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Home » Food Photos » By Meal » Dinner Ideas » Using Leftovers: Pork and Sweet Potato Fried Rice

Using Leftovers: Pork and Sweet Potato Fried Rice

Published: Sep 23, 2013 · Modified: Oct 16, 2020 by greenlitebitescom · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

I wasn't planning on sharing this but then it turned out so good I snapped a few photos and here I am.

I'm hoping it gives you a few ideas on using leftovers in a new way.

The other day I made Simple Cumin-Dusted Bone-In Pork Chops with baked sweet potato fries. We ended up having one chop left plus 15 or so fries. It was hard for me to not just not eat them -- I have a habit of being the family "garbage disposal," consuming whatever we have left after dinner instead of saving them.

I'm working on it.

Anyway, I pulled out the chop and fries and for some reason "fried rice" popped into my head. I hesitated a bit as I wasn't sure how the sweet potatoes would taste in the rice but I'm glad I took a shot. They added a nice creamy sweetness!

Using Leftovers: Pork and Sweet Potato Fried RiceSurprisingly, The Husband ate this and he doesn't even like sweet potatoes! The kids were a bit harder to convince but I got them to take a bite. Me? phft I could have eaten the whole batch as my meal. I'm a throw-everything-in-one-pot kind of girl. It was TASTY!

Here's what I did... I realize this is very specific to what I had on hand but again, take the idea and run with it using your leftovers!

  • 1 leftover Simple Cumin-Dusted Bone-In Pork Chop
  • Large handful of baby spinach, chopped
  • 15 or so leftover sweet potato fries, cut into small pieces
  • About 2 cups of cooked brown rice (I used a pack of Uncle Ben's Brown Basmati Rice)
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

Cut away all the meat from the bone of the leftover pork chop. Cut into cubes.

Heat a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.

Warm the pork for a minute in the skillet. Add the spinach and sweet potatoes. Once the spinach cooks down a little, add the rice.

Toss everything until well combined and warmed through. Add the soy sauce, mix well, and cook for a minute just to combine the flavors.

Remove from the heat and enjoy!

Pork and Sweet Potato Fried Rice done

I served it alongside tilapia and broccoli. It was a super quick, tasty dinner!

Pork and Sweet Potato Fried Rice

I'm REALLY estimating this nutritional info but I wanted to share something to give you an idea. I'm basing it on 4 servings of a side dish but again, double the servings and it makes a great meal!

Approx Nutritional Information per serving
Servings Amt per Serving
4 ~⅔ of a cup - ¼ of the recipe
Calories Fat Fiber WWPs
215 7g 2g old: 4.5 new: 6
Sugar Sat Fat Carbs Protein
2g 1g 29g 10g
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  1. Krista S. says

    September 23, 2013 at 3:58 pm

    I'm making pork chops tonight with baked sweet potatoes and I have leftover rice in the fridge! I see this in my near future. 😀

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