Try this bite-sized, grill-friendly barbecue pork appetizer plus creamy dipping sauce, sure to be gone in a flash. It’ll work indoors on the broiler, too.
Grilled Barbecue Pork Bites
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 pork tenderloin (3/4 to 1 lb)
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon packed brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 medium green onion, finely chopped (1 tablespoon)
Instructions
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Step1Cut pork into 32 (1-inch) pieces; place in medium bowl. In small bowl, mix chili powder, cumin, brown sugar, garlic powder and red pepper. Reserve 2 teaspoons spice mixture; sprinkle remaining mixture over pork pieces; stir to coat completely. Let stand 15 minutes.
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Step2In small bowl, mix mayonnaise, mustard, reserved 2 teaspoons spice mixture and the onion; set aside.
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Step3Heat gas or charcoal grill. Spray grill basket (grill “wok’) with cooking spray. Spoon pork into basket.
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Step4Place basket on grill. Cover grill; cook over medium heat 10 to 12 minutes, shaking basket or stirring pork once or twice, until pork is no longer pink in center. Serve with toothpicks and mayonnaise mixture for dipping.
Nutrition
160
Calories
13g
Total Fat
10g
Protein
2g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 160
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 19%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 11%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 11%
- Sodium
- 105mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 180mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 2g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 10g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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