Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Mustard Barbecue Sauce

Bacon's savor is key to this sweet-tart sauce, which would pair equally well with chicken.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 3 ounces pork and about 2 1/2 tablespoons sauce)

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 2  bacon slices, finely chopped
• 1  cup  chopped onion
• 1/2  cup  prepared yellow mustard
• 5  tablespoons  honey
• 3  tablespoons  ketchup
• 2  tablespoons  cider vinegar
• 1/4  teaspoon  chili powder
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground cumin
• 
  Pork:
• 1  tablespoon  light brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon  smoked paprika
• 2  teaspoons  chili powder
• 1  teaspoon  garlic powder
• 1  teaspoon  ground cumin
• 3/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1/8  teaspoon  ground red pepper
• 2  (1-pound) pork tenderloins, trimmed
• Cooking spray

Preparation

1. Prepare grill.

2. To prepare sauce, cook bacon in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat 4 minutes or until almost crisp, stirring occasionally. Add chopped onion to pan; cook 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Add mustard and next 5 ingredients (through 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin) to pan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 4 minutes or until slightly thick, stirring occasionally.

3. To prepare pork, combine brown sugar and next 7 ingredients (through red pepper) in a small bowl, stirring well; rub mixture evenly over pork. Place pork on grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 20 minutes or until a thermometer registers 155° (slightly pink), turning once. Let pork stand 10 minutes. Cut pork crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Serve with sauce.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

235 (25% from fat)

Fat:

6.5g (sat 2.1g,mono 2.8g,poly 0.7g)

Protein:

26.2g

Carbohydrate:

17.6g

Fiber:

1.3g

Cholesterol:

77mg

Iron:

1.8mg

Sodium:

569mg

Calcium:

26mg