Pork tenderloin with pomegranate molasses, mashed sweet potatoes, and roasted asparagas. Dang! I’m a huge fan of fruit in food and I couldn’t pass when I saw pomegranate molasses and pork. I wasn’t sure where to go to buy some, so I figured I could make some. And sure enough I found a simple recipe from Alton Brown.
The pork was moist and tender and the hint of fruit in the sauce wasn’t over powering. We all gave this high marks. Ellie loved it!
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Aya e-mailed me this recipe to make today. I didn’t know what it was supposed to look like, but gave it a go anyways. I did a good job, too! Simple flavors provide big taste. I’m sure you could use chicken instead of pork too.
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Pork; 300g of thinly sliced pork for a serving of 3. Note that Japanese serving sizes are MUCH smaller than American’s.
Japanese cooking wine 1tb
Soy sauce; 1tb
Corn starch; 1tb
Soy sauce; 2tb
Grated ginger; about 2tb
Grated garlic; about 1tb
Canola(or vegetable) oil to saute; 1tb
Marinade the pork in Japanese cooking wine and 1tb soy sauce for maybe 10 minutes or so.
Right before cooking the pork, coat it in corn starch. Just a dusting will do. This will seal in the flavor, and prevent the meat from over cooking. Add oil to pan and cook on medium heat. Once it’s cooked through(make sure not to over cook here as you will be adding my heat later after adding sauce), turn off the heat*, add remaining soy sauce, grated ginger, and garlic. Turn on the heat again to mix it up.
*Optional; you can take the pork out here and wipe off the grease in the pan before proceeding to the next step.
Typically, shredded raw cabbage accompanies this dish but Aya requested me to saute it.
Pork tenderloin with dried apricot chutney, steamed asparagus, and quinoa salad. This was another major win. Two thumbs up! If you don’t like fruit in your food, you won’t like this. I have a ton of leftover chutney though. Something tells me I could cook chicken the same way and it’ll be good too. I think I’ll give it a go this weekend.
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Pan grilled ginger honey pork tenderloin, sauteed spinach, and quinoa with dried apricots and cinnamon. I realized the few reviews this recipe had weren’t all that great after I started cooking. I don’t see why they gave it bad reviews though. It took longer than 15 minutes to cook like the recipe said, but it was tender and the ginger honey glaze was great. I let it marinate for a few hours too and I doubled the sauce. I don’t have a grill pan so I just used a regular pan. This was easy and tasted great. Aya loved it too.
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Slow roasted pulled pork sandwiches, sweet potato wedges, and steamed broccoli. Dang, this was really good! Super super tender. I did this in the slow cooker with a 3lb pork shoulder roast. When I went to shred the meat, it just fell apart it was so tender. I haven’t done anything like this before and was surprised at how easy it was. I liked all the flavors used in cooking the meat, however, I do admit the sauce they have you make wasn’t my favorite BBQ sauce. If you have your own recipe or a favorite BBQ sauce, I would suggest to put that on top instead.
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