The Evidence Based Diet: Swine Fried Rice

What should I find on sale in the supermarket today, but pork?  Must've been shipped in from Egypt, where the government has ordered slaughter of all pigs, I thought.  I hesitated, but only for a moment, because I know, I really do, that Swine Flu cannot be caught by eating pork.  Not only has this year's Swine Flu, or rather 2009 H1N1 flu, never been isolated from an actual pig, the Center for Disease Control claims that any flu virus would be killed after cooking pork to the standard internal temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit. 

I proceeded to take advantage of everyone’s ignorance and bought three packs of boneless pork loin; one to cook and two to freeze.   Then, I had a flash of brilliance:  what if I cooked the pork with star anise, the chinese spice that is used to manufacture the antiflu medication Tamiflu?  I wasn't sure that it would do any good for either me or the pork, but the decision had a nice symmetry to it.  Easy on the wallet and happy with my selection, I was off to make Swine Fried Rice.

Swine Fried Rice (serves 4)

4 cups of cooked brown rice
1 1/2 pounds of boneless sliced organic pork loin,
4 baby portabella mushrooms (diced)
1 small onion (diced)
1/3 ounce of organic chives (diced)
3 star anise (from china not japan)
3 tablespoons of grapeseed oil
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Heat grapeseed oil wok style pan on medium high heat for 20 seconds.
2. Add the three whole star anise to oil, and cook one side of pork loin slices for 8-10 minutes add pinch of salt and pepper.
3. Flip the pork loin, add diced mushrooms and onion on top and cook for additional 8 minutes until pork loin is lightly browned.  Remove from heat, dice, and put back in to pan. 
4. Add brown rice and diced chives and mix everything in pan for 1 minute.
5. Remove from heat and remove star anise before serving.

The neighbor kid ate it up! 

Pork, while no calorie lightweight, is high in selenium, an antioxidant mineral important in fighting flu, and is an excellent source of protein. 

Swine Fried Rice is soy-free. 

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dominique Pallier
Posts: 2

Your article
Reply #2 on : Mon September 28, 2009, 11:23:57

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Thank you for sharing this article, a commentor on an article about the H1N1 virus vaccine in the New York Times today, gave this link as a way of fighting this flu. I know about Star Anise, did not know that you can use it in cooking. Will make this recipe this week!

Sarah Varney
Posts: 2

Hey, this sounds good!
Reply #1 on : Fri May 01, 2009, 15:41:10

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But I happen to know that the neighbor kid will eat anything. Is their a sauce that goes with this? Did you use soy sauce to flavor it or anything? I'll try it. It does sound good. oink

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