Tamari & Honey Pork Bowl
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Be bowled over by this delectable dinner of sweet, sticky and savoury pork escalopes, paired with succulent hunks of spiced aubergine and served with warm, spinach-flecked bulgar wheat.
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486 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
  • 2 red onions
  • 75g bulgar wheat
  • 50g baby leaf spinach
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  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 350ml boiling water
You'll need
  • Baking tray
  • Non-stick frying pan
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Preheat your oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas 4. Pop 2 tbsp tamari in a dish. Peel and grate in the garlic clove. 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 onions into 6 wedges each. Tumble the aubergine and onions onto a baking tray. Drizzle over 2 tsp olive oil and add a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss to lightly coat. Slide into the oven for 20 mins, turning the veg after 10 mins, till tender and lightly charred at the edges.

  • 3.

    While the veg are cooking, tip the bulgar wheat 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 leave to one side to soak for 15 mins.

  • 4.

    When the veg has 10 mins left to cook, place a non-stick frying pan on a high heat for a few mins. Lift the pork escalopes out of the marinade with a couple of forks and shake as much marinade off as possible.

  • 5.

    Place the escalopes in the hot frying pan and cook for 2 mins. Flip them over and cook for a further 2 mins till nearly cooked through.

  • 6.

    Stir 2 tbsp honey into the reserved marinade and pour into the pan. Add 200ml boiling water 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. Remove from the heat.

  • 7.

    Remove the veg from the oven. Fluff the bulgar wheat with a fork. Gently fold through the roasted veg and half of the spinach. Add more salt and pepper if you think it needs it.

  • 8.

    Divide the remaining spinach between a couple of bowls. Spoon over the spiced veg bulgar. Lift the pork escalopes out of the pan and on to a chopping board. Cut each into 6-8 thick sliced and divide between the 2 bowls. Pour the hot sauce from the pan over the top to serve.

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