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Pork Chow Mein Recipe

I've found stir-frying to be a good way of disguising vegetables that kids don't normally eat.—Jo Groth, Plainfield, Iowa

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Pork Chow Mein Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 5 Servings

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Ingredients

1 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed
1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 garlic clove, minced
1 cup thinly sliced carrots
1 cup thinly sliced celery
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup coarsely chopped cabbage
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh spinach

Directions

Partially freeze pork. Slice across the grain into 1/4-in. thick strips; set aside. Combine broth, soy sauce, cornstarch and ginger; set aside. In a large skillet that has been coated with cooking spray, stir-fry pork and garlic for 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add carrots, celery, onion, cabbage and spinach; stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add broth mixture; cover and simmer for 3 minutes. Yield: 5 servings.

Nutritional Facts One 1-cup serving equals 167 calories, 4 g fat (0 saturated fat), 55 mg cholesterol, 506 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 22 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 2 vegetable.

Originally published as Pork Chow Mein in Country Woman January/February 1997, p36