I whipped up a batch of Tanane (sans the fresh herbs) earlier this week and was wondering what to do with it. I’m addicted to the stuff. There’s so much you can make with it.

Anyway, then it hit me; an easy and quick pork strips/vegetable stir-fry with a sweet and sour sauce over rice. Works for me.

This one doesn’t need much of an introduction, so I’ll just shut up now and let the photos speak for themselves.

Ingredients:

1 pound pork cutlets
1/2 fennel bulb
9 oz snow peas (sugar snap beans)
2 tbsp tanane
2 oranges
3 tbsp honey
1 or 2 tbsp oil
salt & pepper

Directions:

You’re missing something in that list, aren’t ya? I know you are. I am. I didn’t use onion this time; wanted to make an onion-less dish for a change and there’s some onion in the tanane. WHAT was I thinking?

I made tanane using my food processor again. It was quick alright. Quick and yummy.

The pork cutlets. These things are so easy to keep around. You can always buy them pre-sliced to save time. I will laugh at you though.

Snow peas or sugar snap beans, as they are also called. I love these green suckers in a stir-fry. They’re deliciously crunchy.

I’ve added half a fennel bulb for extra flavor. Cut the stalks and discard the outer layer. Cut it in half and thinly slice it.

I mainly use fresh orange juice but feel free to grab store-bought OJ. Two oranges will do.

Mine made for a little over 1/2 a cup of OJ.

Stir in 3 tbsp good-quality honey.

Heat 2 slightly heaping tbsp tanane.

Let it cook for a minute or 2 over medium heat, then pour in the honey infused orange juice. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and bring it to a boil.



Let it bubble for 10 minutes without a lid on so it will turn into a thick, incredibly flavorful, sauce. Almost a syrup. Keep an eye on it, though.


Heat some oil and stir-fry the vegetables over high heat for 7 minutes (or longer if you like them softer), they should still have a good bite to them. Remove them from the pan.

Season the pork strips and dump them in the pan we used to stir-fry the vegetables in. I didn’t add any more oil. Leave them be for 2 minutes, then flip them over and give them 2 more minutes.

The sauce will be done by now, check the seasoning. This really is a fabulous sauce that works great with chicken as well!

After 4 to 5 minutes you add the vegetables to the meat. Give it 2 more minutes over high heat and pour in the sauce.

The sauce will immediately cook down even more and stick to the rest of the ingredients. It’s delicious. Give it a minute.

Serve with white rice and be happy.

Be happy for me too. I need my onion. I cannot be happy without my onions.