Vietnamese Pork Tenderloin Recipes

Steps:

• Cover bottom of a large, heavy skillet with one cup sugar and place over medium low heat. As soon as it melts and turns golden, add pork, raise heat to medium, and stir until coated. (Sugar will become sticky and may harden, but it will re-melt as it cooks, forming a sauce.)
• Stir in remaining sugar, salt, pepper and fish sauce. Cover and cook 2 minutes. Uncover, stir in garlic and oil and lower to simmer to reduce sauce for about 20 minutes.
• Stir in Vidalia onions and cook until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Pork should be caramelized; if not, raise heat and sauté while sauce further reduces. Transfer to serving bowl, and sprinkle with scallion greens.

Steps:

• For the dipping sauce: Combine all the sauce ingredients and stir to dissolve the sugar completely. Set aside.
• For the pork: Combine all of the marinade ingredients in a blender; puree about 20 seconds until smooth. Place the pork in a medium bowl, pour the marinade over the meat and massage the pork well. Marinate for at least 1 hour if time allows. Heat a grill pan, medium skillet or griddle to high and add the oil. When you see white wisps of smoke, saute the pork for about 5 minutes until cooked through.
• For the noodles: Soak the rice sticks in warm water for 20 minutes. Drain, then boil the soaked rice sticks in 3 quarts (2.8 liters) of water in a 4-quart (3.8-liter) pot for about 12 minutes until al dente. Rinse them well under cold water in a fine mesh strainer and reserve.
• Assembly: Divide the noodles into 4 separate bowls. Place the pork on top of the noodles. Sprinkle the pork with radish, carrot, roasted peanuts and scallions. Pour Nuoc Cham Sauce over the noodles and mix them well like a salad.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Toss julienned daikon and carrot with seasoned rice vinegar to coat well. Let sit until veggies get slightly limp, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and set aside or refrigerate.
• Mix the mayonnaise, hoisin sauce, and sriracha in a small bowl.
• Split the French roll just enough so you can open it like a book. If you like, pull out some of the bread from the top half to better accommodate the filling.
• Spread the interior surfaces of the roll liberally with the mayo mixture. Transfer roll to prepared baking sheet, cut side up. Bake in preheated oven until crisp, heated through and edges start to brown, about 7 minutes.
• Place sliced pork, pate, cucumber, picked daikon and carrots, jalapeno, and cilantro leaves in the roll. Cut in half to serve.

Steps:

• Combine the sugar, green onions, garlic, lime juice, fish sauce and salt in a large bowl.
• Add the tenderloins, making sure they are coated with the marinade.
• Let sit in the fridge for as short as 4 hours, as long as 24 hours, turning when you can.
• Heat grill or broiler in your oven. But the outdoor grill is best.
• My brother's trick to grill these is to put them on the grill, on medium heat, and cover for 7 minutes, not disturbing them. Then turn over for 6 minutes. And then turn off the grill and let rest for 5.
• With my propane grill, I do them for 8,7,6. You want a bit of pink showing in the middle but almost all white.
• I love to eat these with a thai sweet and hot sauce, kids love them with plum sauce, and some just like them as is.

Steps:

• 2 tablespoons sugar $ Click to see savings 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 garlic cloves $ Click to see savings 1 shallot, halved 1 (4-inch) piece fresh lemongrass, halved 1 (1-inch) piece peeled ginger, halved 1 tablespoon lower-sodium soy sauce 2 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce, divided 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 (1-pound) pork tenderloin, trimmed and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch slices 1/3 cup grated carrot $ Click to see savings 2 tablespoons sugar $ Click to see savings 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup rice vinegar 1 teaspoon minced garlic $ Click to see savings 1 Thai or serrano chile, thinly sliced and divided 2 ounces rice vermicelli Cooking spray 16 Bibb lettuce leaves (about 2 heads) 1 cup cilantro leaves 1 cup sliced English cucumber $ Click to see savings 1 cup fresh bean sprouts 1/3 cup finely chopped unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts 16 basil leaves 16 mint leaves 2 Thai chiles, thinly slice