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5-Spice Stir-Fried Pork or Chicken

The 5-spice stir-fried pork or chicken is great for serving with stir-fried vegetables, over rice, or as a salad with crispy Chinese noodles and greens.

This recipe uses no-salt soy sauce substitute (see recipe)

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5-Spice Stir-Fried Pork or Chicken
Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup plain rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp 5-spice powder
  • dash of Mrs Dash Chicken Grilling Seasoning blend
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 Tbsp no-salt soy sauce substitute (see recipe)
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • ¼ cup sesame oil
  • 1½ lb pork tenderloin, or chicken tenders, cut into bite-sized pieces
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the rice vinegar, dash of Mrs Dash Chicken Grilling Seasoning, 5-spice powder, garlic, soy sauce substitute, water, and cornstarch until well blended.
  2. Heat a large skillet or wok to medium hot. Then add the sesame oil. Add the pork and let it sit in the skillet or wok for about 1 minute. Then stir-fry it for 3 minutes until the meat is cooked through.
  3. Add the sauce to the wok and stir fry for 1 minute more to thicken the sauce.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4 oz. Sodium: 64 mg.
3.5.3208

Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. The estimated 64 mg of sodium per serving implies that one serving of this recipe provides:
– 3% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 4% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 6% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.

(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)

 

 

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