Perfectly fluffy and crunchy roasts don't get enough of an outing midweek so lovepotatoes.co.uk have created two quick, modern dishes that will help bring some of the roastiness we all love to your midweek, in less than 30 minutes.

Roasties With A Quick Roast Pork And Asian Slaw

Roasties With A Quick Roast Pork And Asian Slaw

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

  • 350g baby, salad or new potatoes, such as Maris Peer
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil, plus a little extra
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp Chinese five spice
  • Ground white pepper
  • 300g pork tenderloin
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 2 slices of lime, plus extra lime juice to season

For the Asian slaw:

  • 1/6 red cabbage, finely sliced
  • ¼ red onion, finely sliced
  • 6 radish, finely sliced
  • 50g sugar snaps, finely sliced
  • 1/6 white cabbage, finely sliced
  • 1 carrot, shredded
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp rice wine or white wine vinegar

Recipe:

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan oven/gas mark 7. Put a tray into the oven to heat up for 5 minutes.
  2. Put 2 tbsp coconut oil into the tray and put the tray back into the oven for a few minutes to melt. Add the potatoes, and season with salt, ½ tsp Chinese five spice and a little ground white pepper. Toss well then roast for 15 minutes then toss again.
  3. Rub a little coconut oil over the pork and then rub with the remaining ½ tsp five spice and the sesame seeds.
  4. Skewer a piece of lime with a cocktail stick and push into one half of the pork, then do the same with the other piece. Roast in the oven next to the potatoes for 20 minutes.
  5. Put all the ingredients for the slaw into a large bowl. Stir in the sesame oil, soy sauce and vinegar, then season with the lime juice and some salt and pepper.
  6. Carve the pork into slices. Divide the potatoes between the plates and spoon on the slaw, then arrange the pork on top with the lime.

Recipe courtesy of www.lovepotatoes.co.uk

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