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Pork and Veggie Fried Rice

Course
Dinner
Servings

4

Tips & Tricks:

  • 🔪 Skip steps with knife if you completed Prep Day!
  • 🍚 Rice is best if made ahead and refrigerated. But not a deal breaker if you don't get a chance.
  • 🚨Check out the Leftover Alert at the end of this recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup jasmine, basmati, or brown rice
  • 6 oz pork tenderloin or pork chops, cut into thin slices
  • 4 eggs
  • 1-2 large ribs of celery, thinly sliced
  • 3 scallions, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup of frozen peas or green beans
  • 2-3 medium carrots, small diced
  • 1/4 bunch cilantro, chopped or whole
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1+ tbsp Tamari or soy sauce
  • 2 tsp Rice wine vinegar

Optional Garnish

  • cucumber
  • lime

Directions:

  1. 🔪 Veg and Pork Prep (can be done up to 3 days ahead)
    1. Chop pork into 1 inch bite size pieces.
    2. Thinly slice celery on the bias (example).
    3. Thinly slice green and white parts of scallions.
    4. Small dice the carrots.
  2. 🔪 Rice
    1. Cook rice according to package instructions. Set aside or refrigerate until ready to use.
  3. Eggs
    1. Cook eggs (scramble style) in a hot non-stick pan with a dash of oil or butter. Cut into small pieces and set aside.
  4. Pork
    1. In the same pan, add some more oil and cook the pork seasoned with a pinch or two of salt. Let the pork sit for 1-2 minutes before flipping so each side can caramelize.
    2. Set pork aside once all the pink has cooked away.
  5. Cook Veg + Final Saute
    1. In the same pan, add a dash more of oil and saute celery and carrots seasoned with salt, flipping occasionally.
    2. Once veggies are soft, about 5-7 minutes, add in pork, rice, half the scallions, peas or green beans, eggs, 2 tsp of rice wine vinegar, and 1 tbsp at a time of soy sauce.
    3. Stir everything together and add more soy sauce if desired. Continue to warm, mostly undisturbed, until rice is warmed through, about 5 minutes.
  6. Serve
  7. Serve immediately, topped with cilantro, more of the fresh scallions and (optionally) a few cucumber slices and a wedge of lime.

Reheat Options

  1. Saute in a hot pan with a dash of oil for about 3-5 minutes, mostly undisturbed - only flipping or stirring 2 times.
  2. Or microwave covered with a damp paper towel for 2-3 minutes.

🚨Leftover Alert

Breakfast Fried Rice is my absolute favorite! Just heat the rice up and throw a fried egg on top!