Caribbean Pork Bowl

Submitted by LoriInIndiana

"Great dish to serve with black beans and rice. Posted for ZWT 2."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 -6 tomatillos, quartered
• 1 1⁄2 cups fresh pineapple, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup white onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup fresh cilantro leaves, lightly packed
• 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 jalapeno, chopped
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt (second measurement)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb pork tenderloin, trimmed, cut in 1 1/2-inch cubes
• 1⁄2 lb kielbasa, cut into 8 pieces
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1⁄4 cup fresh lime juice

directions

1. Blanch tomatillos in boiling water for 5 minutes or until they begin to soften.
2. Remove husk, drain and rinse in cold water.
3. Pulse tomatillos with pineapple, onion, cilantro, lime juice, jalapeno, sugar, and salt in a processor or blender until finely chopped.
4. Cover and chill.
5. Blend spices.
6. Toss trimmed pork with spice mixture.
7. Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat.
8. Saute pork for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
9. Stir in kielbasa and garlic.
10. Saute an additional 5 minutes or until kielbasa begins to brown, stirring to keep the garlic from burning.
11. Deglaze with lime juice and boil until syrupy, 1-2 minutes.
12. Serve with black beans and rice, and top with tomatillo salsa.

Reviews

[Lavender Lynn]

I did this exactly to plan except, well, overdid everything a little. It was delicious! The salsa is both sweet and spicy; sometimes it seems the celantro dominates, sometimes the pineapple, and the spice mix on the pork loin is perfect. We served this with a packaged black beans and rice kit, and the salsa was great with that too. (P.) Made for Zaar World Tour 5.

 

[Zee7181]

Loved it, loved it, loved it! Ate it every meal until it was gone. Even the hubby loved it. I didn't use the pork loin (didn't have it) and increased the kielbasa to 1 lb and used canned pineapple tidbits instead of fresh pineapple. Still delish!

 

[tornadoes three]

Lori- This was soooooooooooo good! I followed the recipe exactly and I had no trouble with it. It is easy and very very very GOOD! Thanks!