Grilled Asian Pork Tenderloin With Peanut Sauce
photo by pammyowl
- Ready In:
- 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4-5
ingredients
- 1 cup light coconut milk
- 1⁄2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced (2 1/2 teaspoons)
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 (1 lb) pork tenderloin (about 2 pounds total)
directions
- In large bowl, whisk the coconut milk, peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, garlic and coriander to make a smooth sauce.
- Trim the pork of excess fat and silverskin.
- Butterfly the tenderloins by splitting each one lengthwise almost but not quite all the way through, so the halves remain attached.
- Open each tenderloin like a book, cover with plastic wrap, and pound to an even 1/2 inch thickness.
- Place the pork loins in a bowl with marinade and turn to coat. Let marinate 10-20 minutes, (or up to several hours in the refrigerator.)
- While pork marinates, heat gas grill on high, clean and oil grates.
- Remove tenderloins from marinade, letting excess marinade drip back into the bowl, (don't discard the marinade.).
- Grill, uncovered, turning once, until just cooked through, 5-7 minutes. (Cut into one to check.) Transfer to a carving board and let stand 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pour marinade into small saucepan and add 2 tablespoons of water, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes. If sauce seems too thick, thin it with 1-2 tablespoons water.
- Slice pork and serve with sauce on the side.
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Reviews
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Made this tonight for dinner. Marinated for about 2 hours and meat turned out pretty good. Sauce was a little peanut butter rich for my family though. We had it cut into strips with the peanut sauce on the side, served with my wife's Thai soup with chicken. I gave it 3 stars because I could have marinated longer and served with a drizzle of the sauce, or mixed it with a noodle broccoli mix. In other words, for our pallet it could be tweaked for sure. Peanut sauce is a bit heavy if done as instructed. I like to be exact on the first attempt to make an honest review.
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This was absolutely FANTASTIC! We would cut back on the coriander a little, but other than that it was delicious! The kids liked it, the adults loved it! We didn't have much marinating time, but I imagine the longer you can marinate, the better it will be. And it was REALLY good with only 10 minutes of marinating! Thank you!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef PotPie
Southworth, Washington
One of the old time founding members of Recipezaar. I live in Port Orchard, Washington.
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