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Spicy Asian-style pork

5
Points®
Total Time
1 hr 50 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
1 hr 30 min
Serves
12
Difficulty
Difficult
Entertain family and friends with this delicious pork loin bursting with flavor. Five-spice powder (a mixture of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise and Szechuan peppercorns) gives the succulent roasted-pork a little heat. The marmalade glaze add a beautiful shine to the pork and a sweetness to balance the spice making it great for kids and adults alike. A quick sauce from the drippings literally begs for steamed rice or rice noodles to absorb the great flavor and complete the meal. A need for attention when cooking is what classifies this recipe as difficult. Tackle it easily with a good oven thermometer and a good eye on the glaze step. Crispy snow peas are a perfect side for this dish keeping with the Asian theme of the flavors and adding a brightly colored element. Sugar snap peas are a fair substitution if snow peas are scarce.

Ingredients

Five-spice powder

1 Tbsp

Toasted sesame oil

2½ tsp

Garlic

2 clove(s), minced

Uncooked lean trimmed pork loin

3 pound(s)

Reduced sodium chicken broth

⅓ cup(s)

Soy sauce

1 Tbsp

Sesame ginger salad dressing

4 tsp, or marinade

Orange marmalade

2 tsp

Snow peas

6 cup(s), whole, steamed

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450ºF.
  2. In a small bowl, combine five-spice powder, 2 teaspoons of sesame oil and garlic; coat pork with mixture. Place pork in a roasting pan. Cook 10 minutes; reduce temperature to 325ºF and cook until internal temperature is 145ºF, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove from oven.
  3. Increase oven temperature to broil. Coat pork with 2 tablespoons of marmalade. Cook until glaze begins to brown, about 4 minutes. Remove to cutting board and cover with foil. Allow to stand 10 minutes before slicing.
  4. Place same pan over medium-high heat. Add broth, soy sauce, dressing or marinade, remaining 2 teaspoons of marmalade and remaining 1/2 teaspoon of sesame oil. Scrape up remaining food bits on bottom of pan. Stir to combine; heat through, about 2 minutes. Serve over pork. Yields about 3 ounces pork and 1/2 cup snow peas per serving.

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