Healthy Jamaican Jerk Pork

Published on March 20, 2012 | In Jamaican | By Melanie |

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Adding spice and variety to your diet is important. It stop you getting bored, and will prevent you craving unnecessary fatty foods, this lovely healthy Jamaican Jerk pork dish served with rice, black eyed beans and roasted butternut squash will get your taste buds tingling.

The aroma of all the spices on their own will get your taste buds going even before you start cooking. So what are you waiting for check out the video below and see how simple it is to make.

Jamaican Jerk Pork Steaks in the making…

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Ingredients

4 Pork steaks all fat removed
170g Finely chopped onion
170g Red/yellow pepper cut into 1/2" squares
4 Bay Leaves
1/2 tsp Mace
120g Easy cook rice
700ml Chicken stock
1 tin of black-eyed beans
Frylight
4 Wedges of Lemon for serving
600g Butternut Squash cut into chunks for roasting
Black pepper
For the jerk spice rub...
2 tsp sweetener
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 tsp ground allspice
2 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

Preheat the oven 220'C, Gas 6.
Add frylight to a saucepan and cook peppers and onion for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add bay leaves and mace, stir in the rice, stock, black-eyed beans and season with black pepper. Cover, bring to the boil then simmer until the rice has absorbed the stock and is tender. Remove from heat and keep warm.
Spray baking tin with frylight, add butternut squash spray and roast in oven until tender and brown.
Make the jerk rub, mix all the ingredient together in a bowl and rub into the pork.
Heat a griddle pan and cook the pork steaks, dont let the pan become too hot as this could burn the jerk rub.
Serve the pork with the rice and squash and squeeze the lemon over the meat.

Servings : 4
Course : Main Course
Ingredient : Pork

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