Month: May 2017

Asian Inspired Pork Loin

2017, cooking, family, weeknight meal
  • 1 1/2 pound pork loin
  • 5 spice powder
  • garlic powder
  • onion powder
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tsp grated ginger
  • 1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms (I used the skinny Japanese mushrooms)
  • Hoisin sauce
  • Soy Sauce
  • Dijon mustard
  • Honey
  • cilantro (optional)

Rub the pork loin with the dry spices, salt and pepper.  Sear in an oven safe pan until all sides are browned.  Pop in 425 degree oven will cooked through, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare the sauce.  In a small frying pan, heat about 1 TBSP oil.  Add ginger and garlic and cook until fragrant.  Add mushrooms.  Once they start to exude some liquid, add a  splash of soy sauce and 1 1/2 heaping TBSP hoisin sauce, 2 tsp Dijon mustard.  Set aside.

Once the pork loin is cooked, move to a carving board to rest.  Over the stove, add the sauce to the pan, scraping of the browned bits.  Add honey.  Adjust seasonings to taste and add cilantro, if using.

Spoon sauce over sliced pork.