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Caramelized Pork Tocino with Garlic Fried Rice

This pan-seared dish pairs pork shoulder, thinly sliced with cooked white rice, chilled, garlic, minced and brown sugar. Adjust the calorie target to automatically scale the ingredients while keeping the proportions of the meal balanced.

Breakfast Lunch

medium

Balanced High satiety

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Estimated macros per portion

26 g Protein

60 g Carbohydrates

32 g Fat

1 g Fiber

Ingredients

650 kcal · 1 portion

Ingredient quantities automatically adjust to your calorie target.

119g pork shoulder, thinly sliced 281 kcal
161g cooked white rice, chilled 209 kcal
10g vegetable oil 88 kcal
11g brown sugar 43 kcal
8g soy sauce 6 kcal
7g cane vinegar 1 kcal
8g garlic, minced 12 kcal
8g scallions, sliced 3 kcal
21g water 0 kcal
1g black pepper, ground 2 kcal

Cooking instructions

pork shoulderbrown sugarsoy saucecane vinegargarlicblack pepper
Mix pork, brown sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and black pepper in a bowl. Marinate 20-30 minutes (or up to overnight).
pork shoulderwater
Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add the marinated pork with any liquid and 2 tbsp water. Cover and simmer 8-10 minutes until pork is cooked through and liquid is mostly gone.
pork shouldersoy sauce
Uncover and continue cooking, stirring often, until the sauce reduces and clings to the pork and edges caramelize, 4-6 minutes. Remove pork to a plate.
cooked white ricevegetable oil
In the same pan, heat oil over medium-high. Add cooked rice and stir-fry 3-4 minutes, breaking up clumps.
pork shouldercooked white ricescallionsblack pepper
Add scallions and a pinch of black pepper; toss 30 seconds. Serve rice with the caramelized pork on top.