Thursday, October 30, 2008

Sesame Pork Tenderloin


Pork tenderloin is my favorite thing to barbeque. It's almost fool proof, it always comes out super moist and flavorful. This is a new recipe I tried tonight for dinner and it was so good!

Sesame Pork Tenderloin

1 pork tenderloin (apprx. 1 lb)
1/4 c. soy sauce
1 1/2 Tbs. olive oil
1/4 tsp ground ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 c. honey
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. sesame seeds, toasted (to toast place in shallow pan over medium heat and stir until light brown in color, this releases the oil in the seeds and makes them more flavorful.)

Remove pork tenderloin from bag, you will have two pieces. There is a thin, almost clear skin/membrane on part of the tenderloin. Pull it off.
Place pork in resealable gallon plastc bag. Add soy sauce, olive oil, ground ginger, and garlic cloves. Seal and marinate at least four hours or overnight (I did mine overnight)
Preheat grill, on my lowest heat my grill is about 375 and that temp works great.
Spray grill with non stick cooking spray. Place pork on grill. Cook for 12 minutes on each side.
While cooking combine honey and brown sugar.
After pork has cooked 12 min. on each side, brush honey mixture over top half of pork, sprinkle with sesame seeds. Turn over and brush remaining half with honey mixture and sprinkle with remaining sesame seeds. Grill 5 minutes on each side.
Remove pork and place on tin foil, bring foil up kind of like a tent so that the pork is covered. Let sit for 10 minutes. Slice and serve! This is great served with rice and garnished with green onions.

3 comments:

Stefany said...

Cammie- i made this tonight and was so good!!! i have never had sucess with pork and this was moist and flavorful! My sister called and she made it tonight (she stocks your blog!) and love it too! Thanks!

Whitney said...

I am not a stalker! I am glad Stef introduced me to your blog. The pork was great! I made the sugar cookies last week and they were very good too. The pumpkin bars are calling my name now. Keep sharing! Whitney (Stefany's sister)

Eric, Becky and Joshua said...

I made this a couple of nights ago for some of our family and everyone loved it! My advice would be to use a meat thermometer to make sure the pork is at least 160 on the inside. Grills cook so differently it's hard to just go by time alone!