Chinese Stir-Fried Pork Mince with Beans
7
Points®
Total time: 35 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 15 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Stir-fried minced meat is used extensively in Chinese and Thai cooking. Usually, Thai cooking uses minced beef, whereas Chinese cooking uses pork.
Ingredients
Garlic
2 clove(s), crushed
Chilli, green or red
1 individual, (use red) deseeded, finely sliced
Root Ginger
1 tablespoon(s), finely julliened
Sesame Oil
2 teaspoon(s)
Lean pork mince 10% fat, raw
400 g, lean
Spring Onions
3 medium, (white part only), halved, finely sliced
Light Brown Sugar
2 teaspoon(s)
Soy Sauce
2 tablespoon(s)
Oyster sauce
2 tablespoon(s)
Water
2 tablespoon(s)
Green Beans
250 g, cut into 5cm lengths, lightly steamed
Dry Roasted Peanuts
30 g, unsalted, chopped
Basil, fresh
3 tablespoon(s)
Easy cook white rice, boiled
300 g
Instructions
1
Combine garlic, chilli and ginger in a small bowl.
2
Heat a non-stick wok or large frying pan over high heat. Add oil and heat until smoking. Add half of the pork mince and stir fry, breaking up any lumps, until brown. Remove and set aside.
3
Reheat wok and cook remaining pork until well browned. Add spring onions and chilli mixture and stir fry for 1 minute. Add cooked pork mince, sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce and 2 tbs water. Allow to cook for 2 minutes or until sauce has reduced a little. Add beans, peanuts and half of the basil. Stir fry for a further minute.
4
Serve immediately, sprinkled with remaining basil leaves. Accompany with cooked rice.
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