.

Step 2

Slice the cucumber into ribbons with a peeler or mandolin and toss in a bowl with the vinegar. Set aside.

Step 3

Heat the sesame oil in a wok or frying pan, over medium heat.

Step 4

Fry the garlic, ginger and whites of the spring onions for 2mins.

Step 5

Add the pork mince and cook for another 5mins, or until cooked through, breaking up with a wooden spoon as you go.

Step 6

Pour in the soy sauce, oyster sauce and mirin. Continue cooking the pork for 5mins, until crispy.

Step 7

Add the mangetout to the pan and cook for 3mins, until slightly tender.

Step 8

Meanwhile, slice or julienne the carrots.

Step 9

Serve the rice in bowls topped with the pork, cucumber ribbons, carrot, bean sprouts and sesame seeds.

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