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Sweet chili pork bowl with bell pepper and peanuts

1 serving prepared 

Here's what you get:


Bell pepper 
Yellow onion 
Cilantro 
Lime 
Peanut 
Ground pork 
Sweet Thai chili sauce 

Not used:
Sweet soy glaze 
Jasmine rice 

Substitutes:
Honey/Tamari 
Cauliflower

The peanuts:

These are cooked using water and a little bit of sugar for the instructions until all of the liquid was dissolved in the pan. Once this was finished the peanuts were set to the side while I prepare the rest of the meal.

The onions and peppers:

These were cooked with a small bit of butter until the onions were going clear and everything had a nice color to it. This took around 8 minutes to complete.

The protein:

After the vegetables were done I have removed them to separate Bowl and began browning the ground pork. Once it was cooked through I added the onion and pepper mix back in and then continue cooking adding the tamari/honey mix and the sweet chili sauce. The lid was placed on the pot (heat on low) while I prepared the cauliflower.

Extras:

I replaced the rice with cauliflower, it was steamed for 12 minutes and then broken up with a potato masher.  The cauliflower was then prepared like the rice using the lime zest, juice and a bit of salt.

The plate:


Replacing the rice with cauliflower here was a great trade-off. The meal was still filling but less carb heavy. The peanuts, I think they would have worked a bit better if I had run them through a food processor first to break them up. That way I could have used less sugar, they were pretty good as is though.  I also enjoyed how colorful the plate was. I'd like to try this again with Cilantro Lime shrimp sometime. 

- Kris
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