Tonight I made the best pork tenderloin you could ever eat. As you know Felicia does not eat pork, she is not with me. I love you honey, but sometimes I need pork.
Here is the best ever. Enjoy.
Ingredients
4 LB Pork Tenderloin (from local butcher)
3 Apples
4 Cloves of Garlic
11/2 Onion (diced)
1 LB Bacon
1 Stick of Butter
1/2 Tsp Ginger
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
1 TBL Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 Lemon (Some lemon zest from it)
Salt and Pepper
Granulated Garlic
1 Cup Beef Stock
1 Cup Chicken Stock
1 LB Green Beans
3 Large Baker Potatoes
1/2 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 Cup Milk
Making The Chutney
- First we dice up 1/2 of an onion
- Grab a medium sauce pan and turn it on medium
- Place 2 Tbl butter in the pan and allow it to melt
- Add your onions and let them caramelize
- Dice your apples up
- Now add your apples to the onions and add your brown sugar, vinegar, ginger and lemon zest
- Allow this to basically cook itself on low heat for 40 minutes
Getting the Pork Ready
- Preheat your oven to 415 degrees
- Grab your tenderloin and score it like this
- I had to cut mine in half because my parents did not have a big enough pan
- Add your salt and pepper and granulated garlic. I add enough tot make a crust
- Grab a large pan and turn the heat to medium high
- When pan is hot add pork tenderloin to pan fat side down
- Dice up your bacon
- Turn on burner to medium high
- Dice up your onions
- Add bacon to pan and allow this to cook for 15 minutes
- Add your onions and his cook for another 10 minutes
- Add green beans and chicken stock and let this cook for 15 minutes
- Add salt and pepper to taste when getting close to being done
- Check your chutney and add 4 tbl butter
- Whip your potatoes
- Add your cheddar, milk, garlic, salt, pepper and rest of your butter to potatoes
- Take your pork tenderloin out of oven and let this rest for 5 minutes
- Now its time to plate
- Put potatoes down first
- Pork on top, use the drippings from the pan to pour over the pork
- Add your chutney and your green beans
- And you have yourself a master piece.
Have fun and enjoy this great meal, we were all stuffed after this sh. My Dad never said a word, when he doesn't speak during a meal you know it is good. Have fun.
Absolutely fantastic. Mom and I love it when Heather cooks for us. Thanks hon, love dad.
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