Toolbar

Printer Friendly Email RSS Feed Bookmark
Home Recipes Main Course Pork
Pork Tenderloin with Cashew Rice and Garlic-Cilantro Butter
PDF Send Print

Rate it!
Votes (0) | Comments (0)
By National Pork Council
Posted July 23rd, 2007
Servings: 6
Author Notes: This recipe, from the National Pork Council, is great because you can get it ready the night before and it's ready to cook as soon as you get home.
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds pork tenderloin
1/4 cup roasted garlic and oil
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
3 tablespoons lime juice
freshly ground pepper

Cashew Rice:
6 cups cooked rice
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1/2 cup green onions
2-4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup cashews

Garlic-Cilantro Butter:
1/2 pound butter
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons roasted garlic
2 tablespoons lime juice.
Instructions:

Preparation Time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes (more time needed if you need to roast garlic for the sauce)

Cut tenderloins crosswise into 1-inch pieces, flatten slightly. Combine next five ingredients; marinate pork in mixture 4 hours, refrigerated. Remove pork from marinade; panbroil in heavy skillet over medium-high heat 2 to 3 minutes per side. Serve atop Cashew rice; top each serving with 1 teaspoon of garlic-cilantro Butter.

roasted garlic:

Place 12 peeled garlic cloves in small baking dish. Cover with olive oil. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes, until garlic is soft.

Cashew rice:

Saute green onions and garlic in a small amount of oil until softened. Stir onion garlic mixture into hot cooked rice along with  grated ginger and cashews.

garlic-cilantro Butter:

Process together all cilantro Butter ingredients.

Nutrient Information per Serving:

  • Calories: 426
  • Sodium: 185 mg
  • Protein: 29 gm
  • Cholesterol: 83 mg
  • Fat: 19 gm

 



 

Comments

There are no comments for this item

Be the first to leave a comment

You must be a registered member to leave a comment. So why not sign up now?

 

Sign up for Cheri's FabulousFoods Newsletter/Blog

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Banner

FabulousLiving.comFabulousFoods.comFabulousTravel.comSheKnows