Sweet & Spicy Pork with Vegetable Rice

There's quite a lot of chopping for this one but it can all be done in advance, even boiling the rice so all that needs to be done is stir frying the rice and oven baking the pork. A nice Saturday night meal, cheaper than a takeaway or an easy week night meal.

Ingredients

For the Rice:
1 Onion
2 Carrots
1 Small Green Pepper
1 Small Red Pepper
10 Chestnut Mushrooms
2 Eggs
100g Rice

For the Pork:
2 Pork Loin Chops
4 Tbsp Roast Garlic Balsamic Vinegar
2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 Tsp Chinese 5 Spice
1 Tsp Chilli Powder

1. Chop all the Veg into small pieces and boil the rice. Slice the pork into quarters, place in an oven proof dish and add all the ingredients for the pork. Mix until it's all combined. Put in a pre heated oven at 190' for 40 mins.  The cooked rice, chopped veg and pork marinade can both be done in advance and put in the fridge.

2. Heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan and add the veg. At this point you can add garlic if you want a whiffy kick. Fry on a medium heat for 8-10 mins so all the veg is soft. Add the cooked rice and stir continuously. Crack 2 eggs in a cup and beat then add these to the rice pan and continue to stir until all the egg is cooked.

A boyfriend-sized portion!

This will serve two greedy people! You can add any veg you like to the rice; peas, sweetcorn or courgette.