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Porktacular!

So, we decided to grill some good stuff for Memorial Day, as I think we are required, by law, to grill on this holiday. We came up with a couple pork tenderloins and potato packets. We had never grilled pork tenderloins, but had just cooked them in the oven, previously. I wasn't really sure what I was doing or how to grill them, but in winging it, the product turned out delicious.

On the grill in the below picture, the potato packets (mine seasoned with worcestershire and the lady's seasoned with garlic and rosemary) are on the left, and both tenderloins were seasoned with a homemade dry rub of a whole bunch o'stuff, consisting of paprika, kosher salt, cumin, and some other junk. The tenderloin on the left was cooked with only the dry rub (in order to form a good crust) and the one on the right was glazed with a thrown-together concoction of cumin, the dry rub, liquid smoke, dijon mustard, worcestershire, and molasses.


And here is the finished product, with an action(!) shot of slicing the tenderloin:


The end result was ridiculously good and was possibly the best pork product I've had in years. The non-glazed tenderloin was actually far better, because of the crust, which helped retain the juiciness of the pork. The glazed tenderloin was still pretty good, but the glaze added so much flavor, that it actually overshadowed the interplay of flavors in the pork and the rub. In sum, I would definitely recommend heavily applying a rub and grilling pork tenderloins. The end.

Labels: cooking, grilling, Memorial Day, pork

posted by Jeremy @ 9:06 PM