Grecian Pork Tenderloin

Submitted by Lavender Lynn

"This recipe is from All Recipes. It is a greek meat dish posted for ZWT4"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups lime juice, fresh
• 3⁄4 cup olive oil
• 6 garlic cloves, sliced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 6 tablespoons dried oregano
• 2 (1 lb) pork tenderloin

directions

1. Place lime juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and oregano in a large resealable plastic bag.
2. Shake sealed bag until ingredients are well mixed.
3. Taste the marinade for tartness.
4. If too tart, add a little more oil.
5. Not enough zing, add more lime.
6. The garlic and salt flavors should also be up front, yet not overpowering.
7. Place the tenderloins in the bag, seal, and turn to coat.
8. Marinate in the refrigerator for 2 to 5 hours.
9. Preheat grill for medium heat.
10. Lightly oil the grill grate, and discard marinade.
11. Grill tenderloins for 20 to 30 minutes, turning once, or to desired doneness.

Reviews

[Elmotoo]

OMG, OH WOW, OH YEAH! This is fabulous! Absolutely delicious without a long list of ingredients. I grilled the pork to perfection tonight (HOORAH for me!) and we all loved it so much! Made for ZWT9, Mike & the Appliance Killers!

 

[momaphet]

This was a nice way to prepare pork tenderloin. I found the quantities for the marinade more than I needed so I use about 3/4 cup of juice and 1/3 cup of oil and marinated it in my Food Savor marintating tray. My loin was about 1 1/2 lbs. it was a wide short piece so I cut it in half to allow more contact with the marinade. I used 1/2 lime and 1/2 fresh grapefruit juice. Our weather wasn't cooperating with grilling so I seared the loin in my cast iron frying pan then put it in the oven and roasted at 350 degrees. I basted it during the cooking with some of the left over marinade, I removed as much of oil as I could from the marinade before using. After removing the meat from the pan, which had lots of nice brown crustys, I reduced added the rest of the defatted marinade and reduced it down, it was extremly tangy so I whisked in about a half cup of heavy cream this made for a lovely tangy gravy. Thanks Lynn for sharing! Made for ZWT 6 for the Unrulies Under the Influence

 

[threeovens]

Yummers! This is an excellent way to prepare pork tenderloin. Very flavorful.

 

[Maito]

Nice Mediterranean flavor in this. I made 1/8 of the marinade for that amount of meat (except the lime - I used lemon and used 1/4 of what the recipe called for).

 

[CaliforniaJan]

So great and easy to make. I used less lime juice, about 1 cup and less oil, about 1/3 cup. We grilled it outside and served it with a Greek meal and it is delicious! Made for ZWT #9 and the Hotties!!