Grilled Chipotle-Honey Pork

By mollydahma

Ingredients

• Barbecued with a zesty lime sauce, these tenderloins make a terrific main dish for six.
• Prep Time: 35 min
• Total Time: 35 min
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from 7-oz can), drained, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon adobo sauce (from can of chipotle chiles)
• 2 pork tenderloins (3/4 lb each)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• Cooking spray

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat gas or charcoal grill. In 1/2- to 1-quart saucepan, mix honey, lime juice, chiles and adobo sauce.
2. When grill is heated, sprinkle pork tenderloins with salt and pepper; lightly spray with cooking spray. Place pork on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill over medium coals; cover grill. Cook 15 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally and brushing with honey mixture during last 10 minutes of cooking time, until pork has slight blush of pink in center and meat thermometer inserted in center reads 160°F.
3. Heat any remaining honey mixture to rolling boil; boil 1 minute. Cut pork into slices; serve with honey mixture.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Place pork on gas grill over medium-low heat or on charcoal grill over medium-low coals; cover grill. Cook using times above as a guide, turning occasionally and brushing with honey mixture during last 10 minutes of cooking time.
Make the Most of This Recipe
You'll need 3 or 4 limes to get the 1/3 cup juice called for in this recipe.
Nutrition Information:
1 Serving: Calories 210 (Calories from Fat 40); Total Fat 4 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 70mg; Sodium 210mg; Total Carbohydrate 17g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 16g); Protein 26g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 0%; Iron 8% Exchanges: 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.