Smothered Pork Tenderloin Food

SMOTHERED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Rinse the pork medallions and pat dry and season with salt and pepper. Dredge lightly in the flour. Heat the oil in a skillet and brown the pork on both sides. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Place the onions in the pan and begin browning them. Then add the garlic and flour. Cook about 7 minutes.
• In a bowl combine the water chicken stock, Worcestershire, vinegar, and mustard. Pour over the onions and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and add the pork back into the pan. Cover and simmer until the pork is very tender about 30 minutes
• Garnish with parsley

PORK TENDERLOIN SMOTHERED IN CABBAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Trim outer leaves of the cabbage; core and cut into 1 inch thick shreds.
• Blanche in boiling salted water for 5 minutes.
• Drain and rinse under cold water to cool.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, paprika, salt and pepper.
• Remove 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture and set aside.
• Dust the tenderloin in the remaining flour.
• In a deep casserole or Dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoon each butter and oil.
• Add pork and turn to brown on all sides over medium-high heat, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Remove meat and set aside.
• Add onion and blanched cabbage to the casserole.
• Cook uncovered over medium heat, stirring occasionally until softened, about 8 minutes.
• In a small saucepan, heat remaining 2 tablespoons butter with reserved flour mixture; stir with a whisk over low heat until mixture is golden brown.
• Add wine and milk, continuously stirring until a smooth sauce forms.
• Add horseradish, mustard and cayenne.
• Stir sauce into cabbage mixture.
• Nestle the tenderloin into the cabbage so that it is completely covered.
• Cover the casserole and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until pork remains slightly pink in the center.
• Carve the meat into medallions.
• Make a bed of cabbage on each of 4 dinner plates and portion the pork atop the cabbage.
• If desired, serve steamed new potatoes on the same plate.
• Drink dry riesling or a lightly chilled pinot noir wine as the perfect accompaniment.

PORK TENDERLOIN SMOTHERED IN ONION AND MUSTARD

Steps:

• Season pork with salt and pepper and dust with flour. In a medium, deep skillet, melt the butter in the olive oil. Add the pork and cook over high heat, turning once, until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Transfer pork to a plate.
• Add the onion to the skillet. Cover and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in the mustard and 1 teaspoons of flour and cook for 1 minute. Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Nestle the pork in the onion sauce. Cover and simmer over moderate heat until the pork is cooked through, about 8 minutes. Transfer pork to plates. Stir the chopped dill into the sauce and spoon over the pork. Serve with buttered noodles.

SMOTHERED PORK MEDALLIONS AND GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, pour enough oil to fill the pan about a third of the way.
• Heat over medium heat until a deep-frying thermometer inserted in the oil reaches 360 degrees F.
• Season the pork with the Cajun spices, according to your taste. Season the flour with salt and pepper. Whisk the eggs until foamy and add water.
• Prepare the pork by dredging in the flour, then dipping in the egg wash, then back in the flour again. Fry the pork in batches, until crust is golden, about 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels to remove any excess oil. Serve with Smother Gravy and garnish with scallions.
• Mix well. Store in glass or plastic container with lid.
• Yield: about 1 1/2 cups
• In a heavy bottom saucepan melt the butter over medium heat, add the onions, and cook for 1 minute before adding the red pepper, celery, carrots, garlic, and the thyme. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes, until vegetables are tender.
• Turn the heat up to medium and add the Cajun spices and flour. Stirring constantly, saute until you can smell the spices and the flour starts to get a little golden.
• Pour the chicken stock into the pan while stirring constantly with a whisk. The gravy will start to thicken as it comes to a boil. Add the Worcestershire and reduce the heat to low to prevent the gravy from burning. Allow the gravy to simmer for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Yield: 4 cups

PORTOBELLO SMOTHERED PORK TENDERLOIN STUFFED W/PARMESAN BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Lay out butterflied pork tenderloin, inside up.
• Cover one half of tenderloin with one layer of shaved Parmesan, overlapped.
• Spread chopped broccoli over cheese and sprinkle with one smashed clove garlic.
• Dot with butter or sprinkle over olive oil.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
• Cover all with another layer of shaved Parmesan.
• Fold unfilled half over filled half and tie together a couple of times around the middle and once length wise, with kitchen string.
• In a large fry pan, at medium hot heat, sear on all sides, set aside, in roaster.
• Sauce: Add butter or oil to fry pan, scrape up bits and saute mushroom slices until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add wine, cilantro, remaining smashed garlic and salt and pepper to taste.
• Reduce heat and simmer about 5 minutes until slightly thickened.
• Pour a quarter of the sauce over the roast.
• Preheat oven to 400°F, cook roast uncovered for about 45 minutes.
• Pour remaining mushroom sauce over roast and return to oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove tenderloin to platter, let stand for 10 minutes, then carve into half inch slices and spoon all mushroom sauce from roaster over roast slices.
• Garnish with sprigs of cilantro.

SMOTHERED PORK ROAST OVER RICE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275ºF. Season the pork very generously with salt and pepper, rubbing the seasonings into the fat and flesh of the meat. Set the roast aside for at least 30 minutes or up to 1 hour to bring to room temperature.
• Combine the onions, garlic, thyme, and rosemary in a medium mixing bowl and toss to combine. Heat the vegetable oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. When the oil is very hot, sear the meat on all sides until deeply browned and crusty, 10 to 12 minutes total.
• Transfer the meat to a plate, reduce the heat to medium, and then stir in the butter. When the butter has melted, stir in the flour to make a roux and continue to cook, stirring, until the roux turns a dark peanut butter color, about 10 minutes.
• Add the onion mixture and cook, stirring, until all the ingredients are well coated and the mixture is thick. Whisk in the chicken broth and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly. Return the pork to the Dutch oven, spoon some of the onion mixture over the meat, cover, and roast for about 3 hours, turning and basting the pork every 30 minutes or so, until the meat will break apart when pressed gently with a fork.
• At this point, you can serve the roast right out of the pan, or transfer it to a plate, then simmer the pan drippings, skimming off excess fat, until reduced by about one-third, or until it coats the back of a spoon. Add the lemon juice and taste for seasonings.
• Before serving, sprinkle the roast with some additional salt, to taste. Serve the roast smothered with a generous amount of sauce over hot steamed rice.

SMOTHERED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a large fry pan on medium heat.
• When done, remove and drain on paper towels.
• Saute onion in the same skillet with the bacon fat.
• Remove to paper towels to drain.
• Season pork chops with salt and pepper and dredge in flour.
• Fry on medium heat in the same skillet with bacon fat until light brown; remove to warm plate.
• Put remaining flour into skillet (add oil if necessary).
• Brown flour lightly.
• Add hot water immediately, then milk.
• Stir vigorously.
• Season as desired with more salt and pepper and add more water if needed to achieve gravy consistency.
• Put pork chops, bacon and onion into gravy and reduce heat to simmer.
• Cover pan and simmer for 20 minutes.