Cranberry Pork Tenderloin Recipe

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In Melbourne, Florida, Betty Helton relies on a can of cranberry sauce to create the sweet sauce for this tender pork entree. She adds orange juice and ground cloves to the mixture to season it nicely as it simmers.

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Cranberry Pork Tenderloin Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Cook: 5-1/4 hours

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

1 pork tenderloin (1 pound)
1 can (14 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
2 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons cold water

Directions

Place pork in a 3-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the cranberry sauce, orange juice, sugars, mustard and cloves; pour over pork. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until meat is tender.
Remove pork and keep warm. Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; gradually stir into cranberry mixture. Cover and cook on high for 15 minutes or until thickened. Serve with pork. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 3 ounces cooked pork equals 388 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 63 mg cholesterol, 71 mg sodium, 65 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 23 g protein.

Originally published as Cranberry Pork Tenderloin in Quick Cooking November/December 2005, p9