Recipes · Taiwanese · Stir-Fry

Fly's Head (Minced Pork with Chives)

One serving has 502 kcal and 26 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of vitamin K (169%), thiamin (93%), selenium (61%), pyridoxine (54%), vitamin C (52%) and niacin (48%). Ready in 20 minutes.

Fly's Head (Minced Pork with Chives)
Photo: Blowing Puffer Fish, CC BY 2.0 · source
  • Preparation: 10 min
  • Cooking: 10 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (231 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Dairy-free, Low carb
  • Contains: alcohol, gluten, pork, soy, sulphite

Ingredients

  • 130 g Pork, ground, raw
  • 60 g Chives, fresh
  • 6 g Garlic, raw
  • 4 g Chilies, dried red
  • 8 g Black bean sauce
  • 6 g Soy sauce
  • 2 g Sugar
  • 10 g Vegetable oil
  • 5 g Wine, fortified, dry

Method

  1. Cut the garlic chives into short lengths.
  2. Heat the oil in a hot wok, add the garlic, dried chili and fermented black bean sauce, and stir-fry a few seconds until fragrant.
  3. Add the pork and stir-fry 4-5 minutes, breaking it up, until no longer pink and cooked through (74 °C/165 °F).
  4. Add the soy sauce, sugar and shaoxing wine and stir-fry 1 minute.
  5. Toss in the chives and stir-fry just 30-60 seconds until barely wilted; serve immediately.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy502 kcal24%
Carbohydrates11.7 g
Water150 mL
Fiber3 g10%
Protein25.7 g54%
Tryptophan0.32 g
Threonine1.1 g
Isoleucine1.2 g
Leucine1.9 g
Lysine2.1 g
Methionine0.62 g
Cystine0.3 g
Phenylalanine0.98 g
Tyrosine0.85 g
Valine1.3 g
Histidine0.94 g
Fat39 g
Monounsaturated14.8 g
Polyunsaturated8.9 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-67.8 g
Saturated12 g
Trans-Fats0.07 g
Cholesterol93.6 mg
Calcium90.6 mg9%
Copper0.19 mg21%
Iron2.6 mg15%
Magnesium64.1 mg21%
Manganese0.44 mg24%
Phosphorus298 mg43%
Potassium705 mg15%
Selenium33.6 µg61%
Sodium877 mg
Zinc3.4 mg43%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)1 mg93%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.45 mg41%
Niacin (vitamin B3)6.7 mg48%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.2 mg23%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.7 mg54%
Folate (vitamin B9)76.1 µg19%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.91 µg38%
Choline10.4 mg2%
Vitamin A186 µg27%
Vitamin C38.9 mg52%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E1.2 mg8%
Vitamin K152 µg169%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

1 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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