Apple Adobo Pork and Couscous

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 pork pieces, 3/4 cup couscous, and 2 tablespoons sauce)

Ingredients

• 1  teaspoon  olive oil
• 1  cup  diced peeled Granny Smith apple
• 1  cup  finely chopped onion, divided
• 1/4  teaspoon  cumin seed
• 1 1/2  cups  fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth, divided
• 1  cup  apple juice, divided
• 1  teaspoon  cider vinegar
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt, divided
• 3/4  cup  uncooked couscous
• Cooking spray
• 1  (1-pound) pork tenderloin, trimmed
• 1/4  teaspoon  black pepper
• 1  (7-ounce) can chipotle chile in adobo sauce

Preparation

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add apple and 1/2 cup onion; sauté 7 minutes or until tender. Add cumin; sauté 20 seconds. Add 3/4 cup broth, 1/2 cup juice, vinegar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; bring to a boil. Gradually stir in couscous. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.

While couscous stands, heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.

Cut pork crosswise into 12 pieces. Sprinkle both sides of pork with 1/4 teaspoon salt and black pepper. Add pork to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from pan; keep warm.

Add 1/2 cup onion to pan, and sauté for 1 minute. Remove 1 chile from can; reserve remaining chiles and sauce for another use. Finely chop chile. Add the chopped chile, 3/4 cup broth, and 1/2 cup juice to pan, and bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes or until sauce is reduced to 2/3 cup. Serve pork and sauce over couscous.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

339 (15% from fat)

Fat:

5.5g (sat 1.6g,mono 2.6g,poly 0.7g)

Protein:

29.7g

Carbohydrate:

40.8g

Fiber:

3g

Cholesterol:

74mg

Iron:

2.2mg

Sodium:

543mg

Calcium:

30mg