Help me make dinner!

[ViperMagic]

OK heres the situation. I don't have premade anything to eat, and I'm about 8 miles from the nearest store. I do, however, have an hour and a half or so, a pound of (well frozen) pork tenderloin I would like to cook, and an empty stomach.

If anyone as any idea for my dinner, I'd really appreciate it! I'll check and see if I've got whatever you happen to be talking about, and I'd like to try something a little different tonight, not just eggs or something. Lets hear what I'm gonna eat!

 

[d33pt]

you dont give us much to work with

 

[brtspears2]

Domino's Pizza
(814) 459-4599

 

[Spoooon]

Do you have anything else to cook with the meat? Seasonings and what not?

 

[CaseTragedy]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Domino's Pizza
(814) 459-4599

 

[ViperMagic]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Domino's Pizza
(814) 459-4599

They won't deliver as far out as my house. I left the thread kind of open ended, simply because I'm pretty open to making anything that isnt preprepared frozen (of which there is none left)

 

[ViperMagic]

Originally posted by: Spoooon
Do you have anything else to cook with the meat? Seasonings and what not?

Its likely. Suggestions?

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

Boil tenderlion till cooked. Slather with BBQ sauce. Blast the hell out of it with a propane torch. Done.

OR.....

(Adjust for the amount of PTL you have. It says 2 1.5lb loins)

2 (1 1/2 pound) pork tenderloins
seasoning salt to taste
2 cups apple juice
1/2 cup apple butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves


Directions
1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Season the pork tenderloins with seasoning salt, and place them in a 9x13 inch baking dish or small roasting pan. Pour apple juice over the pork, and cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil.
3 Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven. While the pork is roasting, mix together the apple butter, brown sugar, water, cinnamon and cloves. After the hour, remove pork loins from the oven, and spread the apple butter mixture over them.
4 Cover, and return to the oven for 2 hours, or until fork tender.

 

[ElFenix]

pork tenderloin isn't gonna unthaw in and get cooked in an hour and a half

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
pork tenderloin isn't gonna unthaw in and get cooked in an hour and a half

Two words....

Plutonium

Hey, if you need a recipe, call your grandma and tell her you have 1.5lb of pig carcass you wanna eat.

 

[ViperMagic]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
pork tenderloin isn't gonna unthaw in and get cooked in an hour and a half

Well, any ideas what WILL?

Monel, we dont have any apple juice, cloves, or cinammon. My grandma's are both indisposed for the next ever.

 

[Spoooon]

You can use a microwave to defrost it. It's not ideal, but it'll work.

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

Just boil it and BBQ it. Find a vegie or some other side dish and you are done.

See, this is the advantage of living in the country. When ever I have to cook, I just start calling people. Eventually, someone is either having a cookout, party, wedding, funeral, graduation, Uncle Frank's return from the hospital for getting his ear reattached from renegade farm machinery or someone is celebrating the inventor of the spark plug or something like that. Either way, there is food involved.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: Monel Funkawitz

Originally posted by: ElFenix
pork tenderloin isn't gonna unthaw in and get cooked in an hour and a half

Two words....

Plutonium

Hey, if you need a recipe, call your grandma and tell her you have 1.5lb of pig carcass you wanna eat.

Monel, If I'm ever in your neck of the woods, you're cooking me dinner. I probably won't want to eat any of it, but considering that it'll be like watching an episode of Monster Garage meets Iron Chef, it'll be worth the show.

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: Monel Funkawitz

Originally posted by: ElFenix
pork tenderloin isn't gonna unthaw in and get cooked in an hour and a half

Two words....

Plutonium

Hey, if you need a recipe, call your grandma and tell her you have 1.5lb of pig carcass you wanna eat.

Monel, If I'm ever in your neck of the woods, you're cooking me dinner. I probably won't want to eat any of it, but considering that it'll be like watching an episode of Monster Garage meets Iron Chef, it'll be worth the show.

I used to do an annual Pig Roast. Don't do it anymore, cracked the windows on the house and my truck from the shock waves. Damn LOX (Liquid Oxygen) is brutal.

One of these days I wanna see if I can launch an animal out of a air cannon and have it fully cooked before it hits the ground. I keep burning up parachutes.

 

[DT4K]

Here's what I throw together for pork tenderloins.
You need:
Mustard
Honey (you can substitute brown sugar or white sugar)
Rosemary, tarragon, sage or basil. Just one of them. I prefer tarragon.

Mix 1/4 cup mustard, 1/4 cup honey, about 1/2 cup water and a generous sprinkling of tarragon(or other)

Microwave the pork to thaw it just enough that you can slice it. Slice it into medallions about 1/4 inch thick.
Saute in a pan with a little oil until just cooked. Add the sauce and cook on medium-high heat until the sauce thickens and starts to darken a little (the sugars are caramelizing).

Enjoy, it is really good.
You can also throw the tenderloins in a baking dish, coat them with the sauce (without any water in it) and bake until done, but I prefer the sauteed version.