Marinated & Baked Pork Tenderloin - Idiot's Kitchen

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Idiot’s Kitchen Recipe – Marinated & Baked Pork Tenderloin Recipe from www.idiotskitche.com Adapted from Chef Mommy Ingredients: 12 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed ¼ cup olive oil 1/3 cup soy sauce (low sodium preferred) ¼ cup red wine vinegar 1 lemon, juiced 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 2 teaspoons dried mustard Black Pepper ½ cup chicken broth ½ Tablespoon butter For the best flavor, this needs to marinate 24 hours so plan ahead. To make the marinade, combine ¼ cup olive oil, 1/3 cup soy sauce, ¼ cup red wine vinegar, and the juice of 1 lemon in a medium bowl. Add 4 cloves of finely chopped garlic, 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, and 2 teaspoons of dried mustard. Add freshly cracked black pepper to taste. Whisk to combine. Remove ¼ cup of the marinade and set it aside for the sauce. Trim any hard fat and “silver” skin from the outside of the pork tenderloin if it has not already been trimmed at the store. Place the pork and the marinade in a zip lock bag and marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours. When you are ready to cook, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the pork from the marinade and discard the used marinade. Quickly sear or brown the pork in an ovenproof

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Idiot’s Kitchen Recipe – Marinated & Baked Pork Tenderloin  Recipe  from  www.idiotskitche.com  -­‐  Adapted  from  Chef  Mommy    

   Ingredients:    1-­‐2  pound  pork  tenderloin,  trimmed  ¼  cup  olive  oil  1/3  cup  soy  sauce  (low  sodium  preferred)  ¼  cup  red  wine  vinegar  1  lemon,  juiced  4  cloves  garlic,  finely  chopped  2  Tablespoons  Worcestershire  sauce  2  teaspoons  dried  mustard  Black  Pepper  ½  cup  chicken  broth  ½  Tablespoon  butter    For  the  best  flavor,  this  needs  to  marinate  2-­‐4  hours  so  plan  ahead.    To  make  the  marinade,  combine  ¼  cup  olive  oil,  1/3  cup  soy  sauce,  ¼  cup  red  wine  vinegar,  and  the  juice  of  1  lemon  in  a  medium  bowl.  Add  4  cloves  of  finely  chopped  garlic,    2  Tablespoons  Worcestershire  sauce,  and  2  teaspoons  of  dried  mustard.  Add  freshly  cracked  black  pepper  to  taste.  Whisk  to  combine.  Remove  ¼  cup  of  the  marinade  and  set  it  aside  for  the  sauce.    Trim  any  hard  fat  and  “silver”  skin  from  the  outside  of  the  pork  tenderloin  if  it  has  not  already  been  trimmed  at  the  store.  Place  the  pork  and  the  marinade  in  a  zip  lock  bag  and  marinate  in  the  refrigerator  for  2-­‐4  hours.    When  you  are  ready  to  cook,  preheat  the  oven  to  350  degrees.  Remove  the  pork  from  the  marinade  and  discard  the  used  marinade.  Quickly  sear  or  brown  the  pork  in  an  ovenproof  

pan  over  medium  high  heat,  about  2  minutes  per  side.    Move  the  pan  to  the  oven  and  bake  at  350  degrees  for  30  minutes  (for  1  pound)  or  longer  for  a  larger  tenderloin  or  until  an  instant  read  thermometer  reads  150  degrees.      Note:  safe  cooking  temperature  for  pork  is  145-­‐160  degrees.  I  find  that  150-­‐155  gives  me  very  tender  and  moist  meat  with  just  a  hint  of  pink.    Remove  the  pork  from  the  pan  to  a  cutting  board,  tent  with  foil,  and  let  it  rest  for  5-­‐10  minutes.      To  make  the  sauce,  add  ½  cup  chicken  stock  and  the  reserved  ¼  cup  marinade  to  the  pan  used  to  cook  the  pork  over  medium  heat.  Bring  the  sauce  to  a  boil  and  use  a  wooden  spoon  to  scrape  up  any  browned  bits  from  the  bottom  of  the  pan.  Reduce  the  sauce  until  slightly  thickened.  (This  will  not  be  thick  like  gravy  but  more  of  an  au  jus  style  sauce.)  Stir  in  1  pat  of  butter  to  finish  the  sauce.    Slice  the  pork  into  1-­‐inch  pieces  and  serve  with  the  sauce  on  the  side.    A  1  pound  pork  tenderloin  serves  2  people  with  a  small  bit  leftover.  This  recipe  can  easily  be  expanded  and,  as  written,  makes  enough  marinade  for  at  least  2  pounds  of  meat.