Honey Garlic Pork

 

Ingredients

• 1.5 pound pork tenderloin
• 3 large garlic cloves, finely minced
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus extra for broccoli
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for broccoli
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup neutral oil for frying, plus extra for broccoli
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• Hot cooked rice, for serving

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375, and have ready a large baking sheet.
2. Next, slice up the pork into bite-size pieces.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the sauce: the garlic, honey, soy sauce and ketchup. Whisk very well to dissolve, and set aside.
4. Place the pork in a bowl, and add the salt, pepper and cornstarch. Toss to coat very well in the mixture.
5. In a shallow dish, beat the eggs and have ready.
6. Heat the oil in a large frying pan.
7. When the oil is hot and ready to go, begin dipping the pork: shake off the excess cornstarch, dunk it in the beaten egg, and then immediately place it in the pan with the hot oil. Repeat with all remaining pork. It is okay to crowd the pan a bit, but do not stack the pork into more than one layer.
8. When the pork has been frying for a few minutes and the underside doesn’t look like wet batter, it’s time to flip. (The pork will not turn golden brown in the pan, the cornstarch makes a very light brown coating). Fry on the other side for a few minutes until it no longer looks wet.
9. Move the pork to the large baking sheet, placing it all to one end of the pan. Pour the honey garlic sauce on top, and toss to coat. Try to keep the sauce and pork to one side of the pan, leaving room for the broccoli on the other side.
10. Place the broccoli florets on the other side of the baking sheet, drizzle with extra oil, salt and pepper and toss.
11. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 7 minutes. Toss the pork pieces separately from the broccoli, and then bake another 7 minutes. Serve over hot rice.