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Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin

Pork tenderloin seared over fire beside charred onion, pepper and pineapple, cut into chunks and tossed with warm Washington-style mumbo sauce. Served over rice with toasted cashews for crunch.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on1 h 10 min
  • Total2 h 19 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 900 gpork tenderloin, about 2 lb; silverskin and excess fat trimmed
  • to tastekosher salt, about 1/2 tsp per 450 g of meat for the dry brine
  • 1large onion, halved through the equator
  • 1large red, orange or green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and halved
  • 3 slicesfresh pineapple, round, 1.25 cm (1/2 inch) thick
  • to tastevegetable oil, for coating the vegetables and pineapple

To serve

  • 300 glong-grain white rice, enough for 4 servings; quantity estimated
  • 35 gunsalted cashews, 1/4 cup
  • 120 mlD.C. mumbo sauce, 1/2 cup; homemade
  • 2 tbspfresh chives, choppedoptional
  • 2 tbspgreen onions, choppedoptional

Contains

  • Tree nuts
  • Cashew
  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Mustard
  • Sulfites
  • Anchovy
  • Legumes (any)
  • Corn (maize)
  • Rice
  • Pineapple
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Chives
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke

Texture

  • Crunchy

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Grill
  • Probe thermometer

Season

  • Summer

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Needs advance prep
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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