Pork tenderloin strips with lemongrass curry paste

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 1
COOK TIME
15 mins
TOTAL TIME
15 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 2
  • 2 Sticks of lemongrass
  • 2 TEASPOONS demerara sugar
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Soy sauce
  • 1 TABLESPOON Lime juice
  • 1 TABLESPOON green curry paste (Asian shop)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sea salt, pepper
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Sunflower oil
  • 200 g Pork tenderloin
  • 250 g Sweet peas
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 2 Spring onions
  • 7-10 Tbsp Freezer bag

Directions

  1. 1

    For the curry paste, clean lemon grass, cut lengthwise and remove the outer leaves. Cut the lemon grass into very fine rings. Mix the lemon grass with 1 teaspoon sugar, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, lime juice, green curry paste, 1 pinch of sea salt and 3 tablespoons oil in a mortar or kitchen blender to form a fine paste.

  2. 2

    Wash the meat, dab dry and cut into thin strips of approx. 1⁄2 cm. Pour into a freezer bag and add the curry paste. Screw the freezer bag tightly together and knead the meat with the paste well.

  3. 3

    Leave to soak for about 5 minutes.

  4. 4

    In the meantime clean and wash the sugar snap peas. Peel garlic and chop finely. Clean and wash spring onions and cut them into pieces of about 4 cm length.

  5. 5

    Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok or frying pan to very high temperatures. Fry the meat with the curry paste in it all around for 3-4 minutes until crispy. Take out.

  6. 6

    Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in the wok. Sauté the garlic and spring onions in it. Add sugar snap peas, 5 tbsp water, 2 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp sugar. Season with pepper and cook covered over a mild heat for 4-5 minutes.

  7. 7

    Add meat again, heat briefly.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
350 kcal
CARBS
21 g
FATS
17 g
PROTEINS
27 g