Marinated Pork Tenderloin


The recipe I'm sharing today is a beautiful, spicy, marinated pork tenderloin dish, perfect for a weeknight dinner or an alternative Sunday roast. I had never eaten pork tenderloin until two years ago when my parents started raving about it. My dad kept telling me how he had got these pork fillets for amazing prices at Asda and how they were delicious roasted. I decided to try it, and he's right, it is delicious roasted!

Pork tenderloin is a very lean meat and it marinates very well, especially if you slice it up into thick slices, so it can really soak up the flavours. I used a combination of chilli, honey, lemon, garlic, ginger and coriander. You can easily adjust the quantities to suit your own preferences, so add more chilli if you like a kick, add more honey if you like it sweet. If you are doing things last minute then you can leave the meat in the marinade for 20 mins and get away with it. Ideally though, 3-4 hours would let the flavours really get going.

One thing you need to watch out for, if you're slicing it, is overcooking, as it's such a lean meat. It needs very little cooking when whole, even less when cooking it sliced, so be cautious!

If you are following a calorie controlled plan such as My Fitness Pal, this recipe is around 170 calories per portion. On Slimming World, this recipe is 3 syns per portion. If you leave out the oil and use spray oil, it will be 1.5 syns per portion.


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