An easy and quick pork dish, just as it's name, Lightning-Fast Tahini Pork, another nice recipe from Dorie Greenspan's cookbook, Every Day Dorie. This recipe is one of the two selected for this month's cook-along at Cook The Book Fridays.
Pork tenderloin, cut to cubes then marinated in a spice mixture ; harissa powder or chile powder, ground ginger, ground cumin, ground turmeric, salt. The pork pieces are then browned on all sides with some olive oil, add some honey, stir for a minute, then stir in vinegar and water. A mixture of tahini and lemon juice, is then added in, and cook for a few minutes until the sauce is smooth and the pork are cooked through. Serve immediately with some sprinkling of toasted sesame seeds. I have however doubled the amount of spices, which I'm glad I did, and a little extra water, simply because I wanted a little more sauce. Dorie says that sauteed spinach is delicious with this pork dish, but I have stir-fried some baby kai lan greens instead. We enjoyed this with white fluffy rice.
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Looking good!
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Love this dish !!
ReplyDeleteThis was truly an enjoyable recipe. I love all the spices in the rub as well as the honey and tahini too. A
ReplyDeletegreat recipe for a week night supper. Cheznana
Love the use of tahini here...it must have tasted amazing!
ReplyDeleteOooh - so smart to have made more sauce ! Great idea. And rice too would be the perfect accompaniment. This was a keeper for sure and a fun twist on the typical recipes I would use on tenderloin.
ReplyDeleteForgot the sesame seeds on mine. I have to say the dish looks better with the texture of sesame seeds on it.
ReplyDeleteReally loved this dish too (and also wanted more sauce!)
ReplyDeleteLooks great!
ReplyDeleteI haven't made this yet but thought rice and broccolini would be good sides. I often use more spice than Dorie suggests and I'm still having good results from her recipes. No overly flavored disasters yet.
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