Roasted Sesame Pork Tenderloin with Asian Slaw

So easy and yummy! I did do a few minor changes. First of all I soaked the tenderloin in a simple sugar/salt/water brine for about 8 hours. I used a store bought sesame ginger dressing and coleslaw mixture (added extra carrots, cilantro, and green onions). I also grilled the tenderloin. So delicious! The wasabi-soy almonds were delicious with it! I served it with some couscous.

Really good and super easy. I did marinate the tenderloin about 8 or so hours and I think that made a difference. For the slaw, I just used a bag of slaw mix and that worked out great. Also added some chopped red pepper for color.

Really liked this recipe. I purchased two tenderloins in the package so did them separately, marinating the second one a 4 days until I used it. I could not find wasabi almonds so we did not use it for the first time. The second time we made it we marinated chopped almonds in a wasabi/soy mixture and, after draining, put the nuts in the slaw. It made a nice complement to the sweeter dressing. We will definitely do this one again for company the next time. We served a baked potato with it and that worked out ok. It was easy to do. We will probably grill the pork this summer. It did take longer than the 20-25 minutes in the oven; 35 minutes was about right.

This turned out very well. I would recommend marinating the pork for much longer than 10 minutes, at least a couple of hours, for better flavor. May even grill it the next time. The thicker part of the tenderloin took much longer to cook through. I trimmed it off and placed it back in the oven to finish so that the thinner portion wouldn't dry out. The almonds called for were pricey! May just stick with a lesser in price sweet/spicy roasted peanuts for the slaw. The recipe took no time at all to prepare and I followed it to a tee.

The Asian Slaw was a very refreshing side but the pork was a little disappointing. Not much flavor, but that could've been due to the dressing I used to marinate it. If I made it again I would probably use a pre-made marinade and look for the bagged Asian Slaw instead of going through all the trouble of washing and slicing the veggies.