Caribbean Pork Loin
Recipe: #5673
June 08, 2012
Categories: Pork Roast, Orange, Onions, Carribbean, Fathers Day, July 4th Labor Day, Mothers Day, Oven Bake, Oven Roast, Heart Healthy, Low Calorie, Low Carbohydrate, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Lime, more
"A delicious moist pork roast with fantastic flavor. Just plan ahead, as the pork needs to marinate overnight. I usually serve this with rice and a black bean and pineapple salsa. It takes a bit of planning, but very easy to prepare and has basic ingredients which are easy to find at any grocery store. Cooking time does include marinating time."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (185.7 g)
- Calories 255.2
- Total Fat - 10.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.4 g
- Cholesterol - 91.1 mg
- Sodium - 124.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 4.3 g
- Protein - 30.9 g
- Calcium - 29.3 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 26.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.7 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Marinade ... Add all the ingredients to a blender and pulse until well blended. Then add the marinade to a large baggie or non-reactive glass dish; add the pork, and close up the bag or cover the dish with plastic wrap. Marinate overnight at least, but preferred up to 24, but no longer.
Step 2
Pork ... Remove from the marinade, but reserve the marinade and add it to a small pot. Season the pork liberally with salt and pepper on all sides. Let the pork come to room temperature. You never want to cook COLD proteins.
Step 3
Glaze ... Add the honey to the reserved marinade and bring to a boil, then reduce to low and simmer. The glaze will be brushed on the pork as it roasts.
Step 4
Bake ... Add the pork to a roasting pan on the 4 thick onion slices (which serves as a roasting rack). Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and cook on the middle shelf uncovered for 15 minutes, then reduce to 325 degrees and cook another hour to 1 1/2 hours until the internal temperature is 145-150 degrees. Make sure to use a meat thermometer and check in a few places to get an accurate reading. Also, don't forget to brush the pork 3-4 times during cooking with the glaze. Remove the roast and cover with foil to let rest.
Step 5
NOTE: If the pork gets too dark during cooking you can put a small piece of foil over the pork; however, I have not had that happen. But, every oven is different, so just in case.
Step 6
Serve ... Slice the pork and serve with some of the onions from roasting pan. Garnish with wedges of orange and lime and serve with rice and a black bean and pineapple salsa or your favorite salad. Oven roasted green beans or corn on the cob are also wonderful with this dish. ENJOY!
Tips
No special items needed.