Weeknight Dan Dan Pork

Weeknight Dan Dan Pork

Weeknight Dan Dan Pork, a favorite Chinese take out dish, made simpler with easy to find ingredients and served over readily available spaghetti noodles. Almost guaranteed the whole family will ask for a repeat performance of this dish on the regular.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Keyword pork, Weeknight Dan Dan Pork

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings cups

Calories 593kcal

Author Cathy Pollak

Ingredients

1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup dry sherry
1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter (not natural)
2 tbsps chili garlic sauce
2 tbsps cornstarch
4 tsps light brown sugar
4 tsps toasted sesame oil
2 tbsps peanut oil or other neutral oil
2 lbs ground pork
2 tbsps minced garlic
2 tbsps minced ginger (I use ginger paste)
1 cup minced fresh cilantro, more for garnish
zest and juice of one lime
1 lb cooked spaghetti or stir fry noodles
chopped dry-roasted peanuts

Instructions

In a medium bowl, whisk together broth, sherry, soy sauce, peanut butter, chili garlic sauce, cornstarch, brown sugar and sesame oil. Set aside.
Heat peanut oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and cook until no longer pink and cooked through, crushing with a spatula to break into small chunks, just as you would with any other ground meat. Continue cooking until any liquid in the pan has been absorbed by the meal (fat/water). Stir in garlic and ginger and cook for another minute. Stir in broth mixture, simmer until thickened, 1-2 minutes more. Stir in cilantro, zest and juice of one lime.
Serve pork over prepared noodles and garnish with crushed peanuts.

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