Hoisin-Maple Pork Tenderloin

Hey Jude's Note:

East meets west with these delicious tenderloins. Use a good quality REAL maple syrup for this, rather than corn syrup with artificial maple flavoring. I found this recipe in a Chicago Sun-Times article about maple syrup.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• ½ cup maple syrup
• ¼ cup hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 pork tenderloins , 3/4 to 1 lb. each
• 3 cloves garlic , peeled and halved
• 1 medium onion , sliced
• salt
• fresh ground pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450°.
2. Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
3. In a small bowl, stir together maple syrup, hoisin sauce and sesame oil.
4. Set aside.
5. Rub each pork tenderloin with cut side of garlic slice.
6. Spread onion slices and garlic in center of roasting pan.
7. Place tenderloins, side by side but not touching, on onion mixture.
8. Sprinkle pork lightly with salt and black pepper.
9. Bake 10 minutes.
10. Reduce oven temperature to 375°.
11. Spoon maple syrup mixture over pork, covering it evenly.
12. Bake 20 to 25 minutes longer, basting once.
13. Outside of meat should be well-browned.
14. Let pork rest 10 minutes.
15. Slice and serve with the onion mixture.

Reviews

[Evie*]

We enjoyed this pork dish, the onion base gave the meat a nice flavour. Easy to put together and everyone liked the maple/hoisin 'sauce' Thanks for sharing.

[PetSitter]

This was REALLY good! I liked that the onions gave it a little flavor, but it didn't overpower it. I made it exactly as written and used real maple syrup. We will definitely make this again!

[skunk galloway]

Very tasty, moist, tender pork. I used brown sugar in place of the maple syrup, but only about 1/4 cup.