Ingredients
- 2 garlic (cloves)
- 1 lengths
- 1 orange
- 190 gr pork (boneless lean)
- 240 ml chicken broth
- 70 gr rice sticks
- 60 ml sodium soy sauce (reduced)
- 18 gr lemongrass (finely chopped fresh)
- 16 ml cooking oil
- 7 ml sesame oil (toasted)
- 5 gr cornstarch
- 3 gr pepper (crushed red)
- 2 gr lemon peel (finely shredded)
- 8 slices green onions
-crosswise into 1 cm -thick slices, and halved Orange wedges (optional) Green onions (optional) Trim fat from pork. Partially freeze meat. Thinly slice across the grain into bite-size strips. Set aside. For sauce, in a small mixing bowl stir together broth, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, and cornstarch; set aside. Soak rice sticks for 15 minutes in enough warm water to cover. Drain well. Cut into 2to 8 cm lengths, if desired. Set aside. (Or, break pasta into 2to 8 cm lengths; cook according to package directions.) In another mixing bowl combine pork strips, 2 tablespoons soy sauce or oyster sauce, lemongrass or lemon peel, sesame oil, and crushed red pepper. Cover and let stand for 20 minutes. Pour cooking oil into a wok or 30 cm skillet. (Add more oil as necessary during cooking.) Preheat over medium-high heat. Stir-fry garlic in hot oil for 15 seconds. Add green onion, pepper strips, and pea pods; stir fry for 2 minutes or till vegetables are crisp-tender. Remove vegetables from wok. Add meat mixture to the hot wok. Stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or til no pink remains. Push meat to sides of wok. Stir sauce; add to center of wok. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Add soaked rice sticks or cooked pasta and vegetables; stir to coat. Stir in orange lices. Serve immediately. If desired, garnish with orange wedges and green onions. Makes 4 main-dish servings. Nutrition facts per serving: 253 cal., 11 g total fat (4 g sat. fat), 39 mg chol., 784 mg sodium, 21 g carbo., 2 g fiber, 17 g pro. Daily Value: 20% vit. A, 106% vit C, 3% calcium, 14% iron.