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Sweet Pork with Garlic

Source of Recipe

Southern Living 1/2004


Recipe Introduction

Sweet, hot, tangy – all at once. Not complicated at all. Just get your ‘mise en place’ and this recipe just goes together in a few minutes. Good weeknight meal. This sauce really compliments the pork, but doesn’t overpower it. I served it with orzo (Jessica and I can’t eat rice, which would be good, too) and Brussels sprouts (snow peas would be good, too).

List of Ingredients

4 garlic cloves, minced
1 T. hoisin sauce
1 T. Dijon mustard
1 T. catsup
2 T. soy sauce, divided
6 t. honey, divided
1 (3/4 lb.) pork tenderloin
Vegetable cooking spray
2 t. rice vinegar
1 t. sesame oil
1 t. chili garlic sauce
½ c. chopped green onions
¼ c. fresh cilantro



Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Stir together first 4 ingredients, 1 T. soy sauce, and 2 t. honey. Spoon garlic mixture evenly over pork, rubbing well into pork.

Place pork on a rack coated with cooking spray in an aluminum foil lined roasting pan.

Bake for 30 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155 degrees. Remove from oven; cover pork loosely with foil and let stand 10 minutes.

Whisk together vinegar, sesame oil, chili garlic sauce, remaining 1 T. soy sauce and reminding 4 t. honey.

Slice pork diagonally into slices. Place slices on a serving platter. Drizzle with vinegar sauce and sprinkle with green onions and chopped cilantro.

Serves 4.