Steamed Pork Fillet With Quinoa Tabouleh

Name: Thermomix recipe: Steamed Pork Fillet With Quinoa Tabouleh
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 pork fillets; 200 - 300 Grams soy sauce; 2 Tablespoons brown sugar; 4 cloves garlic; 100 Grams mixed quinoa well rinsed; Water for soaking and steaming; 1 Handful flat leaf parsley; 1 Handful fresh mint; 1 - 2 lemons zest, finely grated; fresh lemon juice to taste; 1 Punnet cherry tomatoes halved; 1/2 cucumber seeded and diced; Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) as needed; Pinches pink salt flakes

Serves 6 Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Rated: Print

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Pork loin is a fantastic protein, that is easy to cook and remains tender like chicken if cooked this way. Varoma it up!

Looking for a healthy, quick, and flavour-packed dinner? This Steamed Pork Fillet with Quinoa Tabbouleh is a weeknight winner that makes the most of your Thermomix. Using the Varoma to steam the pork ensures it's tender, juicy, and perfectly cooked — no drying out, no guesswork. Even better? While the pork steams above, the quinoa cooks below in the simmering basket, saving you time and washing up. It’s a smart, one-step, two-layer cook that brings dinner together in under 30 minutes. Paired with a fresh, herby tabbouleh, this meal is as nourishing as it is effortless — ideal for busy nights when you want real food fast.

We use pork loin (fillet) quite a bit in our house. Here are a few other ideas for this easy to cook protein.

Pork Tenderloin with Peaches and Pesto

Steamed Pork Fillet With Black Bean Dressing

Char Siu BBQ Pork

Need

2 pork fillets
200 - 300 Grams soy sauce
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
4 cloves garlic
100 Grams mixed quinoa well rinsed
Water for soaking and steaming
1 Handful flat leaf parsley
1 Handful fresh mint
1 - 2 lemons zest, finely grated
fresh lemon juice to taste
1 Punnet cherry tomatoes halved
1/2 cucumber seeded and diced
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) as needed BUY
Pinches pink salt flakes BUY

Do

1: Place pork fillets into long flat ceramic dish.
2: Place soy sauce, brown sugar and garlic into Thermomix bowl and blend 10 sec/speed 6.
3: Pour over pork fillets. Cover and refrigerate.
4: Rinse quinoa and place into simmering basket and insert into Thermomix bowl.
5: Pour enough water over to reach the bottom of the simmering basket.
6: Line Varoma dish with a piece of wet baking paper. Remove pork fillets from marinade and place into Varoma dish. Drizzle a little of the marinade over, but reserve the rest.
7: Place Varoma into position and steam quinoa and pork 20 min/Varoma/speed 3.
8: Remove pork and cover.
9: Drain quinoa and finish tabbouleh.
10: Place herbs into clean, dry Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 7. Combine this with all remaining ingredients, finally stirring cooled quinoa through. Set aside.
11: Sear rested pork fillets in a hot fry pan, (Induction 7) drizzling with reserved marinade to taste, being cautious not to burn the marinade. Slice pork and serve over tabbouleh. Reduce the remaining marinade if desired and drizzle a little over the pork prior to serving.
12: ENJOY!

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!