Easy Sticky Pork Stir Fry

Name: Easy Sticky Pork Stir Fry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 4 tbsp soy sauce (fairtrade available); 4 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar; 500 g pork tenderloin (thinly sliced into strips across the grain); 3 tbsp corn flour; 2 tsp sesame oil (or groundnut oil. fairtrade available); 1 red onion (pelled and sliced); 1 red peppers (deseeded and chopped); 1 carrot (chopped into thin sticks or batons); 200 g mange tout (or snow peas, sliced longways); 3 garlic cloves (peeled and crushed); 20 g fresh ginger (grated)

A Sticky Pork Stir Fry is perfect for mid-week as it's quick and easy. Tender pork loin and crispy vegetables stir-fried together with garlic, ginger, honey, and soy sauce and ready in under 20 minutes.

pork stir fry in a bowl with sushi rice and chop sticks with a side of prawn crackers.

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Stir fries are great go-to recipes for mid-week as they are super quick and use lots of fresh ingredients. Try this Quick Prawn stir fry with noodles for an alternative to pork or this Smoked Mackerel Salad with Asian Noodles that you can rustle together in just 10 minutes.

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Ingredients
How to slice Pork Tenderloin
Instructions
Top Tip
Substitutions
Variations
Serving Suggestion
Equipment
Sustainability
Storage
Green Tip
FAQ
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Ingredients

Pork Tenderloin - this is the best cut to use for stir fry as it's the most tender when cooked quickly. If you can't find pork loin, look for pork strips, pork fillet or pork medallions.
Red Bell Pepper - choose ones with firm shiny skin.
Mange Tout - or snow peas. These provide lovely colour and crunch.
Fresh ginger - ginger root is a basic ingredient in Asian cooking.
Honey - any thick honey will work
Soy Sauce - you might like to use a lower sodium version. If you are gluten-free, look for a gluten-free soy sauce.
Rice Vinegar - also known as rice wine vinegar

See recipe card for quantities.

How to slice Pork Tenderloin

Pork loin should be cut across the grain. The grain is the direction of the muscle fibres in the meat. Cutting across the grain shortens the muscle fibres and makes the meat more tender and easier to chew.

Instructions

This sticky honey pork stir fry cooks quickly so prepare all the vegetables before you start cooking.

soy sauce, honey, white rice vinegar mixed together in a bowl.

Stir together the soy sauce, honey, and rice wine vinegar in a bowl.

pork tenderloin strips coated in corn flour

Coat the pork pieces in the cornflour.

Add the oil to a large pan over a high heat. When the oil is hot, add the pork and fry for 3-4 minutes whilst stirring. Don't overcrowd the pan and make sure the pork can fit in a single layer. You may need to cook it in batches. Remove the cooked pork to a clean plate.

red onion, red pepper, mangetout, garlic and ginger frying in pan.

Add a little more oil to the pan and fry the onion, pepper, carrots, mange tout (snow peas), garlic and ginger for 3-4 minutes.

pork strips in pan with red pepper, mange tout, red onion, garlic and honey.

Return the pork to the pan with the vegetables.

Add the sauce and simmer for 1-2 minutes until the sauce is bubbling. Serve.

Top Tip

Make sure to fry the pork over a high heat in a single layer and don't crowd the pan. If your pan is too full, the pork will steam rather than fry and won't be tender. Don't overcook the pork.

Substitutions

You can choose different vegetables to go in your sticky pork stir fry. The following work well in stir fries as they cook quickly

Pak Choi or bok choy
Green beans
Tenderstem broccoli
Spring onions
Sugar snap peas
Baby sweetcorn
Beansprouts
Kale

Variations

If you want to give the sauce an extra kick, add a teaspoon of dried chilli flakes or add in a finely diced red chilli.

Serving Suggestion

Serve this Honey Pork Stir Fry with rice or Asian noodles or in a wrap. You can also serve it with some prawn crackers. Top with sesame seeds.

You might like to try sushi rice, which is sticky rice and goes very well with the stir fry. Use 75g or 1 cup of dried rice per person.

sticky pork stir fry in a bowl topped with sesame seeds with a side of prawn crackers.

Equipment

For this recipe, you will need the following

A large frying pan or wok
A grater
Chopping board and kitchen knife
Bowl to mix the sauce ingredients

Sustainability

When buying Pork, try to buy locally reared, free-range pork if possible. This will have the lowest carbon footprint. Buying local will also help support your local economy and the local farmers who are custodians of much of your local countryside. Vegetables bought without packaging are the best waste-free option. Sesame oil, soy sauce, and black pepper can all be bought as Fairtrade items. Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.

Storage

Pork Stir Fry will keep in the fridge for 3 - 4 days. Leftover stir fry can be enjoyed cold. To reheat it, place it in a frying pan with a little oil and heat for just 1 minute. You don't want to overcook it. If you use leftover pork, remember you should only reheat meat once.

Stir Fry's don't freeze well.

Green Tip

Stir-fries are a great way to use up leftover vegetables and you can vary the quantities according to what you have.

FAQ

What is the best cut of pork to use in a stir fry?

A stir fry cooks the meat quickly so a lean and tender cut is best such as pork tenderloin, pork fillet, or pork medallions. You can also use boneless pork chop. Cut the meat into strips rather than chunks. When you slice the pork, you will notice faint lines running in one direction. You want to cut across these lines, not with them. This helps relax the muscle fibres and makes the meat more tender.

What's the best oil to use in a stir fry?

We cook a stir fry on a high heat so we need an oil that has a high smoke point to avoid burning. I use a sesame oil as it adds a nice nutty flavour. You can also use vegetable oil or peanut oil. Olive oil shouldn't be used as its smoke point is too low.

Can I use leftover pork?

You can use leftover pork in a stir fry. If you don't have quite enough meat, just add more vegetables to make it filling. As the pork is already cooked, it just needs heating through.