It’s been a long time since I did any cooking, but since I finished work an hour early on Friday, I thought I might as well try out one of my food pins from Pinterest.

The original recipe that I found on Pinterest had egg noodles, but we had none in the house so I used rice instead. I forgot to take pictures though, so the picture is from the original website. The recipe also stated that the sauce should turn into a glaze. I think I used a larger orange than the original recipe so I had a lot more liquid. If this happens to you, mix some cornstarch with hot water and add to the pan at the end of step 4. Cook for 5 more minutes or until the sauce thickens.

Serves: 4
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 Medium gammon steaks (cut into bite sized pieces)
• 2 teaspoons five spice powder
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 red chillies (deseeded and finely sliced)
• 1 Medium orange (zest and juice)
• 1 tablespoon clear (runny) honey
• 100ml chicken stock (I used an oxo cube made up with 100ml water)
• 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 1 Medium red pepper (sliced)
• 2 Medium onions (diced)
• 300g long grain rice

Nutritional Information

Calories: 629
Carbs: 67g
Fat: 22g
Protein: 43g
Sugar: 13g
Salt: 1,398mg

Directions

1. Add oil to a large frying pan and heat.
2. Fry onions and peppers until soft.
3. Sprinkle five spice powder over gammon and add gammon to pan with onions and peppers. Fry for around 2-3 minutes.
4. Add the soy sauce, honey, chillies, orange zest and juice and stock and simmer for 4-5 minutes until the sauce is thickened.
5. Serve with the rice cooked according to packet instructions.