Grilled pork tenderloin with tamarind-chipotle glaze

Grilled pork tenderloin with tamarind-chipotle glaze

Make the mash if you have time, or serve the Cuban-inspired pork as part of a barbecue with a salad

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 40 mins

Method

  1. To make the barbecue sauce, cook the onion in a little oil until caramelised. Add the red wine vinegar, ketchup, 500ml water, garlic powder or granules, cumin and sugar and let it simmer for about 15 minutes.
  2. Add the chipotle peppers and tamarind purée and cook for another 10 minutes on a low heat. Add the Worcestershire sauce at the very end.
  3. Meanwhile, boil the potatoes until tender, mash with the garlic and fold in some butter and the cream. Season.
  4. Season the pork and grill for about 10 minutes, turning once or twice until cooked through. Brush the pork with the glaze and serve with the garlic mash.
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Chipotle

Chipotle peppers and chipotle chiles in adobo (a smoky chilli marinade) are available from some supermarkets and delis and from www.coolchile.co.uk.

Per serving

656 kcalories, protein 22.4g, carbohydrate 56.1g, fat 29.4 g, saturated fat 14.1g, fibre 2.8g, salt 1.56 g

Recipe from olive magazine, September 2005.

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  • 19 March 2008

    Beckster commented on this recipe

    This was a very disappointing recipe, there was way too much liquid for it to be a glaze, I definitely would not recommend it.

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  • 01 February 2009

    Miriam rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Quite time consumimg but worth it as very tasty!

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  • 02 May 2009

    Michael and Laura commented on this recipe

    Very tasty, but theres a modification to the recipe - where it says simmer, boil it instead over a moderate heat, stiring and watching carefully until it starts to thicken and goes slightly sticky. That give you a glaze rather than a soup.

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  • 03 October 2009

    Deano rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    If you ignore the cooking time for the sauce an simply simmer until it reaches a sauce like consistancy this recipie is great.

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  • 10 August 2010

    KathrynV rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    As mentioned above, if you keep simmering the sauce until it reaches the desired consistency, rather than following the timings given in the recipe, it is delicious. Goes really well with the garlic mash. I couldn't get the chipotle peppers anywhere, so used some chargrilled peppers, smoked paprika and chilli powder and it worked very well. Recommended.

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  • 04 February 2013

    EmilyMcGovern rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This recipe is delicious - with modifications. As others have said, the glaze took much longer than it said. I think it needed at least half an hour simmering - possibly more - but thanks to the other comments, I didn't start the meat or potatoes too early! I couldn't get any of the chipotle peppers so I put some chillies in and some smoked paprika. I do think that the quantities for the glaze were a bit much but I'm not really complaining as I've frozen the rest so the next time will be much easier!

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  • 13 May 2013

    funk42 commented on this recipe

    I took on board the glaze comments and came in with a lovely consistency - having fan out of ketchup I used ketchup manis instead and some sun dried tomatoes so we had a very sweet glaze which was tempered by a regular mash - I froze some of the glaze as definitely don't need as much as produced, went down a treat in our house and the pork was tender, juicy and cooked to perfection!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 40 mins

Ingredients

  • half an onion , chopped
  • oil
  • 250ml red wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp garlic powder or garlic granules
  • 125ml tomato ketchup
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • half a small tin of chopped chipotle peppers , or use 2tbsp chipotle chiles in adobo
  • 50g tamarind purée
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 300g pork tenderloins

FOR THE GARLIC MASH

  • 500g potatoes , cubed
  • 4 garlic cloves , roasted (wrap in foil and bake for 15 minutes at 180C/fan 160C/gas 4)
  • unsalted butter
  • 142ml carton double cream
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Per serving

656 kcalories, protein 22.4g, carbohydrate 56.1g, fat 29.4 g, saturated fat 14.1g, fibre 2.8g, salt 1.56 g

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