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Maple-Chipotle-Glazed Pork Tenderloins

Description

I love this cut of meat. It’s nutrient-dense with a high level of B vitamins plus phosphorous, zinc, magnesium and selenium. Because pork tenderloin is lean, it’s best prepared with a marinade or sauce. Experts now say you can cook pork just until the center is pink, but I prefer to give it a full 40 minutes in the oven or until it reaches 170˚F on a meat thermometer. This recipe includes the twenty-first-century champion of the culinary world — the ubiquitous chipotle. It remains to be seen what hot new darling will replace chipotle in ’08, but let’s hope pork tenderloin holds its own well into the next millennium.

Ingredients

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Main Ingredient
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Serves
4 to 6

Pork

2 pork tenderloins

1 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Spicy Maple Sauce

1/2 cup maple syrup

2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 tsp chipotles in adobo sauce, minced (or more, to taste)

Methods/steps

Preheat the oven to 400˚F.

Combine the garlic powder and ginger. Rub the pork tenderloins with oil and then the spice mixture.

Place the pork in a shallow roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes or until nearly done.

In a small bowl, whisk the syrup, vinegar and chipotles. Reserve one-half of the sauce.

Brush the remainder on the tenderloins in the last 5 to 10 minutes of roasting. Slice tenderloins and drizzle with remaining sauce.

Serve with rice pilaf and roasted broccoli.

Additional Tips

Garlic, ginger, chipotles; I always reach for a Gewürtztraminer when the heat is on. Try a Canadian from our own backyard.



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