Quick and Tasty Pork Tenderloin
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 453.59 g pork tenderloin
- 14.79 ml lemon zest, grated
- 14.79 ml salt
- 14.79 ml pepper (freshly grated)
- 4 slice bacon (applewood smoked pref)
- 453.59 g Brussels sprout (stemmed and quartered)
- 118.29-236.59 ml apple juice (or water)
directions
- Cook bacon until crisp, reserve fat in pan, drain bacon and set aside.
- Combine zest, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
- Liberally coat pork with about 2/3 of the zest mixture.
- Sear tenderloin in bacon fat well on all sides.
- Reduce heat, add ½ of the juice (or water) to the pan and cover.
- Turn once or twice, cook pork in pan until internal temp of 160degrees F.
- While cooking blanch sprouts in salted boiling water, drain and shock with cold water.
- When tenderloin has reached desired temp, transfer to cutting board and tent with foil.
- Add Brussels sprouts to pan with remaining zest mixture, and stir fry until beginning to brown and almost done.
- Add remaining (approx 1/4 c) applejuice and allow to evaporate/reduce.
- Slice pork into medallions
- Plate the brussels sprouts and serve with pork slices over top.
- Crumble the bacon over everything.
- (very nice with roasted potatoes with olive oil, garlic and rosemary).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CHRISSYG
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
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