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Island Pork with Turmeric-Veggie Rice

Course: Main Course
Servings: 5
Calories: 492kcal

Equipment

  • Oven-Safe Pan

Ingredients

Pork & Spice Rub

  • 500 g Pork Tenderloin trimmed
  • 1 tsp Ground Cumin
  • 1 tsp Chilli Powder
  • 1.5 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Ground Allspice
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil

Pork Glaze

  • 75 g Brown Sugar packed
  • 6 cloves Garlic finely minced
  • 2 tbsp Ginger Minced
  • 1.5 tbsp Hot sauce
  • 1 Lime Juiced

Rice

  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • 200 g Basmati Rice rinsed
  • 360 g Water
  • 2 tbsp Ground Turmeric
  • 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
  • 2 Veggie Stock/Bouillon Cubes
  • 680 g Frozen Veggie Mix

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F/175C. Place rack in the middle of the oven.
    Start the rice before the pork. While the rice cooks, do the pork.

Tumeric-Veggie Rice

  • Cook rice according to package BUT add: Tumeric and stock cube to the water.
  • Next, once rice is cooked, remove it from the pot. Add two finger height worth of water into the bottom of the pan, add frozen vegetables.
  • Cover pot and allow veggies to steam for 5 minutes. Add back in rice and a splash of water. Cover pot and cook for another 3 minutes.
  • Add the lime juice and minced cilantro. Stir mixture.
  • Cook until veggies are done. Make sure to add water to the pot as nessecary. This will keep the rice/veggies from burning. Once veggies are cooked, remove pot from heat but keep covered.

Pork

  • Place a medium-sized oven safe pan with olive oil on medium-high heat.
  • In a small bowl, stir together: salt, fresh black pepper, cumin, chilli powder, cinnamon and allspice. Rub pork with spice mix. Make sure to get into all the nooks and crannies.
  • Island Pork Tenderloin with Spiced Rice and Mixed Veg Next, place spice-rubbed pork into pan. Turning occasionally for a total of 4 minutes. Once the four minutes is up, remove the skillet from heat.
    NOTE: The goal here is to get a nice golden brown malliard reaction on the outside of the pork. A common mistake beginner cooks make is reading "turn occasioanlly" to turn constantly. During this portion cooking, I challenge you to only turn it 3 times.

Pork Glaze

  • In a small bowl, combine: hot sauce, brown sugar and garlic.
    NOTE: If you have some orange, pineapple, or mango juice in the fridge, try adding a splash to glaze mixture.
  • Cover the top of the pork with the glaze mixture. Place in oven and roast for about 20-25 minutes OR until a meat thermometer reads 140F/60C.
  • Once the pork is done, remove it from the oven, cover loosely with foil and let it rest for 10 minutes.

Plating

  • Cut pork at a diagonal, pour extra glaze on top and serve with a scoop of rice.

Nutrition

Calories: 492kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 1906mg | Potassium: 893mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 7245IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 98mg | Iron: 5mg