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Pork-- the other white meat

November 11th, 2006 at 09:32 pm

Thanks for all the comments! What a great way to start!

This morning I went shopping to buy food for my personal chef client as well as to pick up a few things for us. I spent $11.47 on us. I'll write more about that in another entry.

I highly recommend lean cuts of pork as a healthy, inexpensive alternative to chicken. Today I bought a boneless pork sirloin roast weighing ~ 3 pounds for $2.20 / pound for my clients... and it wasn't even on sale! A four oz. serving has just 2 grams of fat-- better than chicken and in my opinion, far more flavorful and moist.

Apples and sweet potatoes are also inexpensive this time of year (not to mention that they taste great now since they are actually fresh). Sweet potatoes, or more correctly yams, were just $0.44 / pound-- how can you beat that? Here's a recipe incorporating all three:

* 1 boneless pork sirloin loin roast, 3 to 4 pounds, fat trimmed
* 1/3 cup honey
* 1/4 cup orange juice
* 1/4 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
* 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
* 3 large sweet potatoes, quartered
* 2 large apples, cored and quartered

PREPARATION:
Preheat the oven to 350°.

Coat a large ovenproof Dutch oven with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. When very hot, add the pork roast. Cook, turning, until all sides are browned, about 6 minutes.

In a medium bowl, combine the honey, orange juice, apple juice concentrate, pepper, and brown sugar. Spoon over the pork roast. Place the sweet potatoes around the pork. Cover and bake for ~45 minutes. Add apples. Cook until meat thermometer registers 160 °.

Let the pork stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve pork roast sliced, with the sweet potatoes and apples.

If you're not using a meat thermometer I highly recommend starting!! You can buy a digital thermometer for under $10, and for ~$12 you can buy one that has a digital display that stays outside your oven. Aside from all the food safety reasons, your food will be saved from getting overcooked. I find that the cooking times listed in recipes are often inaccurate.

7 Responses to “Pork-- the other white meat”

  1. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Goodness, that sounds very sweet!

  2. threebeansalad Says:
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    It's not as sweet as you might think-- 3-4 # of meat, 3 sweet potatoes and 2 apples is a lot of food! Certainly the honey could be reduced to 1/4 and I doubt anyone would notice. Maybe I'll try that next time!

  3. Champion Cheapskate Says:
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    No herbs and spices? Awww! They can really kick things up a notch Smile

  4. Broken Arrow Says:
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    I love pork. Often times, they are a lot more tender than beef. (But then, I don't cook them. I just eat them. Big Grin)

    Now, am I reading this correctly that you have a personal chef? I'm jealous. Stick Out Tongue

  5. threebeansalad Says:
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    No... I don't have a PC, **I** cook for another family :-)

  6. homebody Says:
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    Sounds delish. I think I will try this. We have pork sirloin tip pieces we got for $1.38 a pound. We have mostly been using it for carnitas or chili verde, but this would be a nice change, of course I will need to adapt for chunks.

  7. Oven Parts Says:
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    Thank you for your sharing this whit us, it certainly impressed me. I will definitely try it but i have to add that i don't know to cook. Any advises for beginners? My main excuse: i never had good appliance for cooking and this is why it was hard time for me dealing whit recipes. Now i am more brave, i have new appliances and i am willing to make cooking an art for my family.

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