Pork tenderloin with chipotle sauce & pickled red onions
The ultimate Friday night food, these smoky flavoured wraps will bring the taste of Mexico to your table
Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 25 mins
Cook 30 mins
Low-fat
- Place the thinly sliced onion in a bowl with juice 1 lime, half the oregano and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Dry-fry the whole garlic in a non-stick pan until blackened on both sides, about 8 mins, then peel. Heat the grill. Arrange the thickly sliced onion on a baking tray with the tomatoes, cut-side up. Season and grill until blackened, about 8 mins. Tip into a bowl with the garlic, chipotle paste, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tbsp sugar and remaining lime juice. Season and whizz in a blender until smooth. Gently heat through in a pan.
- Rub the pork with the remaining chilli powder, oregano, sugar and seasoning. Grill for 5 mins each side until cooked. Serve sliced in warm tortillas with some sauce, the pickled onions and coriander.
305 kcalories, protein 31g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 3g, sugar 20g, salt 0.53 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2010.
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 25 mins
Cook 30 mins
Low-fat
Ingredients
- 2 red onions , one thickly and one thinly sliced
- juice 2 limes
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 8 fat garlic cloves , unpeeled
- 6 medium plum tomatoes , halved
- 2 tbsp chipotle paste (we used Discovery, available from Waitrose)
- 2 tbsp chilli powder
- 3 tbsp soft brown sugar
- 2 pork tenderloins , about 500g each
- coriander sprigs and warm soft tortillas (flour or corn), to serve
305 kcalories, protein 31g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 3g, sugar 20g, salt 0.53 g
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