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Cajun pork with rice.

Cajun pork with rice.
In Cajun cooking, rice dishes with meat, like the famous jambalaya, take pride of place.

Here is a simplified version using marinated pork.
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Last modified on: May 6th 2020

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 6 min.
Resting: 2 hours
Cooking: 21 min.
All in all: 2 hours 27 min.
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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.
Cajun pork with rice.
Cut 400 g filet mignon (pork loin) into small chunks.
Stage 2 - 2 hours
Cajun pork with rice.
Put the pork chunks into a large bowl and sprinkle with the juice of 1 lime, salt and 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning.

Mix well,

cover with plastic film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (this can be prepared the day before).
Stage 3 - 4 min.
Cajun pork with rice.
Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a large frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the chopped 1 onion and 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning.

Salt and cook for 3 or 4 minutes. It's fine if it colours slightly.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Cajun pork with rice.
Add the meat and its marinade to the pan...
Stage 5 - 7 min.
Cajun pork with rice.
...and fry.
Stage 6 - 10 min.
Cajun pork with rice.
Finally, add 500 g cooked rice, mix well and leave the rice to heat through slowly.

Finish with a little chopped parsley and a good squeeze of lime juice.
Remarks
If the dish looks too dry towards the end of cooking, add a little vegetable or chicken stock.

you can vary this with different meats: chicken, beef, veal...
Keeping: 2 or 3 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe100 40 %290 30 %530 80 %2,350 120 %9,850 120 %
Per 100 g8 3 %20 2 %40 7 %190 10 %800 10 %
Per person20 6 %50 5 %90 10 %390 20 %1,640 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 6 people : 13.36 €
  • Per person : 2.23 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Cooked rice
Cooked rice

You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Montagnon rice, Rice and peas, Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, Seared tuna with lemon and lime, Rice and zucchini salad with paprika, ... See them all 24

Filet mignon (pork loin)
Filet mignon (pork loin)

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Olive oil
Olive oil

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Cajun seasoning
Cajun seasoning

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