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Easy Stir Fried Pineapple Pork

Easy Stir Fried Pineapple Pork. This delicious nutritious and economical meal can use either leftover roasted or grilled pork or start fresh with pork tenderloin medallions.
Course Dinner, Quick & Easy Dinners
Cuisine Asian Inspired
Keyword pineapple, pork
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 505 kcal
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

For the Sauce

  • 3 tbsp Hoisin sauce
  • 2 tsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice powder
  • 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger root
  • 1/4 cup rice wine
  • 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar or cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup pineapple juice
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1  tsp chili flakes optional if you don't prefer spicy
  • 1 tbsp corn starch dissolved in a little cold water added at the end

For the Pineapple Pork

  • 1 pound fresh pork tenderlion sliced in medallions (or one pound of leftover cooked pork loin roast or grilled chops, sliced)
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 3 tbsp peanut oil
  • salt and pepper to season
  • 1/2 red onion diced
  • 1 1/2 cups snow peas
  • 1 cup diced red pepper
  • 1/2 cup sliced water chestnuts
  • 1 cup diced pineapple

Instructions

First, to prepare the sauce

  1. Stir together all of the ingredients for the sauce in a large measuring cup or small bowl. Set aside for later.
  2. Dissolve the cornstarch in a few tablespoons of water separately and set that aside too. Stir it again before you add it to the sauce later.

To prepare the pineapple pork

  1. In a hot wok, heat the oil and quickly stir fry the pork and garlic for a few minutes.
  2. Remove the pork from the wok and set aside. (If using leftover pork which gets added at the end, just sauté the garlic quickly for a few seconds and proceed.)
  3. To the hot wok, add the red onion.
  4. Stir fry fir a minute or two before adding the snow peas, red pepper, water chestnuts and pineapple
  5. Toss together for about a minute or two before adding the the previously assembled ingredients for the sauce, all at once.
  6. Bring to a boil and return the pork to the wok before thickening the sauce with a slurry of 1 tbsp corn starch dissolved in a little cold water and simmering for an additional minute.
  7. Serve over rice or noodles.

Recipe Notes

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.