Coconut Fried Rice with Caramelized Pork Tenderloin
Coconut Fried Rice with Caramelized Pork Tenderloin ! This is an 80/20 paleo Coconut Fried Rice recipe. Enjoy an authentic Thai fried rice with coconut cream and savory sweet pork tenderloin.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 lb pork tenderloin (slice into thin strips or very small cubes)
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup shallots (diced)
- 4 tbsp garlic (minced)
- Olive oil & coconut oil for stir-fry use
- 2 cups white rice (prefer asian short grain white rice)
- 14 oz full-fat coconut milk cream
- Pinch of sea salt
- 1 small shallot (minced)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 small fresh red chilli (minced (thai red chili or CA fresno))
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro (chopped)
- 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 tsp ground white pepper
- Scallions (as much as you like)
- Cilantro (as much as you like)
- Lime
- sliced cucumber or radish or carrots (optional)
- your favorite hot sauce (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Mix the white rice with coconut milk cream and pinch of sea salt. If you use a rice cooker, follow the rice-cooker instructions. In general, 1 cup of rice = 1 cup of water.
- 2
Note: For this recipe, the total amount of liquid to cook rice is the combined quantity of coconut milk & water when using a rice-cooker.
- 3
If you cook on a stovetop, please follow the instructions here.
- 4
Heat a wok over high heat with 1 tbsp coconut oil, add marinated pork and saute until cooked through. Season with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper if desired. Set aside to cool.
- 5
Eggs: Heat a wok over very high heat with 1 tbsp coconut oil, crack 2 eggs and cook without messing with it until the whites/edges have turned golden brown, about 15 seconds. Flip the eggs (if the yolk is broken, no worries). Once it’s done, set aside to cool.
- 6
Heat another 2 tbsp of coconut oil in a wok, add shallots and garlic, stir fry until lightly browned, about 30 seconds.
- 7
Add pre-cooked coconut rice and stir-fry, breaking up the rice a bit.
- 8
Add the previously cooked pork and eggs and stir everything together well.
- 9
Add stir-fry sauce and continue to stir-fry until the sauce and flavor have coated the rice well, about 1-2 mins.
- 10
Turn off the heat and stir in toppings: scallions, cilantro.
- 11
Serve with lime wedges and your favorite hot sauce (optional).