Huli Huli Pork with Bulgur and Peanuts

Huli Huli Pork with Bulgur and Peanuts

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 2) on Sunday, May 20, 2018.

Get your pan nice and hot to cook the pork. It gives a good colour and flavour to the meat and helps to prevent sticking.


Ingredients

BULGUR

  • 75g bulgur wheat
  • ½ tsp sesame oil
  • ¼ tsp rice wine vinegar

HULI HULI PORK

  • ½ brown onion
  • ½ Palermo capsicum
  • 1/3 bag kale
  • ½ carrot
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tsp cornflour
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • 1½ tsp grated ginger
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 275g lean pork strips
  • 75g huli huli sauce

TO SERVE

  • 3 Tbsp coriander
  • 20g chopped peanuts

Steps

  1. Bring a half full kettle to the boil.
  2. Add bulgur and a pinch of salt to a heat-proof bowl and cover with boiling water. Cover and leave to soak for 15-18 minutes, until grains are tender. Drain well through a sieve.
  3. Thinly slice onion, capsicum and kale; cut carrot in half lengthways and thinly slice; mince garlic. In a small bowl mix together cornflour and stock. Set all aside.
  4. Heat half the oil in a large fry-pan on high heat, pat pork dry and add to pan. Cook pork, without stirring, for 1-2 minutes before adding garlic and ginger. Stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, until pork is just cooked. Remove from pan and set aside. Reserve pan.
  5. Heat remaining oil in reserved pan on mediumhigh heat. Stir-fry onion, capsicum and carrot for 3-4 minutes, until tender. Add huli huli sauce and stock/cornflour mixture. Cook for about 1 minute, until sauce is thickened slightly. Remove from heat, add kale and pork (and any resting juices) to pan. Stir to combine and season to taste.
  6. Once bulgur is cooked, add sesame oil and vinegar, stir to combine and season to taste.
  7. Chop coriander.
  8. To serve, spoon bulgur into bowls. Top with huli huli pork and sprinkle over coriander and peanuts.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1841 kj
440 kcal
Protein 38.0g
Carbohydrate 36.1g
Fat 14.1g