Mustard-Glazed Pork Tenderloin

- Total Time
- 40 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1½pounds pork tenderloins
- 3tablespoons brown sugar
- 2tablespoons grainy mustard
- 2teaspoons chopped fresh or dried rosemary
- 2tablespoons dry sherry
Preparation
- Step 1
Pat the tenderloins dry with paper towels.
- Step 2
Combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl and stir. Add pork tenderloins and turn to coat well with marinade. Marinate for 15 minutes or as long as overnight.
- Step 3
Heat a large cast iron skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat until smoking. (Alternately, heat a charcoal or gas grill to high; bank coals or turn off burner on one side.) Season tenderloins with salt and pepper. Brush pan with olive oil and add tenderloins; reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, turning tenderloins every 3 to 4 minutes, until deeply caramelized on all sides and until desired internal temperature, about 20 to 25 minutes. (You can also broil the tenderloins in the oven — about 10 minutes on one side, then turn and cook about 5 minutes on the other.)
- Step 4
Remove and lightly tent with foil; let rest about 10 minutes before cutting into ¼- to ½-inch slices.
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This recipe was excellent. I broiled the pork to an internal temp of 135F and let it rest a good 10 minutes; it came out a light pink. Don't spoon the marinade over the pork at the start. After the first side has been broiled, turn over the pork and spoon the marinade over the side to be broiled next. This gives a really nice finish. I spooned it over the pork at the beginning, turned over the pork and lost my nice crust. This is a great recipe.
Made this for a dinner party. Used Costco tenderloins (4 in two bags). Made 4times the marinade and split marinade between four freezer bags. Added 1 tenderloin per bag. After marinating overnight, I grilled the pork to 135 degrees. Perfect. Meanwhile, I poured the marinade in a saucepan, and brought it to a boil, then reduced it at a simmer until about half. Added a little Dijon mustard to the sauce and served drizzled over the pork. A keeper!
This marinade also works well with my usual technique of baking tenderloin in a 500-degree oven for 5-7 min, then turning off the oven and leaving it in the oven for an hour without opening the door.
This would be better on a grill.
A truly exceptional dish. I went with the ingredients I had on hand - maple syrup instead of brown sugar, Dijon mustard instead of grainy, and I skipped the sherry. I let it marinate uncovered for two full days, then broiled it until it hit 135 internal temp. Fabulous.
Quite good. Per others' suggestions, I used less brown sugar. Because I didn't want to be actively cooking, or risk burning it, when guests were here, I started the marinating a day ahead in a sealed bag, then used the sous vide (1.5 hours, 135 degree), and threw it briefly on the grill to finish it off. Guests were amazed at how moist and tasty it was...and one of them doesn't even like mustard)!
