Pan-fried pork with balsamic lentils
Ingredients
- cooking spray oil
- 4 x 120g pork loin steaks
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 teaspoons lightly crushed fennel seeds (optional)
- ½ lemon, 1 teaspoon zest
- ⅓ cup salt-reduced chicken stock
- 2 x 400g cans brown lentils, drained, rinsed
- 200g baby spinach
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- ¼ cup lightly toasted pine nuts
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Instructions
1 Spray a large frying pan with oil. Place over a medium-high heat. Cook pork for 3-4 minutes each side or cooked to your liking. Remove, cover loosely with foil and rest for 5 minutes.
2 Lower heat to medium. Spray pan with more oil. Add onion to pan and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add garlic, fennel seeds (if using) and lemon zest, stirring for 30 seconds. Add stock and lentils to pan and simmer for 1 minute. Add spinach and cook until just wilted. Stir through balsamic and pine nuts.
3 Divide lentils and spinach among serving plates and top with a pork steak. Serve with vegetables.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free stock.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 347cal
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Kilojoules 1450kJ
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Protein 38g
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Total fat 11g
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–Saturated fat 2g
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Carbohydrates 25g
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–Sugars 4g
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Dietary fibre 7g
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Sodium 610mg
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Calcium 80mg
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Iron 7mg
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