Pork Grapefruit Stir-Fry Recipe

Be the first to write a review

Rate recipe

For a refreshing change of pace, try this easy sweet-and-sour stir-fry from Edie De-Spain of Logan, Utah.

This recipe is:

Healthy

Quick

Diabetic Friendly

[X]

Rate Pork Grapefruit Stir-Fry Recipe

Click on stars to rate

Would you make this recipe again?

Write a review

[X]

Pork Grapefruit Stir-Fry Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 6 Servings

10 15 25

Ingredients

3 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 cup thawed grapefruit juice concentrate
3/4 cup water
3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
3 cups sliced zucchini
1 medium sweet red or green pepper, julienned
1 tablespoon canola oil
1-1/2 pounds pork tenderloin, cut into thin strips
3 medium grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
Hot cooked rice, optional

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, grapefruit juice concentrate, water, soy sauce, honey and ginger; set aside. In a skillet or wok, stir-fry zucchini and red pepper in oil over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove and keep warm. Add half of the pork; stir-fry for 4 minutes or until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm. Repeat with remaining pork. Remove and keep warm.
Add sauce to skillet; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Return pork and vegetables to pan; stir until coated. Gently stir in grapefruit. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve over rice if desired. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (1-1/4 cups pork mixture, calculated without ric) equals 320 calories, 7 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 74 mg cholesterol, 364 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, 7 g fiber, 27 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 fruit, 1 vegetable.

Originally published as Pork Grapefruit Stir-Fry in Light & Tasty June/July 2002, p8