Friends, I am entering new territory here. I don't think I've ever done this before, but there's a first time for everything, right? I am going to blog about something that I didn't make. It was made for me, but it was just so delicious that I cannot keep it to myself.
On Tuesday night Jordan made me this simple but absolutely scrumptious pork loin, that combines several of my favorite flavors. First, 5 spice powder is one of those ingredients that I often forget about, which is sad, because it lends a wonderful slightly exotic but not overpowering flavor that I adore. You can never go wrong with onions, which also bulk up the sauce, and orange juice and prunes lend a sweet fruitiness that I absolutely cannot resist. (Prune skeptics, just stop. Prunes aren't just for old people anymore. Have you not seen Sunsweet's aggressive marketing campaign? They're delicious, and that's all there is to it,)
Combine spices, rub meat, brown, add liquid, cover, braise. So easy. The result is deliciously tender pork, and a sauce that becomes rich and thick with caramelized onions, sweet, sticky prunes and zesty orange flavor. I couldn't get enough of it. (I was eating it out of the pan by the end!) We tweaked this recipe a little, upping each of the sauce ingredients, because in this case, more is more (delicious sauce).
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| It's no glamour shot, but check out that sauce! God, it was good. |
