Easy Chinese Pork Tenderloin Recipes

ASIAN PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Pour into a medium bowl the soy sauce, sesame oil, and Worcestershire sauce. Then whisk in brown sugar, green onions, garlic, chile paste, and pepper. Place the tenderloin in a shallow dish. Pour sauce over tenderloin, turning the meat a few times to coat. Cover dish, and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Transfer pork with marinade into an aluminum foil-lined baking pan.
• Roast in a preheated oven 25 to 30 minutes. Remove, and let stand 5 to 10 minutes before carving.

CHAR SIU (CHINESE BBQ PORK)

Steps:

• Cut pork with the grain into strips 1 1/2- to 2-inches long; put into a large resealable plastic bag.
• Stir soy sauce, honey, ketchup, brown sugar, rice wine, hoisin sauce, red food coloring or red bean curd (see Cook's Note), and Chinese five-spice powder together in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook and stir until just combined and slightly warm, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the marinade into the bag with the pork, squeeze air from the bag, and seal. Turn bag a few times to coat all pork pieces in marinade.
• Marinate pork in refrigerator, 2 hours to overnight.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Remove pork from marinade and shake to remove excess liquid. Discard remaining marinade.
• Cook pork on preheated grill for 20 minutes. Put a small container of water onto the grill and continue cooking, turning the pork regularly, until cooked through, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

CHINESE BBQ PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Combine the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, red wine, garlic, sugar, cinnamon, coriander and the pinch of cloves in a resealable bag or a glass baking dish. Add the pork tenderloins and marinate overnight or for at least 8 hours, turning during the marinating process to coat both sides of the pork.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Remove the pork from the marinade (reserving the marinade) and dry off with paper towels, then add to a baking dish that's been sprayed with cooking spray. Place into the oven for 30 minutes.
• While the pork is in the oven, pour a cup of the marinade into a small pot. Bring the marinade to a boil for 5 minutes, then turn the heat down to a simmer for an additional 3-5 minutes. Add the 1/2 cup of BBQ sauce and stir to combine, then remove from the heat.
• After 30 minutes, take the pork out of the oven and baste with the sauce. Return the pork tenderloins to the oven for another 15 minutes, then remove and baste again. Bake for another 15 minutes or until the temperature reaches 140 degrees.
• Tent the pork loosely with foil to rest for 10 minutes. Slice and serve with additional sauce on the side.

SPICY CHINESE PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• In heavy duty freezer Ziploc bag, mix soy sauce, hoisin sauce, oil, garlic, sugar and red pepper flakes.
• Add tenderloins and stir to coat all over.
• Seal and refrigerate at least 1 to 3 hours, turning bag over occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 500°F.
• Line small roasting pan with foil.
• Spray a cooling or cooking rack with nonstick spray, and place on top of pan.
• Place tenderloins on rack.
• SAVE MARINADE.
• Place meat in preheated oven.
• Roast 9 to 10 minutes.
• Turn and roast 9 to 10 minutes more.
• Check temperature in thickest part of meat.
• It should read approx 160°F.
• Remove from oven, and allow meat to stand 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile pour marinade from bag into saucepan.
• Rinse the bag with the 1/2 cup of water.
• Add to saucepan.
• Bring to low boil.
• Boil slowly for 5 to 6 minutes.
• Right before ready to serve, add butter to sauce; stir.
• Slice meat into 1/4 inch slices.
• Place on hot rice.
• Spoon marinade sauce over meat and rice.
• Top with green onions.
• Note: This can be cooked on the grill also.
• Cook until temperature reaches 150 to 160°F.
• You can also cook in oven for 6 minutes each side, and then toss on a gas grill for a few minutes for a outdoor flavor.

CHINESE BARBEQUE PORK (CHAR SIU)

Steps:

• Place soy sauce, honey, rice wine, hoisin sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, five-spice powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and curing salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil on high heat; reduce heat to medium-high. Cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Cool to room temperature.
• Cut pork roast in half lengthwise. Cut each half again lengthwise forming 4 long, thick pieces of pork.
• Transfer cooled sauce to a large mixing bowl. Stir in red food coloring. Place pork sections into sauce and coat each piece. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 4 to 12 hours.
• Preheat grill for medium heat, 275 to 300 degrees F (135 to 150 degrees C) and lightly oil the grate. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Remove sections of pork from marinade and let excess drip off. Place on prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with kosher salt to taste.
• Transfer pork sections to grate over indirect heat on prepared grill. Cover and cook about 45 minutes. Brush with marinade; turn. Continue cooking until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 185 and 190 degrees F, about 1 hour and 15 minutes more. Do not use any more marinade on cooked meat until after you boil it.
• Place leftover marinade in saucepan; bring to a boil; let simmer 1 minutes. Remove from heat. Now you can use it to brush over the cooked pork.

ASIAN PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first eight ingredients; mix well. Remove 1/2 cup for basting; cover and refrigerate. Pour the remaining marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add tenderloins. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate overnight., Drain and discard marinade. Place pork on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 20-27 minutes or until a thermometer reads 145°, brushing with reserved marinade often., Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Cool for 30 minutes. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight. Cut into thin slices.

ASIAN PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, add first 8 ingredients; whisk until blended.
• Place pork in a shallow dish; add marinade, turning pork to coat.
• Cover and refrigerate 8 hours.
• Remove pork from marinade, throw away marinade.
• Place pork in an foil lined roasting pan.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 25 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 160 degrees.
• Let pork stand 5 minutes before serving.

CHINESE ROAST PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Place the porkloin in a large ziploc freezer bag.
• In a small bowl, stir together the rest of the ingredients until the sugar has dissolved.
• Pour into the ziploc bag; remove as much air as possible and seal shut.
• Refrigerate from 6 to 36 hours (I prefer the longer marinade time).
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Remove porkloin from the marinade (discard remaining marinade); place on wire rack in a shallow baking pan.
• Insert meat thermometer.
• Roast about 1 hour or until the internal meat temperature reaches 165 degrees.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest on the wire rack for 15 minutes before removing thermometer.
• To serve as a main course, cut the porkloin into 1/4" slices.
• To serve as a Chinese appetizer, cut into 1/4" slices; arrange on platter with separate small bowls of Chinese hot mustard and untoasted sesame seeds.
• Enjoy it by first dipping a slice into the mustard, then into the sesame seeds.

EASY CHINESE PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Rinse the pork under cold water; pat very dry with paper towels.
• Cut slits (about 1/2-inch deep, or a little less) in the pork with a sharp knife to absorb the marinade, then place in a glass baking dish.
• Combine ginger, green onions, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons soy sauce, sherry, sugar, hoisin sauce, garlic (if using) and black pepper.
• Pour the marinade over the pork and turn to coat well on all sides.
• Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours, turning every so often to make certain to coat all sides of the pork.
• Set oven to 350°F.
• Place the pork on a rack on top of a baking sheet or pan, reserve the marinade, you can sprinkle with salt if desired.
• Roast for about 1-1/2 hours (it might take longer or shorter than 1-1/2 hours, best to use a meat thermometer for this), basting with marinade every 15 minutes.
• Serve the pork warm or cold.