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Grilled Chipotle-Honey Pork

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Apr 30, 2010
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Barbecued with a zesty lime sauce, these tenderloins make a terrific main dish for six.

Grilled Chipotle-Honey Pork

  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total 35 min
  • Servings 6
  • Ingredients 8
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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
  • 2 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from 7-oz can), drained, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon adobo sauce (from can of chipotle chiles)
  • 2 pork tenderloins (3/4 lb each)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • Cooking spray

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat gas or charcoal grill. In 1/2- to 1-quart saucepan, mix honey, lime juice, chiles and adobo sauce.
  • Step 
    2
    When grill is heated, sprinkle pork tenderloins with salt and pepper; lightly spray with cooking spray. Place pork on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill over medium coals; cover grill. Cook 15 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally and brushing with honey mixture during last 10 minutes of cooking time, until pork has slight blush of pink in center and meat thermometer inserted in center reads 160°F.
  • Step 
    3
    Heat any remaining honey mixture to rolling boil; boil 1 minute. Cut pork into slices; serve with honey mixture.

Nutrition

210 Calories
4 1/2g Total Fat
26g Protein
17g Total Carbohydrate
16g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
210
Calories from Fat
40
Total Fat
4 1/2g
7%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
8%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
70mg
24%
Sodium
210mg
9%
Potassium
430mg
12%
Total Carbohydrate
17g
6%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
16g
Protein
26g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
6%
6%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
8%
8%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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