Pork and Asparagus with Hoisin Sauce

By Sharon T

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 pound pork tenderloin, excess fat trimmed
• 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 1/4 cup mirin
• 1 tablespoon sambal oelek, optional
• Brown rice, for serving
• Green onions, thinly sliced, for garnish
• Toasted sesame seeds, for garnish

Details

Servings 4
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from damndelicious.net

Preparation

Step 1

DIRECTIONS:

Heat sesame oil in a medium skillet over medium high heat. Add pork and asparagus and cook until the pork has browned and the asparagus is tender-crisp, about 4-5 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer to a plate.So here’s how you make this:

Transfer the pork and asparagus to a plate and add some garlic back to the skillet.

Once the garlic is nice and fragrant, stir in the hoisin and mirin, making sure it’s well combined.

Once the sauce reduces a bit, go ahead and add the pork and asparagus back to the skillet, making sure that it gets coated with that hoisin sauce goodness. At this point, you can add the sambal oelek if you want a little bit of heat in your dish.

Serve on a bed of brown rice (or white rice or even quinoa) and devour, please. You could even drizzle on some of that Sriracha too. I know you’ll definitely need it


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