Name: Margarita Pork Tenderloin
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 none garlic cloves, minced; 1 none green onion, minced; 1/2 none jalapeño pepper, minced; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 1 1/2 tablespoons tequila; 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/2 teaspoon chili powder; 2 none (1-pound) pork tenderloins

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By Anne Hollenbeck, Azle, Texas April 2005

Prep time 15 mins

Cook time 8 mins

Chill time 1 hr

Yield Makes 6 servings

Margarita lovers will devour this delicious pork tenderloin, which gets its flavor from a tequila-based marinade. You'll need an hour for the tenderloin to marinate, but just 15 minutes to grill to perfection.

Ingredients

3 garlic cloves, minced
1 green onion, minced
1/2 jalapeño pepper, minced
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 1/2 tablespoons tequila
1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
2 (1-pound) pork tenderloins

How to Make It

Combine first 10 ingredients in a shallow dish or large zip-top plastic freezer bag. Cut pork diagonally into 1-inch-thick slices, and add to tequila mixture. Cover or seal, and chill 1 hour, turning occasionally.
Remove pork from marinade, discarding marinade.
Grill, covered with grill lid, over high heat (400° to 500°) 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until done.

Margarita Pork Tenderloin

marybethzoe's Review

mrscrazyed

Very flavorful, strong without being spicy hot. It was perfect as-is for my husband and I, and now I can't wait to make it for his mother, sister and whole family. Followed the previous reviewer's lead on making additional marinade for a black bean and corn side dish - thank you for that suggestion! This dish is definitely a keeper!

mrscrazyed's Review

jdhx03

This is a killer marinade for pork tenderloin, even though I didn't have several ingredients on hand and had to ad lib. I used a tablespoon of finely minced yellow onion instead of green, roasted ground chili instead of the jalapeno and regular chili powder, and a tad more lime juice because I didn't have any orange. Next time I hope to have all of the ingredients because I think this can only get better.

FaithAnn's Review

marybethzoe

This recipe was excellent. I can't wait to make it again. I don't usually like pork because it is so dry but this was so moist and delicious even my picky 17 month old son loved it. I served it with some cilantro rice and corn to make it festive and let it marinade overnight for less clean up the next evening. I can't wait to make this again. Yummy!

jdhx03's Review

FaithAnn

Excellent recipe! The only suggestion I would make would be to double it since I found that there wasn't really enough to coat two 1 lb tenderloins. I also took everything from the marinade (but the tequila) and made a side dish of corn and black beans. Very tasty!

s1richards's Review

s1richards

Delicious. Served this with Spanish rice w/black beans recipe and of course, margaritas. Would definently make again and serve to guests.

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