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 |
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/