Pork tenderloin with chipotle sauce & pickled red onions

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

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Low-fat

Method

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  • 28 March 2010

    Lala rated this recipe

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  • 05 April 2010

    DrD101 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy, very tasty. I couldn't find chipotle paste, so zuzzed up a small tin of chipotles in adobo & used half. The finished meal was *very*hot (good for 2 of us, & good with a splodge of natural yogurt for the wimpier 3rd), but I gather that the brand of chipotles/adobo I used is particularly hot. Definitely a keeper.

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  • 05 April 2010

    DrD101 commented on this recipe

    Very easy, very tasty. I couldn't find chipotle paste, so zuzzed up a small tin of chipotles in adobo & used half. The finished meal was *very*hot (good for 2 of us, & good with a splodge of natural yogurt for the wimpier 3rd), but I gather that the brand of chipotles/adobo I used is particularly hot. Definitely a keeper.

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  • 14 April 2010

    Flylady rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent. Leftovers tasted great the next day in a lunchbox. This is a family favourite.

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  • 16 June 2010

    lisamary rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Tasty, fun to prepare, smelt fantastic whilst cooking and was delicious. Neither of us is particularly keen on pork, but this has become a definite fave in our house.

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  • 27 June 2011

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I had some leftover pork to use up after a hog roast, so just made the chipotle sauce and pickled onions and shredded to pork to put into the wraps. Was very tasty and would do it again with the pok done properly to max out the taste!

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  • 25 April 2012

    CSCollins rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This went down a treat with the family. I used some pork rasher strips which i cut up after cooking. These worked quite well, although probably could have done with "something on the side" as the wraps alone didn't seem enough. (Emergency trip to chippy by hubby for chips to go with it) Way too much chipotle sauce - had 3 extra pots to freeze after we'd finished. Made a lovely spicy dip the next day though!

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  • 16 July 2012

    Chucky rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is delicious and I have made it many times now. I find the recipe makes plenty of the chipotle sauce so I freeze the leftovers in batches, meaning we can have it another 3 times without going to the effort of preparing the sauce each time. I rub the pork with the ingredients and prepare the pickled onions on the morning of the day we are having this for dinner, then I just have to heat through the sauce and cook the pork. Easy! I buy the chipotle paste from my local Sainsbury's (it is on the aisle for speciality ingredients).

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  • 13 September 2012

    Rich N rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The pork was really moist and well flavoured, though took much longer to cook than stated (I had to slice in half lengthways to cook the centre). The pickled onions were delicious, and really easy; will definiatly make these to go with other wraps and salads. I couldn't find any Chipotle chilies so I can't comment on the sauce.

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  • 30 December 2012

    Shockers rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very nice, think that the chipotle sauce is lovely and tasty. A nice change from fahitas, and although I know I will make again, not one that I would go too crazy for. Probably just my own taste, might try with chicken next time

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

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
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