Brown Sugar Pork Loin

Majority rules tonight...  Here is what we had!  My family loved it; I however, didn't care for it as much. It wasn't bad, just not a favorite...

Brown Sugar Pork Loin

 Rub Ingredients:

2 t salt

1/2 t black pepper

1 t ground cumin

1 t chili powder

1 t cinnamon

2 pork tenderloins (2 1/2 lb. total)

2 TB olive oil

Glaze ingredients:

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

2 TB finely chopped garlic

1 TB tabasco

Prepare pork:

Preheat oven to 350.  Stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, and cinnamon, then coat pork with spice rub.  Heat oil in an ovenproof 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat util just beginning to smoke, then brown pork, turning, about 4 minutes total.  Leave pork in skillet.

Make glaze and roast pork:

Stir together brown sugar, garlic, and Tabasco and pat on top of each tenderloin.  Roast in middle of oven until thermometer inserted diagonally in center of each tenderloin registers 140, about 25 minutes.  Let pork stand in skillet at room temperature 10 minutes.  (Temp will rise to about 155 while standing).

****If you do not care for cinnamon, this recipe is not for you!  However, if you do like cinnamon, you will love this recipe...

Next time I make this recipe, I think I am going to try a different rub.  The glaze is awesome.  Like I said, my family loved the rub, however, it has a strong cinnamon flavor...

Also, I like my pork at about 160, So I cooked mine about 35-40 minutes..  

We had this with mash potatoes, green beans, and rice.