Island Pork Tenderloin Optional Salad Recipes

ISLAND PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Stir together salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin and cinnamon.
• Coat the pork with the spice rub.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a 12 inch skillet, over relatively high heat, and brown pork, turning every 30 seconds for 4 minutes.
• Stir together brown sugar , garlic, and tabasco and pat onto top of the tenderloin.
• Place pork in roasting pan and cook for 20 minutes.

ISLAND PORK TENDERLOIN (OPTIONAL SALAD)

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, and cinnamon, then coat pork with spice rub.
• Heat oil in an ovenproof 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until just beginning to smoke, then brown pork, turning, about 4 minutes total. Leave pork in skillet.
• Make glaze and roast pork:.
• Stir together brown sugar, garlic, and Tabasco and pat onto top of each tenderloin. Roast in middle of oven until thermometer inserted diagonally in center of each tenderloin registers 140°F, about 20 minutes. Let pork stand in skillet at room temperature 10 minutes. (Temperature will rise to about 155°F while standing.).
• Make vinaigrette while pork roasts:.
• Whisk together juices, mustard, curry powder, salt, and pepper, then add oil in a stream, whisking until emulsified.
• Prepare salad ingredients while pork stands:.
• Cut peel, including white pith, from oranges with a sharp knife, then cut oranges crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Toss spinach, cabbage, bell pepper, and raisins in a large bowl with about 1/4 cup vinaigrette. Halve, pit, and peel avocados, then cut diagonally into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Assemble salad:.
• Cut pork at a 45-degree angle into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Line a large platter with dressed salad and arrange sliced pork, oranges, and avocados in rows on top. Drizzle some vinaigrette over avocados and oranges. Pour any juices from skillet over pork.