Cooking For Two Pork Tenderloin With Roasted Sweet Potatoes Food

ROAST PORK AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat to 450 degrees F. Pierce the pork all over with a fork. Combine the brown sugar, sage, garlic, 3/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper in a bowl; rub all over the pork.
• Toss the sweet potatoes and onion with 2 tablespoons olive oil and the cayenne on a baking sheet; season with salt and black pepper. Roast, tossing once, until golden, 20 minutes; set aside.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pork and cook, turning, until golden, 5 minutes; transfer to the baking sheet with the vegetables (reserve the skillet). Roast until the sweet potatoes are tender and a thermometer inserted into the center of the pork registers 145 degrees F, 11 to 13 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the broth to the skillet; bring to a simmer over medium heat, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Stir in the mustard, chives and a few grinds of black pepper. Slice the pork; drizzle with the pan sauce. Serve with the roasted vegetables.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ROASTED GRAPES AND MASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• For the Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Grapes: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cook the bacon lardon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the bacon and drain on a towel-lined plate. Reserve the bacon for the potatoes. Reserve the skillet with bacon fat to cook the pork.
• Toast the fennel seeds in a small skillet over medium heat until fragrant, about 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a spice grinder and grind into a fine powder.
• Season the pork generously with salt and pepper. Return the large skillet with bacon fat to medium-high heat. Place the pork in the pan and cook on all sides until rich golden brown, about 8 minutes. Remove the pork from the pan, dust the pork with the toasted ground fennel seeds, and place on a sheet pan fitted with a rack. Roast in the oven until the internal temperature reaches 150 degrees F, about 14 minutes. Allow to rest 10 minutes until ready to serve.
• Drain the fat from the skillet and place over medium-low heat. Add the extra-virgin olive oil and shallots and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Season with salt then pour in the port and scrape with a wooden spoon to release the bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the grapes and cook the grapes until they split and let out their juices, about 10 minutes.
• Add half of the chicken stock, let it reduce slightly, then add the remaining stock and let cook until sauce is reduced by half and thickened, 8 to 10 minutes. Taste and re-season if needed.
• For the Mashed Sweet Potatoes: Add the sweet potatoes to a large pot and cover with cool water. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and return the cooked potatoes to the pot.
• Add the heavy cream and butter and combine with a hand mixer until smooth. Mash with a potato masher. Add the brown sugar, heavy cream and cumin and mix with a spatula to combine. Season to taste with salt. Add the cayenne, cumin, light brown sugar, reserved bacon and some salt and fold to combine.
• Slice the pork on a bias. Serve with the sweet potatoes and top with the grapes, sauce and chives.

SHEET PAN ROASTED GARLIC-BALSAMIC PORK TENDERLOIN WITH POTATOES AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking pan with aluminum foil. Grease the foil with oil or cooking spray.
• Place the tenderloins in the center of the prepared pan and set aside.
• Combine the 1/2 cup oil with the vinegar, honey, garlic, onion, rosemary, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Whisk to combine. Reserve 2/3 cup of the marinade in a small saucepan. Stir the potatoes and carrots into the large bowl. Toss to combine.
• Drizzle 1/3 cup of the reserved marinade over the pork, coating all the sides. Set the remaining 1/3 cup marinade aside to serve as a sauce. Scatter the potatoes and carrots evenly around the pork. Roast in the oven until the pork reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees F, about 50 minutes. Let the pork rest for 5 to 10 minutes before slicing.
• While the pork is resting, heat the remaining marinade in the small saucepan.
• Slice the pork and drizzle with the warm marinade.

ROAST PORK TENDERLOIN AND SWEET POTATO SHEET PAN DINNER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine brown sugar and spices; reserve 2 tablespoons. Add sweet potatoes, onions and melted butter to bowl; toss well to coat, then spread over a large foil-lined or parchment-lined rimmed sheet pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray; roast for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, rub pork tenderloins with the reserved seasoning mixture. Push sweet potatoes and onions to the sides of the sheet pan, placing the pork tenderloins in the center.
• Roast tenderloin for 20-22 minutes or until pork is 140-145 degrees F at center when tested with an instant-read meat thermometer, and sweet potatoes are fork-tender.
• Tent pork tenderloins with foil and let them rest for 3-5 minutes before slicing them into medallions. Serve with sweet potatoes and onions alongside.

PORK WITH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, mix flour, salt and pepper. Cut tenderloin into 12 slices; pound each with a meat mallet to 1/4-in. thickness. Dip pork in flour mixture to coat both sides; shake off excess., In a large skillet coated with cooking spray, heat oil over medium-high heat; brown pork in batches. Remove from pan., Add sweet potatoes, cranberries and broth to same pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 4-6 minutes or until potatoes are almost tender. Stir in mustard. , Return pork to pan; add apple and green onions. Return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 4-6 minutes or until pork and sweet potatoes are tender.

ITALIAN PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ROASTED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. In large bowl, mix 1 tablespoon oil, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, 1/4 teaspoon salt and the garlic. Add sweet potatoes and onions; toss to coat. Spread in 9x13-inch pan. Roast uncovered 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, brush pork tenderloins with 1/2 tablespoon oil. In small bowl, stir together 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt and the Parmesan cheese.
• Move vegetables to center of pan; place 1 pork tenderloin on each side. Sprinkle seasoning mixture evenly over pork. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of pork.
• Roast uncovered 20 to 25 minutes longer or until thermometer reads 155°F. Cover pan with foil; let stand 5 minutes or until thermometer reads 160°F. (Temperature will continue to rise about 5°F, and pork will be easier to carve.)
• Cut pork into 1-inch-thick slices; arrange on platter with sweet potatoes and onions. Sprinkle with parsley.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ROASTED SWEET POTATOES AND PEARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Parboil potatoes to soften slightly.
• Spray baking dish with cook spray.
• Season the pork tenderloin on all sides with garlic salt and pepper.
• Add the pork tenderloins and surround with sweet potatoes and pears.
• drizzle oil over vegetables.
• Sprinkle rosemary and sage over pork tenderloin (I actually flip the tenderloins so that the herbs are on all sides).
• Cook in oven for 25-35 minutes.
• Let rest out of oven for 10 minutes before slicing.

ROAST PORK TENDERLOIN WITH SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 475 degrees F.
• Mash garlic with 1/4 teaspoon salt, pepper and ginger to form a paste.
• Place pork in a jelly-roll pan or large roasting pan; rub all over with garlic mixture.
• Toss sweet potatoes with 1 Tablespoon oil and 3/4 teaspoon more salt in a large bowl. Arrange potatoes in pan around the pork.
• Combine the brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce and remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a small saucepan; brush some of the mixture over the pork. Roast pork and potatoes 10 minutes.
• eanwhile, bring remaining soy sauce mixture to a boil over high heat. boil until sauce is thickened, 5 minutes; remove from heat.
• Brush half the sauce over the pork and turn sweet potatoes. Rioast 5 minutes more until the sweet potatoes are tender and meast thermometer inserted in thickest part of pork registers 155 degrees F. (I find it takes my tenderloin closer to 20 minutes to reach that temperature).
• Cut pork into 3/4 inch thick slices. Arrange on a platter with sweet potatoes. Pout any pan drippings and remaining sauce over the pork.
• Makes 6 servings.
• I like to double the amount of sauce. because my family loves it so much!