Spiced Pork Tenderloin with Maple-Chipotle Sauce
 
 
Spiced Pork Tenderloin with Maple-Chipotle Sauce
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. dried thyme
  • ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
  • ⅛ tsp. ground allspice
  • 2 (1-pound) pork tenderloins, trimmed
  • 2 tsp. olive oil
  • 1 (7-ounce) can chipotle chiles, canned in adobo sauce
  • ½ cup maple syrup
  • 3 Tbsp. fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1½ Tbsp. cider vinegar
Instructions
  1. TO PREPARE PORK: combine first 6 ingredients; sprinkle evenly over pork. Place in a large zip-top plastic bag; seal and refrigerate 3 hours.
  2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  3. Remove pork from bag. Place pork in a roasting pan; drizzle with oil. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in center of pork registers 155 degrees F.
  4. Remove pork from pan; cover and let stand 10 minutes.
  5. TO PREPARE SAUCE: remove 2 teaspoons adobo sauce from can of chiles; reserve remaining chiles and sauce for another use. Add 2 teaspoons adobo sauce, syrup, broth and vinegar to roasting pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
  6. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
  7. Remove from heat. Place pork in pan, turning to coat. Remove pork from pan, reserving sauce in pan.
  8. Cut pork into ½-inch thick slices. Strain sauce through a fine sieve into a bowl; serve with pork.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 201 Fat: 5.1g Carbohydrates: 13.8g Sodium: 229mg Fiber: 0.3g Protein: 23.9g Cholesterol: 74mg
Recipe by Dallas Duo Bakes at http://dallasduobakes.com/2013/07/spiced-pork-tenderloin-with-maple-chipotle-sauce.html