Chinese-inspired · Dinner

Honey garlic pork with sesame cabbage

Name: Honey garlic pork with sesame cabbage
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese-inspired
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds pork tenderloin, thinly sliced; 1 1/2 cups brown rice; 4 cups thinly sliced green cabbage; 3 carrots, cut into matchsticks; 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce; 1 tablespoon honey; 2 cloves garlic, grated; 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds; 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided, plus black pepper

Honey garlic pork with sesame cabbage brings together glazed pork, sesame cabbage, crisp carrots, and brown rice in a colorful, weeknight-ready dinner.

About 35 minTotal

About 35 minActive

$$Cost

EasyDifficulty

Makes 4 servings

Equipment

Large skillet

Ingredients

1× recipe · Makes 4 servings

1 1/2 pounds pork tenderloin, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups brown rice
4 cups thinly sliced green cabbage
3 carrots, cut into matchsticks
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
2 cloves garlic, grated
2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided, plus black pepper

Instructions

Cook 1 1/2 cups brown rice according to package directions. Keep warm, fluffing or separating it before serving. Combine 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce, 1 tablespoon honey, 2 cloves garlic, grated into a smooth sauce.
Pat 1 1/2 pounds pork tenderloin, thinly sliced dry, then season with half of 1 teaspoon kosher salt and black pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Cook the main ingredient until it reaches 145°F before resting; transfer to a plate.
Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and 4 cups thinly sliced green cabbage and 3 carrots, cut into matchsticks. Cook until crisp-tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Return the main ingredient, add the sauce, and simmer 1 to 2 minutes until glossy.
Season with the remaining salt and pepper. Divide the prepared base among four plates, add Honey garlic pork with sesame cabbage. Finish with 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds.

Kwilt Kitchen, United StatesContemporary North American meal-kit cooking with Chinese-inspired flavor cues

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About this recipe

Honey garlic pork with sesame cabbage is an original Kwilt Kitchen weeknight composition, not a reproduction of a meal-kit provider recipe or a claim of traditional authenticity. It uses Chinese-inspired flavor cues inside a practical main, vegetable, base, sauce, and finish structure.

Green Chef's menu categories and Blue Apron's public cookbook document the broad contemporary meal-kit pattern behind the user's request. This recipe applies that pattern through Kwilt-authored ingredients and method: Build an original Chinese-inspired weeknight composition around the meal-kit virtues the user requested—clear choices, colorful produce, a distinctive sauce, and a 35-to-40-minute path—without reproducing Green Chef or Blue Apron recipe text.

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