Five-spice ginger pork
7
Points®
Total time: 3 hr 40 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 20 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Chinese five-spice is usually a blend of cinnamon, star anise, cloves, fennel and pepper. Combined with fresh ginger it gives amazing flavour to pork but use it sparingly as it is very strong.
Ingredients
Soy sauce
2 tbs
Honey
1 tbs
Chinese five spice
1 tsp
Fresh ginger
1 tbs, finely grated
Garlic
2 clove(s), crushed
Pork fillet or tenderloin, raw
450 g, (buy 500g)
Soba noodles, dry
160 g
Sunflower oil
1 tbs, or canola
Chinese broccoli (gai lan)
1 bunch(es), cut into 5cm lengths
Oyster sauce
1 tbs
Fresh red chilli
1 whole, thinly sliced
Lime(s)
1 medium, wedges
Instructions
1
Combine soy sauce, honey, five spice, ginger and garlic in a shallow dish. Add pork and turn to coat. Cover and place in fridge for 2 hours.
2
Lightly spray a barbecue or chargrill with oil and preheat over medium-low heat. Cook pork, turning occasionally, for 15–18 minutes or until browned and cooked through. Transfer to a plate. Cover pork with foil and set aside to rest for 10 minutes before thinly slicing.
3
Meanwhile, prepare noodles following packet instructions or until just tender. Drain.
4
Heat a wok over high heat. Add oil and heat for 20 seconds. Stir-fry gai lan for 1–2 minutes until just tender. Add oyster sauce and chilli and stir-fry until heated through. Serve pork with gai lan, noodles and lime wedges.
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