Meal Prep
Honey Garlic Pork
Honey Garlic Pork is one of those meal preps that tastes way too good to feel this practical - tender seared pork coated in a sticky sweet-savory garlic sauce, paired with roasted Brussels sprouts and rice for a high-protein bowl that absolutely shows out. It’s bold, a little spicy, reheats like a champ, and brings that clean-bulk energy without tasting even remotely boring.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Makes
- 4 servings
- Prep Time
- 20 mins
- Cook Time
- 20 mins
- Total Time
- 40 mins
Equipment
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Ingredients
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For the SPROUTS:
For the SAUCE:
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees & begin cooking your rice with your preferred method (I love my rice cooker).
1 cup Rice
Rinse the sprouts, then cut them into halves or quarters if they are particularly large. Mix in a medium bowl with your sprouts seasonings, then spread onto a baking sheet. You will cook the sprouts for 20-25 minutes, broiling at the end to achieve desired crispiness.
24 oz Brussel sprouts, ½ tsp Salt, ½ tbsp black pepper, 1 tbsp Garlic powder, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp Sriracha
In a small bowl, whisk your sauce ingredients together. Feel free to add anything else that calls to you, get creative!
½ cup Mike's hot honey, ¾ cup Soy sauce, 1 tbsp Sesame oil, 6 cloves garlic
Heat the olive oil over high heat in a large skillet. Add the pork chunks in a single layer & sauté on each side until the pork is cooked through & you've got yourself a nice sear (~3 minutes on each side). You will probably need to use two pans or do this in two batches to avoid crowding. Remove the pork from the pan & set aside.
2 lb boneless pork chops, 2 tbsp Olive oil
Add the sauce to the skillet & reduce the heat to medium low. Allow the sauce to simmer & thicken for 5-6 minutes. Add the pork back into the sauce and stir until it is completely coated. Remove from the heat & allow the sauce to thicken further (~4-5 minutes).
Serve the pork & brussels sprouts on a bed of rice & enjoy!
Nutrition
Per servingEstimates for one serving. Changing the recipe yield scales the ingredients and keeps these per-serving amounts the same.
- Calories
- 863 kcal
- Carbohydrates
- 94.4 g
- Protein
- 63.5 g
- Fat
- 27.1 g
- Saturated Fat
- 7.23 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 4.65 g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 13.23 g
- Trans Fat
- 0.15 g
- Cholesterol
- 152 mg
- Sodium
- 3,618 mg
- Potassium
- 1,900 mg
- Fiber
- 8.3 g
- Sugar
- 39.7 g
- Added Sugar
- 35.5 g
- Vitamin A
- 73 mcg RAE
- Vitamin C
- 146.58 mg
- Vitamin D
- 0.91 mcg
- Calcium
- 136 mg
- Iron
- 6.91 mg
Estimated ingredient cost
$5.57 per serving · $22.30 for this batch
Estimated US grocery prices for the amounts used, including purchase waste and discarded marinade. Your store, brands, and package sizes may cost differently. Buying full packages can cost more. Price sources and methodology.
Ingredient costs and assumptions
Quantities without exact weights use the nutrition library’s portion estimates. Purchase yields are estimates. Separate citrus ingredients are costed independently; reusing the same fruit for juice and zest can lower your cost. Labor, utilities, and delivery are excluded.
- boneless pork chops: $9.06
907.2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. BLS boneless pork chop category average; cut and trim vary.
BLS: All pork chops, boneless · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Olive oil: $0.36
27 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 13.5 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 17 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Rice: $0.38
185 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 185 g Dry long-grain white rice reference.
Walmart: Great Value Long Grain Enriched Rice · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Brussel sprouts: $4.75
680.4 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Whole Brussels Sprouts 1lb Bag, Fresh Produce · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Salt: $0.00
3 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 6 g Iodized table salt reference; not a kosher salt price.
Walmart: Great Value Iodized Salt · Price checked 2026-09-21
- black pepper: $0.15
3.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp (ground) = 6.9 g; texture=ground Ground black pepper reference; cracked pepper may cost differently.
Walmart: Great Value Ground Black Pepper · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Garlic powder: $0.11
9.7 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 9.7 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Garlic Powder · Price checked 2026-09-21
- soy sauce: $0.24
32 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 16 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Kikkoman Soy Sauce, 15 oz Bottle · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Sriracha: $0.18
19.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp = 6.5 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, Medium, 17 Oz - Low Sodium, No Artificial Preservatives · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Mike's hot honey: $4.97
169.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 339 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Mike's Hot Honey Gluten-Free Paleo Honey with a Kick 12 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Soy sauce: $1.44
191.3 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 255 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Kikkoman Soy Sauce, 15 oz Bottle · Price checked 2026-09-21
- Sesame oil: $0.33
13.6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 13.6 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Imperial Dragon 100% Pure Sesame Seed Oil, 5 fl oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- garlic: $0.32
18 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
3 clove = 9 g; USDA SR Legacy household weights used as an approximate physical conversion for the current ingredient profile; nutrition remains from its own mapped record. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Spice World Fresh Peeled Garlic, 6 oz, Pouch · Price checked 2026-09-21
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Macro breakdown
- Protein63.5g29%
- Carbs94.4g43%
- Fat27.1g28%
Per serving · Share of calories from macros
Calculated using 4 calories per gram of protein and carbs, and 9 for fat. Rounding and fiber can affect the listed calorie total.Triple B's Meal Prep Notes
This pork has heat in more than one place: the sauce can use hot honey, and the Brussels sprouts include sriracha. If you want a milder batch, use regular honey and adjust the sprouts as well. Otherwise you can end up with mild pork beside unexpectedly spicy vegetables. The garlic-soy sauce still gives the meal plenty of flavor without relying on heat alone.
Cook the pork chunks in batches and take them out before reducing the sauce. Once the sauce coats a spoon, return the meat and turn it through rather than continuing to boil everything together. It will thicken further as it rests. Start the rice and sprouts first so the skillet work is the last major cooking task. This is a straightforward way to organize a pork meal prep with three components. For the sprouts, a hot oven and an even coating of oil are how you get those brown, crisp edges. Give pale sprouts a little longer, but watch the small leaves carefully; there is a short trip from crispy to ash.
Spoon the cooked sauce over both pork and rice when packing. For a refrigerated serving, microwave on high for 90 seconds, stir, then heat for another 45 seconds. Use that as a starting point and continue in short intervals as needed until the food reaches 165°F throughout. Stir through the rice and turn the pork pieces at the pause, adding a small splash of water if the sauce has become too sticky. Taste before adding extra soy sauce or hot honey. For other sweet-savory combinations, browse the Asian-inspired archive or compare different hot-and-vegetable combinations in the bowl collection.
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From the community
★★★★★
I built this recipe because I wanted that classic sweet-and-savory combo without it inducing a food coma. I’ve eaten this myself, and my coworkers were turning their heads. Try it once and see how it treats you!