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Crispy pork belly with pak choi

Classic Chinese spices and chilli add a tasty kick

Classic Chinese spices and chilli add a tasty kick

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(25 votes)
Cooking Time

Cook: 45 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 2

Cooking Time

Price: £1.85 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 392g serving contains

Energy
2360kj
564kcal
28%
Fat
25.3g
High
36%
Saturates
7.8g
Med
39%
Sugars
5.1g
Med
6%
Salt
1.33g
Med
22%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
602kj/144kcal

Ingredients

2 slices pork belly, cut into short pieces

1tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce

1tbsp tomato ketchup

1tbsp rice vinegar

2cm piece ginger, finely grated

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

½tsp Chinese five-spice

100g basmati rice, rinsed

1tsp rapeseed oil

2 pak choi, trimmed and leaves separated

1 red chilli, deseeded and thinly sliced

2 spring onions, thinly sliced

10g fresh coriander, leaves picked and roughly chopped

Method

1
Combine the pork strips, soy sauce, ketchup, vinegar, ginger, garlic and five-spice in a bowl. Cover and chill for 2 hrs or overnight.
2
About 30 mins before serving, cook the rice according to the pack instructions and keep warm.
3
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan on a high setting. Reserving the marinade, put the pork strips in the pan, skin-side down, and fry for 5-6 mins on both sides until golden and crisp. Remove from the pan and set aside.
4
Add the pak choi, red chilli, spring onions and remaining marinade to the pan and fry for 5 mins until the pak choi has wilted.
5
Serve the pak choi and pork on the rice and garnish with the coriander.