Still Jenny From the Kitchen #2

Selma's Teriyaki Pork Stir Fry

My big sisters (Pattie and Selma) are both great cooks. From time to time I am handed a recipe which I know has been tried and tested, so all I have to do is follow it the same way Hatchling No.2 follows me (ie. closely most of the time) to be sure of a good result.

Here's a fast easy stir fry from Selma that is so yummy that Union Jack doesn't even notice he's eating bok choy! Many vegetables notice that Union Jack is a bit stand off-ish when he spots them on his plate, and by far green leafy ones cop it the most. Except in Selma's Teriyaki Pork Stir Fry!

Now lets all pray together that he doesn't read this post or I am history.

Ingredients:

1 clove garlic, crushed
750g pork fillets, sliced thinly
6 spring onions, chopped finely
3 baby bok choy (450g) chopped coarsely
1/3 cup (80ml) teriyaki marinade

• Cook pork in batches in heated, oiled wok or large frying pan until browned all over and cooked through. Remove from wok.
• Cook onion and garlic in same wok, stirring, until fragrant.
• Return pork to wok with bok choy and spring onions. Cook, stirring until bok choy is wilted.
• Add teriyaki marinade, cook until heated through.

Serve with rice, or as I did the other night, with rice noodles. Yum!

Make just before serving to ensure maximum crunchy, tasty deliciousness - on the table in 20 minutes.

By the way, what do you do with spring onions?

For a LONG time I would buy a bunch, use half, put the other half into the fridge whilst promising myself that this time I will use the rest up before they wilt. Then, a few days/weeks/months later I would take the shrivelled sad mess from the fridge and throw it in the bin/compost/chook bucket (no, we don't have chooks, we keep stuff for Granny Annie's chooks), thinking to myself "Oh well, better luck next time".

But not any more. Look what I did the other day:

The other day I cut up what I needed and used it. Then I cut up the remainder, put it in a ziplock bag and into the freezer - next time I need spring onions I will whip those babies out of the freezer and shazam! I WILL NOT WASTE ANOTHER SPRING ONION!

And see the little bottom bits with the roots? I put those in my herb garden to see if I might grow NEW spring onions too. Does anybody know if this works? I have so many questions about spring onions - perhaps it s the peanut butter overdose I had at lunchtime... or the distinct lack of dinner tonight.

Last question: How far up the stem do you cut?

I never know when to stop chopping. How far up the stem do you get before you are not meant to use it? I don't know. Can anyone help? If so, please leave me a comment so I can sleep a little bit more soundly tonight... Well, it doesn't really keep me awake, but you know what I mean...

Don't you?

Enjoy the stir fry people - Union Jack, the Hatchlings and I sure did.