Citrus Grilled Pork Tenderloin Recipes

SWEET AND SALTY GRILLED PORK WITH CITRUS AND HERBS

Steps:

• Using a sharp knife, slice pork shoulder crosswise into 1-inch-thick steaks. (Depending on the shape and cut of your shoulder, some pieces may not stay together in a steak shape; this is O.K.) Season pork with salt and pepper and place in a shallow baking dish (a 9-by-13 works best) or resealable plastic bag.
• Combine fish sauce, light brown sugar, sambal (if using), garlic and 1/2 cup lime juice in a medium bowl, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Pour half of the mixture over the pork and let it sit for about 15 to 20 minutes while you prepare the grill, using tongs to turn pork once or twice to make sure all of it is getting enough attention from the marinade. (There's no need to refrigerate, unless you are working ahead, in which case you should refrigerate until ready to grill.)
• If you're using a charcoal grill, build the fire so it's screaming hot. This pork is to be cooked hot and fast, so the hotter the better. If you're using a gas grill, heat it on high. Bring a clean baking dish out to the grill for the pork to rest in after cooking.
• Once the grill is sufficiently hot, grill the pork until deeply browned and lightly charred on both sides, 2 to 4 minutes per side (this will happen faster on a charcoal grill), moving the pork around as needed to prevent excessive flare-ups, which, depending on how fatty your pork is, will happen with varying severity. Grill the lime and orange, if using, cut-side down, until lightly charred, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Remove the pork and lime from the grill and let rest a minute or two in that same large baking dish to catch the juices. Drizzle the remaining lime dressing over the sliced pork and let it rest for a few minutes so the juices mix with the dressing.
• Slice the pork about 1/4 inch thick. Arrange rice noodles or rice, if using, on a large platter and top with lettuce, along with some of the mint, cilantro and shallots. Top with sliced pork and remaining herbs and shallots. Spoon the juices from the bottom of the baking dish over everything, and serve with the grilled citrus for squeezing.

CITRUS AND ROSEMARY GRILLED PORK

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in a bowl with whisk or fork.
• Pat chops dry with paper towels and rub with seasoning. Turn chops in marinade and let stand 15 minutes.
• Season chops with steak seasoning.
• Grill chops on indoor electric grill preheated to high for 6 to 7 minutes on each side, or pan fry over medium high heat for same time under a loose tin foil tent in a nonstick skillet.
• Serve chops with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Potatoes and Orange and Oregano Salad.
• Simmer the chopped sun-dried tomatoes and quartered potatoes 10 minutes in just enough water to cover.
• During the last 3 minutes of the cooking time on the potatoes, add the broccoli florets. Drain and return plumped tomatoes and cooked potatoes to the warm pan to dry out. Dress tomato-potato combo with parsley, oil, salt, and pepper.
• Yield: 4 servings Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes
• Remove skin and pith from oranges. Slice oranges in 1/4-inch thick disks. Arrange orange slices on a serving plate and sprinkle with the oregano, onions, and dress with the extra-virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. Serve.
• Yield: 4 servings Preparation time: 5 to 8 minutes

CITRUS PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut small, shallow slits into pork tenderloins using a sharp paring knife and stuff a slice of garlic into each slit. Season pork with salt and black pepper and place into a 9x13-inch glass baking dish. Squeeze blood orange halves over pork; leave 2 or 3 squeezed halves in baking dish. Pour white wine over pork and sprinkle with cilantro.
• Bake in the preheated oven until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a tenderloin reads 150 degrees F (65 degrees C), about 30 minutes. Allow pork to rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
• While pork is resting, discard baked orange rinds and pour pan juices into a small saucepan. Bring juices to a boil. Whisk cornstarch with cold water in a small bowl until smooth; stir into pan juices. Reduce heat to low and simmer sauce until thickened, about 5 minutes. Slice pork sliced into thin medallions and top with sauce to serve.

GRILLED ROSEMARY PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Wash and dry tenderloin, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Place in small bowl.
• Crush garlic; rinse and remove leaves from rosemary stems, and chop. Combine garlic and rosemary with wine, and pour over pork. Turn pork to marinate well.
• When ready to cook pork, spray stove-top grill with pan spray, and heat. Place pork slices on grill. Cook for about 5 minutes total, turning once and basting once or twice with marinade.

CITRUS-MARINATED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• In shallow glass baking dish (or ziploc bag) stir together all ingredients except pork.
• Add tenderloin(s); turn to coat all sides; refrigerate 1-3 hours to marinate turning occasionally.
• Heat grill; remove pork from marinade and discard marinade.
• Place pork on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill 4-6 inches from medium coals; cover grill.
• Grill 20 minutes or until no longer pink in center, turning once.
• Remove pork from grill to platter, cover loosely with foil; let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

CITRUS GLAZED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• mix the sauce ingredients and add tenderloins.
• marinate tenderloins 3 hours, or overnight.
• heat grill, or broiler, cook until internal temp of pork is 160, aprox 30-40 minutes, basting with sauce as needed.