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Honey Sesame Pork Tenderloin

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Honey Sesame Pork Tenderloin – Glazed in a sweet Asian glaze and rolled in sesame seeds.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE MARINADE:
  • 1-½ pound Pork Tenderloin
  • ½ cups Less Sodium Soy Sauce
  • 4 cloves Garlic, Minced
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Ginger, Peeled And Minced
  • 2 teaspoons Sesame Oil
  • 2 Tablespoons Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
  • FOR THE GLAZE:
  • ¼ cups Honey
  • 2 Tablespoons Hoisin Sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar, Firmly Packed
  • ¼ cups Sesame Seeds
  • FOR THE REDUCTION:
  • Reserved Marinade, Strained
  • 2 Tablespoons Hoisin Sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Honey
  • 1 cup Apple Juice

Preparation

For the marinade: Combine soy sauce, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, vinegar, and red pepper flakes in a large plastic bag. Add tenderloin. Seal the bag and marinate the pork all day or at least 2 hours in refrigerator.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

For the glaze: Combine honey, hoisin sauce, and brown sugar in a shallow bowl.

Remove tenderloin from the marinade and reserve marinade; pat meat dry with a paper towel. Roll tenderloin in the glaze mixture, and then roll it in sesame seeds. Place in a shallow pan and roast for 20 to 30 minutes or until temperature registers 160 degrees F on a meat thermometer. Then remove it from the oven and tent the pan with foil and let the pork rest for 10 minutes before slicing.

For the reduction: Pour the reserved marinade through a strainer into a small sauce pot and combine with hoisin sauce, honey, and apple juice, and place over medium-high heat and reduce, stirring constantly. Cook and reduce until the sauce thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Set aside for serving.

After meat has rested 10 minutes, slice and place it on a platter. Drizzle with reduced glaze.

Serve immediately.

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cerysl on 7.7.2011

Not adding this as a review because I switched it up and used chicken and shrimp instead of pork. It was yummy! Only tip would be to start the reduction BEFORE you put the meat in to cook, it took probably 20-30 minutes for it to reduce properly! Served it with japanese rice, and a red pepper and onion saute with a sprinkle of sugar, a pinch of salt, and a dash of mirin. I will make it again!

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Nancy @ Coupon Clipping Cook on 7.7.2011

Great job on this! The picture looks beautiful.

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seafieldfarm on 7.7.2011

Definitely making this! Thanks for sharing!

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kandktestkitchen on 7.7.2011

Yum! Thanks for sharing Jennifer. I’m definitely going to have to make this soon!

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Laurie - Simply Scratch on 7.7.2011

I agree Kay! I’m so making this!

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mimki on 7.11.2012

Delicious! The reduction does take a little extra time, so drain the marinade from the pork and start the reduction before you glaze the pork & pop it in the oven.

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elenagraziela on 2.15.2012

This is a lovely recipe. I’ve made it twice now — both times with a pork roast, not tenderloin. I doubled the marinade and glaze (the roasts were just over 3 lbs. each) and each time, it came out beautifully. I usually marinate for a full 24 hours. The pork turns out moist and juicy — savory from the sesame, sweet from the honey, and has a nice little kick from the red pepper flakes. (I only cook to an internal temp of 150 degrees — still safe, according to the National Pork Board.) I did make the sauce the first time, but I didn’t really enjoy it so I skipped it the second time around. I don’t think it needs it. I may try to make a different sauce from the reserved marinade sometime — it’s such a wonderful recipe. Thank you for an amazing recipe!

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moonfamily5 on 7.26.2011

Made this tonight for dinner and it was absolutely delicious!! The reduction sauce took awhile but was oh so worth it in the end! Will be making this again for sure! Thank you for this fabulous recipe!

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