Monday Meal in a Minute

Maybe it took more than a minute, but not much. Pork with cashews and Snow Peas. Really simple. Relatively few ingredients. Depending on what kind of pantry stock you keep, you may have everything on hand. I always have these items on hand. I love the flavors they add to a lot of different styles of cooking. Mirin (sweet cooking wine) it's not actually sweet, but it is not dry either. Think Yin and Yang.
You balance the semi sweet wine with a tangy Soy sauce or even Fish sauce. You can balance it with lemon or line in non- Asian cooking. I have used it with seafood and veggies. And doesn't everyone always have soy sauce and chicken broth on hand? The questionable ingredients for me are cashews and snow peas.  I frequently have fresh ginger on hand, but I do have to double check when I want to make this. Other than that;  garlic, cornstarch and Pork.  9 ingredients and oil. And dinner is so delicious!!
Now I did not include rice, because we try to avoid the starches most nights. But it would certainly round the meal out nicely. Try it this week. You wil feel very accomplished, and satisfied.
Cashew Pork and Snow Peas (adapted from Cooks Country)
1/2 c Cashews - raw or roasted (if raw, toast in a dry pan until golden) largely chopped.
1c Chicken broth
1/4 c Mirin
1/4c Soy sauce
3T Cornstarch (didvided)
1lb Pork Tenderloin
1T + 6 t vegetable oil
8 oz Snow Peas strings removed
6 garlic cloves, minced
1T grated Ginger

Whisk broth, mirin, soy and 1T cornstarch in a bowl until no lumps remain; set aside.
Cut pork crosswise into 1/2 inch slices, then cut each slice into strips. Toss pork and 1T oil in large bowl. Add remaining 2T cornstarch and toss to coat.
Heat 2t oil over medium high heat until just smoking. Brown half of pork, 3 to 6 minutes, transfer to plate and tent with foil. Repeat with 2t oil and remaining pork.
Cook snow peas and remaining 2 t oil in now empty skillet until bright green, about 1 minute. add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Whisk broth mix to recombine and add to skillet. Cook until thickened, about two minutes. Return pork and any accumulated juices and cashews to skillet and cook until heated through.

(sorry, I have to get back in the groove and take pics. I forgot)