Oriental Pork & Vegetables

Over the holidays Steve and I spent some time setting up our new home office, which included putting all of our cookbooks and cooking magazines away on our new bookshelves. While we will putting everything away, we noticed that there were several cookbooks which we had not used in awhile and decided to take another look through them for new recipe ideas. It was in the 'Better Homes and Gardens: every meal easy' cookbook that we found the 'Oriental Pork & Vegetable' recipe.

The recipe itself was very simple, just as the name of the book would suggest; but in my opinion it lacked flavor and was a little too boring for my style of cooking. There was nothing new or exciting about this recipe - but it is indeed easy.

Here are the ingredients that you will need for this recipe:

6 ounces rice stick noodles or two 3 ounce packages ramen noodles (any flavor)
2 teaspoons sesame oil or olive oil
1 16 ounce package frozen stir fry vegetables (we used fresh peppers)
1 12 ounce pork tenderloin, cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
2 tablespoons plum sauce

And here is how you will bring it all together:

1. Discard spice packet from ramen noodles, if using, or save for another use. Prepare noodles as directed on package. Set aside and keep warm.
2. Heat a very large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 teaspoon of the sesame oil. Cook and stir vegetables for 4-6 minutes or until crisp and tender. Remove from skillet. Set aside and keep warm.
3. Add remaining oil to skillet. Add pork and cook over medium-high heat for 4-6 minutes or until no longer pink, turning slices once. Stir in vegetables (drained if necessary), teriyaki sauce and plum sauce; heat through. Toss with noodles. Makes four servings. 

I would only suggest that you try this recipe if you are looking for a very very very easy recipe to try and you only have a very small amount of time. There is some flavour in the recipe - but I suggest that you add in some additional spices to kick it up a notch.

Bon appetite & enjoy!