I had some red wine that I wanted to use up, then I noticed Vidalia onions were back in stores & they are one of my favorites so I decided to plan a meal around them with some pork tenderloins I found on sale. I seasoned these pork tenderloins in a blend of salt, raw sugar, peppercorn medley, grains of paradise, garlic powder, sumac, arbol powder, & celery seeds using fish sauce as a binder going heavy on the peppercorns. I cooked them on my Weber Smoky Mountain smoker at 275F for 25 minutes on the middle rack with the water pan removed. After that I placed the meat right over the coals to achieve a nice sear. I basted the tenderloins in red wine that I had marinated onions in overnight (the onions were caramelized for the final plate). I also glazed one of the tenderloins in a red wine reduction BBQ sauce that I made. I served the tenderloin with the marinated onions, mashed potatoes with red wine compound butter, & onions roasted directly in the coals that were topped with pickled onions, fried onions & red wine compound butter. The tenderloin was amazing & while some may say this plate was onion heavy other people will totally get it.

by daCold_Brew45

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  1. BeginningPlastic3747 on

    grains of paradise AND sumac on pork is a combo I haven’t seen before but now I need to try it, that spice list is doing a lot of work.

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