This quick-cooking pork dish gets dunked in a sweet-tangy-spicy sauce and served with a bacon-studded potato salad.
Ingredients
For the BBQ sauce
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon cane syrup or molasses
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
For the pork
- 2 pork tenderloins
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
For the potato salad
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup finely chopped red onion
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 1½ teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
- 2 pounds red potatoes, boiled until tender
- 1/4 pound bacon, cooked until crispy and drained
- Salt and pepper
- Chopped chives or green onions, for garnish
Yield
Serves: 6
Preparation
Preheat a grill or grill pan. For the BBQ sauce, whisk together ingredients in a bowl.
For the pork, slice the pork tenderloin into pieces and pound thin between sheets of plastic wrap. Season with salt and pepper. Dip into the BBQ sauce and grill quickly on the grill or in a grill pan.
For the potato salad, in a large bowl, combine mayonnaise, onion, lemon juice, garlic and cilantro. Quarter the cooked red potatoes and add to the bowl. Add the cooked bacon, season with salt and pepper, and stir to combine.
Mound the potato salad onto a large platter. Top with the BBQ pork cutlets and garnish with chives or green onion.
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, copyright MSLO, Inc., all rights reserved
