Oriental Minced Pork in Lettuce leaves

This is a very tasty, quick and easy recipe to throw together. I serve it in iceberg lettuce leaves as a great low carb meal, but if prefer carbs it is great served with noodles.

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon sesame oil
1 Medium brown onion, finely chopped
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
350g Pork mince
300g Veal mince
50ml Soy sauce (low sodium works best with this but regular is fine)
1/4 Cup oyster sauce
1/4 Cup hoisin sauce
1 Red capsicum, finely chopped
300g Bean sprouts
4 Green onions sliced
1 Tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
8 Large iceberg lettuce leaves


Method

1. Heat oil in a pan or wok, stir-fry onion and garlic until onion is soft, add both minces and stir-fry until cooked through.

2. Add capsicum and sauces, reduce to a simmer, cook uncovered, stirring occasionally for about 4-5 Min's.

3. Add sprouts and cook until they soften slightly but are still crunchy, stir in green onions and seeds.

4. Divide lettuce leaves among plates and spoon pork mixture into leaves.

Tip: After removing outer dead leaves, cut the end off lettuce and hold under cold running water, the leaves will fall off one by one, intact.

Serves 4

All photo's taken by me unless otherwise stated.

Oriental Chicken Breast

I Have a few recipes to post and I hope to get caught up over the weekend. My son has his school fete on this weekend so yesterday I was busy baking cakes all day and had no time for anything else. I am going to post a recipe by a recipezaar member that I made a few nights ago it was very good. I had some left over fried rice (You can find the recipe for that under marinated pork tenderloin with fried rice.) I had chicken breasts in the freezer, so I looked for a recipe to go with them, I have my own but wanted to try something new.

This was a quick, easy no fuss mid week meal that was delicious it got thumbs up all round the table. My son wanted me to give it a 5 star rating on my review, but I only gave it 4, as I reserve 5 for outstanding recipes. But it is very good, one where you would usually have the ingredients on hand and is on the table in minutes. If you like the recipe below and would like to see other recipes by this chef please click here.


Ingredients

4 Boneless skinless chicken breast halves
2 Tablespoons butter
1 Cup teriyaki sauce
1/2 Cup water
1/2 Cup orange marmalade
1/2 Teaspoon minced garlic (I used 1 teaspoon)
1/2 Tablespoon sugar



Method


1. In a large skillet, brown chicken on both sides in butter.

2. Combine the teriyaki sauce, water, marmalade, and garlic in a bowl; pour over chicken.

3. Bring to a boil.

4. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the juices run clear on the chicken.


All photo's taken by me unless otherwise stated.