Grecian Pork Tenderloin

Lavender Lynn's Note:

This recipe is from All Recipes. It is a greek meat dish posted for ZWT4

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 1/2 cups lime juice, fresh
• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 6 garlic cloves, sliced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 6 tablespoons dried oregano
• 2 (1 lb) pork tenderloin

Directions:

1. Place lime juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and oregano in a large resealable plastic bag.
2. Shake sealed bag until ingredients are well mixed.
3. Taste the marinade for tartness.
4. If too tart, add a little more oil.
5. Not enough zing, add more lime.
6. The garlic and salt flavors should also be up front, yet not overpowering.
7. Place the tenderloins in the bag, seal, and turn to coat.
8. Marinate in the refrigerator for 2 to 5 hours.
9. Preheat grill for medium heat.
10. Lightly oil the grill grate, and discard marinade.
11. Grill tenderloins for 20 to 30 minutes, turning once, or to desired doneness.

Reviews

[Rita~]

Perfectly grilled to perfection by my Brother Ray. I did cut the oil and lime juice down to 1/4 of what is called for. Kept the garlic, oregano and pork the same. Salt 1/2 the amount. Marinaded for 2 hours brought to room temperature for 1 hour then grilled. Made for ZWT 6 Thanks for the good eats!

[momaphet]

This was a nice way to prepare pork tenderloin. I found the quantities for the marinade more than I needed so I use about 3/4 cup of juice and 1/3 cup of oil and marinated it in my Food Savor marintating tray. My loin was about 1 1/2 lbs. it was a wide short piece so I cut it in half to allow more contact with the marinade. I used 1/2 lime and 1/2 fresh grapefruit juice. Our weather wasn't cooperating with grilling so I seared the loin in my cast iron frying pan then put it in the oven and roasted at 350 degrees. I basted it during the cooking with some of the left over marinade, I removed as much of oil as I could from the marinade before using. After removing the meat from the pan, which had lots of nice brown crustys, I reduced added the rest of the defatted marinade and reduced it down, it was extremly tangy so I whisked in about a half cup of heavy cream this made for a lovely tangy gravy. Thanks Lynn for sharing! Made for ZWT 6 for the Unrulies Under the Influence

[Baby Kato]

Another winner from LL. What a wonderful pork dish. We enjoyed this quick and easy to make dish very much. The pork was tender, juicy and oh so flavorful. I made exactly as written, didn't change a thing. I served this tender, tasty pork with lemon glazed sweet potatoes and brussel sprouts. Thanks so much for sharing Lynn.