Big and bold, tender and juicy, these pork tenderloins get a dose of sultry Southwestern flavor from smoky adobo sauce and canned chipotle chiles.
Spicy Chipotle Pork Grilled Tenderloin
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 0 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup taco sauce
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from 7 or 11-oz. can), chopped
- 2 teaspoons adobo sauce (from can of chipotle chiles)
- 2 (3/4 to 1-lb.) pork tenderloins
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
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Step1Heat gas or charcoal grill. In small saucepan, combine taco sauce, honey, chiles and adobo sauce; mix well. Brush pork tenderloins with oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
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Step2When grill is heated, place pork on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill 4 to 6 inches from medium coals. Cook 13 to 15 minutes or until thermometer inserted in center registers 155°F., turning pork once and brushing with taco sauce mixture during last 10 minutes of cooking time. Let stand 10 minutes or until thermometer registers 160°F.
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Step3Bring any remaining taco sauce mixture to a boil. Slice pork; sprinkle with cilantro. Serve sauce with pork.
Nutrition
230
Calories
9g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
11g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/6 of Recipe
- Calories
- 230
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 23%
- Sodium
- 520mg
- 22%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Other Carbohydrate; 3 1/2 Lean Meat;Carbohydrate Choice
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