Apricot Pork With Rice OR Soba Noodles

I mentioned in my previous post that I had a pork and rice dish that I absolutely adore. Well now it’s a pork and Soba noodle dish that I absolutely adore. My idea for this recipe came from having quite a bit of left over pork roast and coming up with interesting ways to have the leftovers. The second time I made this pork dish I substituted the rice with Soba Noodles (which I have come to realize that I love love love them) which I stir fried with the pork once they were softened. If you don’t have any leftover pork roast you can always use pork stew meat.

This dish doesn’t really have precise measurements as it’s very much a “to taste” kind of thing.  I used Sambal Oelek to give it just a touch of heat to go with the sweetness of the apricots. And while I didn’t have any vegetables in it, I think that some broccoli would work really well with it…

Apricot Pork with Soba Noodles

Apricot Pork with Rice Or Soba Noodles

Leftover pork roast OR stew pork meat

Rice ( I recommend Calrose) or Soba Noodles

Apricot preserves

Soy sauce

Fish sauce

pepper

Sambal Oelek (optional)

1. If using leftover roast, slice and cut into bite sized pieces and set aside for a moment. If using stew meat cut into bite sized pieces,  sprinkle with some pepper and fry it until just done then set aside.

2. In a bowl mix arpricot preserve, soy sauce, fish sauce, pepper and Sambal Oelek to taste (you must have enough of the mixture to coat the pork. Quantity will depened on how much pork you have.) The fish sauce will help thin the mixture, but don’t use too much.

3. Cook rice/soba noodles per instructions. Set aside.

4. In frying pan heat a small amount of oil (I used peanut oil or seasame oil but vegetable oil would work as well. Heat pork in the oil. Pour the sauce over the pork and stir until everything is coated.

5. At this step you can either plate it by putting it over the rice or you add the Soba Noodles to the frying pan to fry the noodles a little.

6. Serve and Enjoy.