Today’s recipe is one of those meals that looks so elegant when served at the table you have guests coming from dinner. The combination of the sauce ingredients results in a creamy texture and it tastes even better the next day.
Course Pork
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword pork tenderloin in peanut sauce, puerco encacahuatado recipe
2Lbs.Peppercorn & Garlic Marinated Pork Tenderloin from “Smithfield”
2medium-size tomatoesabout 12 ounces.
¼medium size white onion
2Chipotle in adobo peppers*
1cuproasted peanuts
2garlic cloves
5peppercorns**
1 ½” in Cinnamon stick
2cloves
2cupsof Chicken broth
Instructions
Place the guajillo peppers in a medium saucepan with the 2 cups of water over a medium-high heat. When water starts boiling turn heat down and simmers for 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat, cover and set aside.
Remove pork tenderloin from package and pat dry with pepper towels. Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Cook tenderloin until well browned on all sides, about 10-15 minutes. Transfer pork to a large plate and cover with aluminum foil forming a tent. Let it rest.
Meanwhile, chop tomatoes and onion, place in a blender along with chipotle peppers, peanuts, garlic cloves, cinnamon, black peppercorns, drained guajillo peppers and chicken broth. Process until smooth.
Drain rendered fat from the skillet and reserve. Using a pepper towel wipe any residue of the meat on the skillet. Return the reserved fat and turn heat to medium and pour peanut sauce using a strainer.
Once the sauce starts boiling add the pork tenderloin, reduce heat and simmer, about 20-25 minutes. Turning meat halfway the cooking time. Stir occasionally to avoid the sauce from sticking to the bottom.
Remove skillet from heat and let pork rest in the sauce for 5 minutes, then cut into ½ inch thick slices. Serve, with rice or black beans and drizzled pork meat with the peanut sauce.
Notes
* You can use less or more chipotle peppers to adjust to your own taste.** The pork already has been marinated with pepper and garlic, if you prefer a milder peppery taste, omit the use of the peppercorns.*** If you don’t find guajillo peppers, you can substitute them with 1 ancho pepper.