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
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
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Step1Heat gas or charcoal grill. In 1/2- to 1-quart saucepan, mix honey, lime juice, chiles and adobo sauce.
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Step2When 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.
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Step3Heat 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
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