Pork and Veggie Fried Rice

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!