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.

Crockpot Pork Roast/Loin Barbecue

So I am sticking to my theme nights and today is slow cooker day! 

Crockpot Pork Roast/Loin Barbecue

1 pork roast, shoulder, butt, loin
2-3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup coarsly chopped onion (omit if you would like)
1 teaspoon grandulated sugar
1 bottle barbecue sauce, appox. 18 oz

Cook pork cover in water (start with hot water) in crockpot on low 10 to 12 hours.  Pour off water and shred meat; discard fat. (It just falls apart when I take it out of the water.)  Combine barbecue sauce, onions, sugar, and juice of lemon with meat in crockpot and cook on high for 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours.

This is the actual recipe I started with when I started making this meal. 

However, now I just put meat in crockpot, pour water over until covered.  Let it cook on low for 9-10 hours. Drain water.  Shred meat or I just like mine chopped up.  It is really tender when it comes our of the crockpot.  I then either pour sauce on it and serve or just let everyone add their own sauce. 

You can eat it with or without a bun.  We will be having twice baked potato casserole and corn on the cob tonight to go with it! 
I will post the twice baked potato casserole recipe tomorrow for you!