Easy Pork with Hoisin Sauce
(from Metro Cooks’s recipe box)
Source: Aida Mollenkamp
Prep time: 2 minutes
Cook time: 16 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: Asian Pork
Ingredients
- 1 pound pork tenderloin
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- Salt and pepper
- 4 medium garlic cloves, smashed
- 12 ounces green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths
- 1/4 cup dry sherry or shaoxing wine
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- Toasted sesame seeds, for garnish, optional
- Thinly sliced green onions, for garnish, optional
- Steamed rice, for serving, if desired
Directions
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Trim excess fat and silverskin from tenderloin.
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Cut into 1-inch pieces, pat with paper towels, rub with some sesame oil, and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
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Place a medium skillet over medium high heat,
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add 1 tablespoon sesame oil.
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When oil shimmers,
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add pork and cook until browned and cooked partially, about 2 to 3 minutes per side.
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Remove pork to a plate, return skillet to stove, and add garlic.
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When garlic is fragrant, add green beans and stir occasionally until browned, about 3 minutes.
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Add sherry and hoisin, stir to combine, and cook until beans are tender and sauce is reduced slightly and sherry smell is cooked off, about 4 minutes.
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Return pork to pot, turn to coat in sauce, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions, if using, and serve over rice.