Pork Lo Mein with Peanut Sauce

Total time: 25 minutes
    Stir-fries cook quickly and are very flexible when it comes to ingredients.  I always try for a mix of colors, textures and flavors... And whatever is left in the fridge.  Amounts are not precise, just try to keep it balanced.

 Ingredients:

• 8oz pork  tenderloin, boneless chops, leftover pork,  250gr, 8.8oz pork tenderloin
• 1 onion, 145gr, 5.1oz
• 2 cloves garlic, 8gr, . 28oz
• 1 tsp minced ginger
• 1/2 bell pepper, green or red, 80gr, 2.8oz
• 1/3 head broccoli, 150gr, 5.3oz
• 1 carrot, 90gr, 3.2oz
• 4oz (125gr) mushrooms, 125gr, 4.4oz
• spaghetti, bunch about 1" diam., 100gr, 3.5oz
• 2 tsp sesame oil, 9gr, .32oz
• 2 tsp olive oil, 9gr, .32oz
• 1 cup beef stock, 225gr, 8oz
• 2 tbs peanut butter, 32gr, 1.2oz
• 2 tbs soy sauce, 32gr, 1.2oz
• 2 tbs sherry (optional), 30gr, 1.05oz
• 1/4 cup walnuts, 28gr, 1oz
• 1 tbs cornstarch (Maizena) dissolved in 2 tbs water, 8gr, .28oz

 Instructions:

• Cook pasta according to package instructions.
• While pasta cooks: Thinly slice onion. 
• Mince garlic. 
• Mince ginger (peel first). 
• Julienne the pepper and carrots (techniques). 
• Trim and slice mushrooms.  Cut broccoli into florets (with some stem). 
• Cut the pork into large bite-size pieces.
• Heat olive oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.   Add onion to skillet and stir-fry for 2 minutes. 
• Add garlic and ginger and stir-fry another 2 minutes.  Remove onions/garlic from pan and set aside. 
• Add sesame oil to pan and heat.  Add pork and stir-fry 3 - 5 minutes, until nicely browned.  Remove and put with onions. 
• Add broccoli, carrots, mushrooms and pepper to skillet and stir-fry 5 minutes. 
• Return pork, onions, garlic and ginger to pan.  Add beef stock and bring to a boil. 
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. 
• In a small bowl, whisk together sherry, soy sauce and peanut butter. 
• Uncover skillet and stir in peanut butter mixture and walnuts. 
• Stir in cornstarch mixture until thickened. 
• When pasta is done, drain and add to skillet.
• Toss to combine, tongs work best, or two forks.   Serve.  (If spaghetti doesn't fit into pan, put it into a large bowl and pour pork mixture over top.) 
• Add more soy sauce if desired, according to taste.

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:   1215 / 607.5 Total Carbohydrates:   62 / 31           Dietary Fiber:   18 / 9 Total Fat:   64 / 32          Saturated Fat:   11 / 5.5 Cholesterol:   162 / 81 Protein:   80 / 40 Calcium:   251 / 125.5 Sodium:    2940 / 1470

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/