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Sticky Pork Green Bean Rice Bowls with Lime

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Fast pork mince rice bowls with green beans, carrots, spring onions, ginger, garlic, soy, honey, and lime.

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35 min640 kcal4 base servingsDinnerQuickRice bowlsFamily Friendly
ContainsGluten, Soya
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Focus ingredients: pork mince, basmati rice, green beans, soy sauce

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Serving tip: Offer sliced cucumber or extra lime at the table if anyone wants a cooler finish.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 500g pork mince
  • 300g basmati rice
  • 220g green beans
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 bunch spring onions
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 25g ginger
  • 1 lime
  • 4 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

You'll also need

large non-stick frying pan, saucepan, sieve, grater, knife, chopping board

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Sticky Pork Green Bean Rice Bowls with Lime cooking step 1: Prep the rice bowls.
    Step 1

    Prep the rice bowls

    Rinse the basmati rice. Trim and halve the green beans, coarsely grate the carrots, finely slice the spring onions and keep the green tops separate, then grate the garlic and ginger.

    10 min
  2. Sticky Pork Green Bean Rice Bowls with Lime cooking step 2: Cook the rice.
    Step 2

    Cook the rice

    Put the rinsed rice in a saucepan with 450ml water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook over a low heat for 10 to 12 minutes until absorbed. Turn off the heat and leave covered for 5 minutes.

    17 min
  3. Sticky Pork Green Bean Rice Bowls with Lime cooking step 3: Mix the sticky sauce.
    Step 3

    Mix the sticky sauce

    Whisk the soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, lime juice, black pepper, and 3 tablespoons water in a small bowl. Keep it beside the hob so it is ready when the pork is browned.

    4 min
  4. Sticky Pork Green Bean Rice Bowls with Lime cooking step 4: Brown the pork.
    Step 4

    Brown the pork

    Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the pork mince and cook for 6 to 7 minutes, breaking it up, until browned with no pink patches and a few crisp edges.

    7 min
  5. Sticky Pork Green Bean Rice Bowls with Lime cooking step 5: Stir-fry the vegetables.
    Step 5

    Stir-fry the vegetables

    Add the garlic, ginger, spring onion whites, green beans, and carrots to the pork. Stir-fry for 4 to 5 minutes until the beans are bright green and just tender, then pour in the sticky sauce and bubble for 2 minutes until glossy.

    7 min
  6. Sticky Pork Green Bean Rice Bowls with Lime cooking step 6: Serve the bowls.
    Step 6

    Serve the bowls

    Fluff the rice and divide it between bowls. Spoon over the sticky pork and green beans, then scatter with the spring onion greens and serve with extra lime wedges if you have them.

    3 min