Bourbon Braised Pork Loin Recipes

APPLE BOURBON BRAISED PORK RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Season pork liberally with salt and pepper. Sear all sides of pork well in a heavy dutch oven or other heavy oven-safe cooking vessel. Remove and set aside.
• Add onions to same pan and cook until translucent, approximately 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook another 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and add sherry. Return to heat and stir with a long handled spoon, making sure to scrape off any bits on the bottom of the pan. Add apples and all spices. Stir well to combine.
• Remove from heat, stir in bourbon and return pork to pan, nestling the meat down into the veggies and apples. Pour in chicken stock until pork is covered about half way. Cover and bake for approximately 35 minutes or until meat is tender and internal temp is at least 165 degrees.
• Remove pork from pan and cover loosely with foil. If necessary, return pan to heat and add a bit more sherry and bourbon to achieve desired consistency for topping meat.
• Slice, top with apple mixture and enjoy!

PORK TENDERLOIN IN BOURBON

Steps:

• Mix together soy sauce, bourbon, brown sugar, and garlic. Pour over pork, cover, and refrigerate at least 2 hours, turning occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Remove pork from marinade, and place on rack of shallow roasting pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

BOURBON BRAISED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Combine flour,salt and pepper,dredge chops in flour mixture.
• Brown on both sides in oil in a large skillet.
• Place an orange slice on each chop.
• Combine brown sugar,cornstarch and allspice in a small saucepan,gradually stir in water.
• Cook over medium heat,stirring constantly,until mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
• Cook 1 minute,stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat,stir in orange juice,bourbon and rasins.
• Spoon over pork chops.
• Cover,reduce heat and simmer 1 hour or until pork chops are tender,stirring occasionally.

BOURBON BRAISED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Mix brown sugar with bourbon. Set aside for 10-15 minutes until sugar is dissolved. Set oven to 375 Cut the pork loin into slices approximately 1.5-2 inches thick (a 2 lb pork loin should yield about 4 cuts) Cover both sides of each cut of pork with a liberal amount of your favorite pork rub Spray a pan (I recommend cast iron) with non-stick spray Over medium high heat, cook each side of the pork slices for approximately 3 minutes Once each side has been cooked, spoon the sugar-bourbon mix over the pork and continue cooking for one minute Pour chicken stock into pan and cover with tinfoil Place covered pan in oven and cook until pork is cooked through (about 35-45 minutes) When pork is cooked, remove cuts from pan Over medium heat, cook the remaining liquid in pan to reduce slightly Drizzle juice over the cooked pork or transfer to a dish for dipping (in my opinion the juice is one of the best parts) Serve (I served this with herbed long-grain wild rice and oven baked buttercup squash)

BOURBON BASTED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Rub the pork with with all the dry ingredients. Refrigerate for no longer than 24 hours in a covered dish, plastic bag or roasting pan.
• Combine all ingredients for the baste in a plastic bag, casserole dish or roasting pan.
• Remove loin and place in dish or what ever way your cook the loin. To make on a smoker, maintain a heat of 270-320°F for 5-6 hours. To grill, heat grill to medium low and cook for 1 1/2-2 hours. To bake, maintain a temperature of 350°F for 1-1 1/2 hours.
• Baste every 30 minutes all over the loin. Make sure either way you cook it, that the internal temperature is 160°F.

BOURBON PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Place the pork roast fat side up in a roaster.
• Rub the roast with lemon juice.
• Mix together the brown sugar, flour, paprika and salt.
• Rub this mixture all over the roast.
• Generously sprinkle with ground black pepper.
• Combine water, 1/8 cup sherry, and 1/8 cup bourbon, and pour over the roast.
• Place a bay leaf in the pan and sprinkle the roast with parsley.
• Baste heavily and often.
• After 1 1/4 hours, pour the remaining bourbon over the roast, and continue to baste until you are ready to serve roast.
• Bake approximately 2 1/2 hours or 45 minutes per pound.

BOURBON-MARINATED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Rinse tenderloins, and pat dry.
• Combine soy sauce and next 9 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic freezer bag or shallow dish; seal or cover, and chill at least 12 hours. Remove pork from marinade, discarding marinade. Sprinkle evenly with salt.
• Grill, covered with grill lid, over high heat (400° to 500°) 30 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155°, turning occasionally. Remove from heat; cover with aluminum foil, and let stand 10 minutes or until thermometer registers 160°. Garnish with fresh parsley sprigs, if desired.

CIDER-BRAISED PORK LOIN WITH SAUTEED APPLES

Steps:

• Combine the salt, pepper, sage and thyme and rub into pork.
• Wrap pork in plastic wrap and chill 2 hours or overnight.
• Pat pork dry with paper towels.
• In a large, ovenproof casserole heat oil over moderate-high heat until hot but not smoking and brown the pork.
• Transfer to a plate, pour off all but 2 tblsps fat, and cook onion and garlic over moderate heat, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Return pork to casserole, add cider and bring to boil.
• Braise pork, covered, in a preheated 350F (165C) oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour.
• Transfer to a heated platter, discard string and let stand 10 minutes.
• Spoon off fat from pan juices and puree pan juices with a blender (or immersion blender).
• Season to taste.
• Serve in a sauceboat.
• Arrange sautéed apples around sliced pork.

BEER BRAISED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat vegetable oil a heavy pot or dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear pork in hot oil until brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove roast from pot.
• Drain all but about 3 tablespoons grease from pot. Cook and stir onion and carrots until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir beer, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and cloves into the onion mixture.
• Return pork roast to the pot and cover.
• Bake in the preheated oven until pork is tender and no longer pink in the center, about 2 hours.
• Transfer roast to a platter and cover loosely with aluminum foil. Remove bay leaf from vegetables.
• Pour the beer and vegetable mixture from the Dutch oven into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the vegetables moving before leaving it on to puree until smooth.
• Bring pureed sauce to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat until thickened, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Spoon sauce over pork roast to serve.