This scrumptious and simple pork tenderloin with Ah So sauce has a taste just like Chinese language pork spareribs, with that impossible to resist distinction of salty, candy, and bitter.

My household has been making some model of Ah-So pork for ages. It’s a type of straightforward, dependable recipes that everybody loves. All it wants is a facet of white rice and you’ve got a wonderful meal in below an hour!

Ah So Pork

In fact Ah-So sauce is the bottom of the recipe and the star of the present, in all its neon pink, sweet-and-sour glory. Should you’re not aware of this sauce, it’s a jarred Chinese language BBQ sauce that’s well-liked within the northeastern United States, made with corn syrup, miso, garlic, and many others. It tastes candy, salty, garlicky, and barely bitter. Should you can’t discover it in your native grocery retailer (within the Asian meals part), right here’s a hyperlink to it on Amazon and Walmart.

So as to add a bit extra depth and dimension to our Ah So pork tenderloin, I combine it with soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, brown sugar, floor ginger, and garlic (you should use recent garlic or garlic powder). *Notice: Whereas the sauce tastes finest with all of these elements, this recipe is extremely forgiving. So should you’re lacking one or two of the elements (the Ah-So sauce is a should), you’ll nonetheless be capable of prove a meal that tastes nice.

When you’ve whisked up your Ah So sauce combination, it’s time to marinate the pork. Marinating provides the pork time to essentially take in a few of that scrumptious sauce, however should you don’t have time to marinate, concern not! The pork will nonetheless prove nice should you merely slather on the sauce and bake it instantly. To marinate: Pour the Ah so combination right into a gallon-sized plastic bag, add your pork tenderloins, press out as a lot air as attainable, and seal the bag. Flip the bag just a few occasions to coat the pork in marinade and refrigerate for a minimum of half-hour and as much as 24 hours, flipping the bag midway by way of to ensure the pork marinates evenly.

Whenever you’re able to cook dinner the Ah So pork, line a baking pan with aluminum foil, take away the tenderloins from the marinade (discard the liquid), place the tenderloins within the middle of the pan, and bake at 350 levels F for 40-50 minutes. Take away from the oven and let the pork relaxation for 10 minutes earlier than slicing. Serve with any inexperienced vegetable you want and a facet of rice.

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