Sticky Pork Escalopes with Roast Veg Couscous
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Total: 40 mins
Be bowled over by this dinner of sweet, sticky and savoury pork escalopes, paired with succulent hunks of spiced aubergine and served with warm spinachy couscous.
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464 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 2 tbsp tamari
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2 tsp China 5 spice
  • 2 pork escalopes
  • 1 aubergine
  • 1 red onion
  • 75g wholewheat couscous
  • 50g baby leaf spinach
From your kitchen
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 350ml boiling water
You'll need
  • Baking tray
  • Measuring jug
  • Non-stick frying pan
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Preheat your oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas 4. Add 2 tbsp tamari to a dish. Peel and grate in the garlic. Add ½ tsp China 5 spice. Add the pork escalopes to the dish and turn them over a couple of times to coat them in the marinade. Set aside.

  • 2.

    Trim the aubergine and slice it into 1cm-thick rounds. Peel and cut the red onion into 6 wedges. Tumble the aubergine and onion onto a baking tray. Drizzle over 2 tsp olive oil and add a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss to coat and slide into the oven for 20 mins, turning the veg halfway through, till tender and charred at the edges.

  • 3.

    While the veg roast, tip the couscous into a large bowl and add ½ tsp China 5 spice with a pinch of salt. Pour over 150ml boiling water and stir to mix. Cover with a plate and set aside to soak for 15 mins.

  • 4.

    When the veg has 10 mins left, warm a non-stick frying pan on a high heat for 2 mins. Lift the pork out of the marinade and shake as much marinade off as possible (keep the marinade for later).

  • 5.

    Add the escalopes to the hot frying pan and cook for 2 mins. Turn them over and cook for 2 mins on the other side till nearly cooked through.

  • 6.

    Stir 2 tbsp honey into the reserved marinade and pour the mixture into the pan. Add 200ml hot water from the kettle and bring to a bubble on a medium heat. Cook for 5 mins till the sauce has thickened a little and the pork is cooked through. Take the pan off the heat.

  • 7.

    Fluff the couscous with a fork and fold through the roast veg and half the baby leaf spinach. Add more salt or pepper if you think it needs it.

  • 8.

    Divide the rest of the baby leaf spinach between a couple of bowls. Top with the spiced veg couscous. Lift the pork escalopes out of the pan and onto a chopping board. Slice the pork and divide it between the 2 bowls. Pour over the warm sauce from the pan to serve.

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