Chipotle-Honey Pork & Jasmine Rice
with Spinach Salad & Lime
- Milk
Our smoky-sweet chipotle puree shines two ways in this dish: first mixed with honey and lime to marinate tender pork, then blended into a zesty dressing for a crisp spinach, carrot, and cucumber salad. Served with fluffy jasmine rice, a buttery pan sauce, and fresh lime wedges for balance.
Ingredients
1 unit
Lime
3 ounce
Carrots
1 ounce
Chipotle Puree
10 ounce
Pork Chops
2 teaspoon
Honey
2.5 ounce
Spinach
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Cooking Oil
Olive Oil
Sugar
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• In a small pot, combine rice, 1 1⁄4 cups water (2 1⁄4 cups for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While rice cooks, wash and dry produce. • Zest and quarter lime. Trim, peel, and grate carrot on the largest holes of a box grater. Trim and halve cucumber lengthwise; cut into 1⁄4-inch-thick half-moons. • Reserve 1⁄2 tsp chipotle puree (1 tsp for 4 servings) in a large bowl; set aside for use in Step 6.
• Pat pork dry with paper towels and thinly slice crosswise. Season all over with salt and pepper. • In a medium bowl, combine honey, remaining chipotle puree, a squeeze of lime juice, and pinch of lime zest. Add pork and toss until fully coated.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add pork and marinade; cook until browned and cooked through, 2-4 minutes per side (for 4 servings, cook in batches if necessary). • Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Reserve pan.
• Heat 1⁄4 cup water(1⁄3 cup for 4 servings) in pan used for pork over low heat, whisking to scrape up any browned bits from bottom of pan. • Bring to simmer, then remove pan from heat and stir in 1 TBSP butter(2 TBSP for 4). • Transfer pork to pan and stir until coated. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
• To bowl with reserved chipotle puree, whisk in 1 TBSP olive oil, 1⁄2 TBSP water, 1⁄2 tsp sugar, juice from two lime wedges, and a big pinch of salt and pepper until fully combined and thickened. (For 4 servings, use 2 TBSP olive oil, 1 TBSP water, 1 tsp sugar, and juice from four lime wedges.) • Add spinach, carrot, and cucumber; toss until combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
• Fluff rice with a fork. • Divide pork, rice, and salad between plates. Drizzle pork with pan sauce. Serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.
Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Some found it bland, while others loved the smoky-sweet chipotle-honey combo. Consider adding extra seasoning to taste 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Instructions were unclear for some, especially regarding pork slicing. Consider cutting meat into bite-sized pieces for better marinade absorption.
- Suggestions: Add more sauce for juicier meat and flavorful rice. Try marinating the meat longer for deeper flavor.
- Portions: A few felt the pork portion was too small. Consider adding extra protein or sides if you're extra hungry.
- Salad: The spinach salad was hit-or-miss; some loved it, others found it lacking. Try adding olives or blue cheese for extra zing.
Reviews from our home cooks
The pork was fantastic. We tenderized it first and cut into smaller pieces so the sauce would marinate the meat better. The homemade dressing for the salad was amazing too!
This was great and easy to make but why was the honey so hard? Am I supposed to take it out a day in advance? No direction on that and where was the salad dressing? If I was supposed to use any honey or chipotle puree, that sounds nasty.
Tasty. My kids hated the salad but I thought it was soooooo good!
The pork in this was so tender and flavorful. Loved it!
Another great meal, a little more time consuming than others, BUT the pork portion was WAY too small. I got about 4 strips on pork on each meal which is definitely not enough for 2 people. Also, while following directions, the last step of making the sauce was a COMPLETE miss. Tasted COMPLETELY burnt when "scraping the brown contents off the bottom". Salad was good, but I would say a very interesting choice to pair with this meal. Not enough cucumbers for the salad. I don't think I would order this one again, it was just okay.
This was good but rice was plain. We added some seasoning to rice. Nice to have salad and not always cooked veggies!
The sauce made a terrible mess, splattered all over the stove and surrounding area while preparing it in frying pan. We were surprised that the chipotle sauce was quite spicy.
This was good, but I'd have preferred the bite-size pieces, like in the photo. If I ever make it again, I'm going to cut the pork into slices like that!
Need more glaze and or sauce for the size of the meals. It's barely enough.
Love the meal kit and how easy everything is and it was very good and I love my hello fresh meal kits that I get every week. They are very good.
