Recipe: Brown Basmati Rice and Roast Pork Tenderloin

[MamaMandee]

Brown Basmati Rice and Roast Pork Tenderloin

             

• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: Makes 4 servings (serving size: 1 cup rice mixture, 3 oz pork
• Calories per serving: 327

Ingredients

• 1 (12-oz) pork tenderloin
• 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary, divided
• 2 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for rice cooking water
• 2/3 cup brown basmati rice
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 tsp whole-grain mustard
• 1 cup red grapes, halved
• 1 sweet apple, such as Braeburn, diced
• Green beans, optional

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 400°. In oven-safe pan, rub pork with 1/4 tsp rosemary and 1/2 tsp oil. Roast until thermometer in thickest part of pork registers 145° (25-30 minutes).

2. Meanwhile, cook rice in boiling lightly salted water until just tender (30 minutes); drain.

3. In a large bowl whisk remaining 2 TBSP plus 1 tsp oil with lemon zest and juice, mustard, and 1/2 tsp salt; remove 2 TBSP. Add rice, grapes, apple, and remaining 1/4 tsp rosemary to bowl; toss.

4. Serve pork thinly sliced with rice mixture and, if desired, green beans; drizzle with reserved vinaigrette.

Good to Know

There are thousands of varieties of rice, but brown basmati is especially fragrant and tender.

 

[darbyakeep45]

My hubby would like this!  

[mp3mom]

My family would love this!

Quoting MamaMandee:

Brown Basmati Rice and Roast Pork Tenderloin

             

• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: Makes 4 servings (serving size: 1 cup rice mixture, 3 oz pork
• Calories per serving: 327

Ingredients

• 1 (12-oz) pork tenderloin
• 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary, divided
• 2 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for rice cooking water
• 2/3 cup brown basmati rice
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 tsp whole-grain mustard
• 1 cup red grapes, halved
• 1 sweet apple, such as Braeburn, diced
• Green beans, optional

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 400°. In oven-safe pan, rub pork with 1/4 tsp rosemary and 1/2 tsp oil. Roast until thermometer in thickest part of pork registers 145° (25-30 minutes).

2. Meanwhile, cook rice in boiling lightly salted water until just tender (30 minutes); drain.

3. In a large bowl whisk remaining 2 TBSP plus 1 tsp oil with lemon zest and juice, mustard, and 1/2 tsp salt; remove 2 TBSP. Add rice, grapes, apple, and remaining 1/4 tsp rosemary to bowl; toss.

4. Serve pork thinly sliced with rice mixture and, if desired, green beans; drizzle with reserved vinaigrette.

Good to Know

There are thousands of varieties of rice, but brown basmati is especially fragrant and tender.

[reneawesley]

My family would like that. 

[Krysden]

sounds great