On the Grill

Rosemary-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Grilled Tomatoes

1 (1-pound) pork tenderloin, trimmed

3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 large shallot, minced

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon black pepper

2 tomatoes, cut crosswise in half

1  Place pork between 2 sheets of wax paper. With meat mallet or bottom of small heavy saucepan, pound to ½-inch thickness.

2  To make marinade, whisk together all remaining ingredients except tomatoes in small bowl; reserve 1 tablespoon marinade. Transfer remaining marinade to large zip-close plastic bag; add pork. Squeeze out air and seal bag; turn to coat pork. Refrigerate, turning bag occasionally, at least 2 hours or up to 6 hours.

3  Spray grill rack with nonstick spray. Preheat grill to medium-high or prepare medium-high fire.

4  Remove pork from marinade; discard marinade. Place pork on grill rack and grill, turning, until instant-read thermometer inserted into center of pork registers 145°F for medium, about 20 minutes. Transfer to cutting board and let stand 10 minutes.

5  Meanwhile, brush cut sides of tomatoes with reserved marinade. Place tomatoes on grill rack, cut sides down, and grill until lightly charred and softened, about 5 minutes. Cut pork on diagonal into 12 slices and serve with tomatoes.

PER SERVING (3 slices pork and 1 tomato half): 177 Cal, 7 g Total Fat, 2 g Sat Fat, 0 g Trans Fat, 62 mg Chol, 636 mg Sod, 5 g Carb, 2 g Sugar, 1 g Fib, 23 g Prot, 25 mg Calc.

HEALTHY EXTRA

Serve bulgur sprinkled with chopped fresh parsley alongside the pork and tomatoes (½ cup cooked bulgur per serving will increase the PointsPlus value by 2).

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