Spicy Mango Orange Pork with Cashews

Ingredients
  

  • 1-pound pork tenderloin, thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, mnced
  • 3 tbsp. peanut oil
  • 1 cup red pepper, diced
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 4 tbsp. Hoisin sauce
  • 4 tbsp. Chinese cooking wine
  • 3 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
  • 3 tbsp. honey
  • 1 tsp. chili sauce
  • 2 tsp. soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. toasted sesame oil
  • 1/2 tsp. Chinese Five Spice powder
  • 1 tbsp. fresh ginger, finely grated
  • 1 tsp. corn starch, dissolved in an ounce of cold water
  • 2 fresh mangoes, diced
  • 3/4 cup cashews, toasted
  • 1/3 cup green onions, chopped
  • Rice or noodles, cooked per package directions

Instructions
 

  • Heat peanut oil in a wok over high heat.
  • Quickly add the garlic and pork, season with salt and pepper and stir fry for only about a minute.
  • Add the peppers and stir fry for only about another 30 seconds.
  • Remove the pork and peppers from the wok and set aside.
  • Add the orange juice to the wok and boil quickly until the volume of the juice is reduced by about half.
  • Add the Hoisin sauce, rice wine, vinegar, honey, chili sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, five spice powder and ginger.
  • Simmer for a couple of minutes before returning the pork and peppers to the wok with the sauce.
  • Bring to a boil and thicken with a slurry of 1 tsp. corn starch dissolved in an ounce of cold water.
  • Toss in the diced mangoes.
  • Cook for only a minute to warm through the mango.
  • Serve over noodles or rice and, when serving, sprinkle the plates with the toasted cashews and chopped green onions.
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