Wednesday, February 23

Sweet Pork and Peanut Stir Fry

If you have a sweet tooth but trying to stick to a diet this is the dinner for you. Filled with zucchini and sweet bell peppers using pork tenderloin will add a welcome texture and flavor.

Zucchini is extremely low in calories making it a great choice for a meal that would be otherwise a rather high calorie meal.

Ingredients:
  • 2 small cuts pork tenderloin
  • 1 red pepper chopped
  • 1 large zucchini chopped
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 medium shallots chopped
  • 1/3 cup green onion chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 cup dry brown rice
  • 1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts
Directions
  1. Cook rice according to package directions.
  2. Add peanuts to rice and keep warm
  3. Whisk 2 tablespoons soy sauce, honey, chicken broth and flour in bowl and set aside.
  4. Cut tenderloin into small pieces and mix with remaining tablespoon soy sauce to coat.
  5. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet add tenderloin cook until browned and remove from skillet.
  6. Add remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon sesame oil shallot and zucchini saute for about one minute. Add soy sauce mixture, zucchini, ground ginger and green onion, cook until sauce has thickened.
  7. Serve hot with a cup of rice.
Serves 4

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