What’s For Dinner: Orange Pork Medallions
I didn’t take any pictures! We were hungry! This recipe has become one of Starr’s recent favorites:
Orange Pork Medallions
One pork tenderloin, trimmed
2 T flour
salt and pepper to taste
2 to 3 T olive oil
1 cup orange juice
1/2 t dried basil
2 T brown sugar
2 T red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 t chili powder
1/4 t onion powder (if I had green onions and if Starr wasn’t eating with me, I would sliced them and use them instead!)
1 T corn starch mixed with a little water making a slurryHeat oven to 350. In a small bowl, mix together the orange juice, basil, brown sugar, vinegar, garlic, chili powder and onion. Set aside.
Combine flour, salt and pepper.
Slice pork tenderloin into 1-inch rounds. Using the heal of your hand, flatten each slice slightly.
Coat pork medallions with the flour mixture.
In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Saute pork slices for about 2 minutes on each side, or until browned. Transfer pork to an oven safe dish and pour orange juice mixture over the top. Bake for 20 minutes or until pork is fully cooked.
Turn pork in the juice and remove to a plate. Pour orange juice sauce into a small sauce pan and add corn starch slurry. Heat to boiling to thicken the sauce. (Next time I might try adding the cornstarch to the orange juice with the rest of the sauce ingredients, instead of separately.)
Serve the pork and sauce with rice, or your favorite sides.
I’ll have to try this out. We eat so much chicken, but not that much pork. I think I just need some good pork recipes. And this one might do the trick!
Sounds delish. I will have to give it at try!
This sounds REALLY good. I’m gonna drop it into my recipe file right now. I always mark which blog and person I picked it up from so that when I’m making it I know who I’m dining with. It’s very bonding.
oh wow! this sounds really great and delish!
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