Description
Very simple, yet elegant for guests. Kids love how sweet it is. Perfect complements are rice and baked yams.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless pork tenderloin
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ cup pineapple preserves
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 orange bell pepper, cut into long strips
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into long strips
- ½ (15 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained and juice reserved
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained and juice reserved
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Drain pineapple juice and mandarin juice into a liquid measuring cup; stir to combine. Set fruit aside.
- Place pork tenderloin into a shallow 9×13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle brown sugar
- chili powder
- garlic powder
- and black pepper over tenderloin
- then spread with pineapple preserves. Arrange onion and bell peppers on and around tenderloin. Pour at least 1/2 cup pineapple-mandarin juice into the baking dish.
- Cook in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Spoon mandarin oranges and pineapple over tenderloin and continue to cook until no longer pink in the center
- 20 to 35 minutes longer. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 8