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
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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





