Soy-Marinated Pork Sandwiches

Description

An easy, spicy sandwich recipe.

Ingredients

  • 4 ½ teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce
  • 4 ½ teaspoons brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic
  • 2 teaspoons sambal oelek
  • 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
  • 12 ounces pork tenderloin, trimmed and thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons canola oil, divided
  • ¼ teaspoon white sugar
  • 1 cup shaved carrot strips
  • ¼ cup diagonally sliced green onions
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 4 whole wheat hamburger buns, split

Instructions

  1. Whisk soy sauce
  2. brown sugar
  3. garlic
  4. sambal oelek
  5. sesame oil
  6. and ginger together in a large bowl. Add pork; toss well to coat. Let stand at room temperature
  7. about 15 minutes.
  8. Whisk rice vinegar
  9. 1 teaspoon oil
  10. and white sugar together in a bowl. Add carrot strips
  11. green onions
  12. and cilantro; toss to coat.
  13. Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler. Place buns on a baking sheet
  14. cut sides up.
  15. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork; cook
  16. turning occasionally
  17. until no longer pink in the center
  18. 3 to 5 minutes.
  19. Broil buns in the preheated oven until lightly toasted
  20. 1 to 2 minutes. Top bottom halves of buns evenly with pork and carrot mixture. Cover with top halves of buns.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 4 mins

Total Time: 44 mins

Servings: 4

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