Hoisin Glazed Pork Tenderloin

Do you want an easy recipe for dinner? It doesn't get much easier than this.

To summarize:

Sear pork tenderloin.

Baste.

Cook.

Ok, so it's slightly more complicated than that, but only very slightly.

Here's a picture to keep you reading.

That's the pork tenderloin, an onion roll, and spicy garlicky kale.

This was another recipe from Get Your Grill On, though I have to admit that we didn't grill the pork. We have a great grill, but sometimes it just doesn't like to get all the way up to 500 degrees. So we improvised a bit and adapted the recipe for the oven.

Ingredients

• Pork tenderloin (preferably organic)
• 2 teaspoons of oil
• 4 ounces Hoisin sauce
• Salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons BBQ sauce

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325.

Mix the hoisin sauce, sesame seeds, orange juice, sesame oil, and BBQ sauce together in a bowl. Set aside.

Salt and pepper the pork. In a heavy skillet, add the oil and sear the pork on all sides.

Transfer to an oven safe baking dish or cookie sheet and baste on all sides with the sauce mixture.

Cook, turning and basting occasionally, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.

Slice and serve.

We loved this recipe. It was incredibly easy. I was a little worried as the pork was cooking. I'd expected the glaze to caramelize a bit more than it appeared to, but in the end, it was perfect - just a little crunchy, but not overdone. My only regret was that pork tenderloins tend to cook down pretty significantly, so by the time the pork was done, there was only enough for one serving each. Next time we'll buy a bigger tenderloin.

One of my next projects will be to find a Hoisin sauce without High Fructose Corn Syrup in it.