Sesame Pork Appetizers Recipe

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The honey marinade give this hearty pork appetizer added flavor. It's served with an Asian-inspired dipping sauce that is quite yummy.—Joyce Moynihan, Lakeville, Minnesota

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Sesame Pork Appetizers Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + marinating Bake: 40 min.

Yield: 24 Servings

15 40 55

Ingredients

1/2 cup sherry or chicken broth
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 pork tenderloins (3/4 pound each)
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup sesame seeds
DIPPING SAUCE:
1/3 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 green onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon sherry or chicken broth
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot

Directions

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine sherry and soy sauce; add pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
Drain and discard marinade; pat pork dry. Place honey and sesame seeds in separate shallow bowls. Roll pork in honey, then sesame seeds. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 160°. Let stand for 5 minutes before slicing.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients. Serve with pork. Yield: 2 dozen (1/2 cup sauce).

Nutritional Facts 1 appetizer with 1 teaspoon sauce equals 70 calories, 3 g fat (trace saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 155 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 6 g protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1 lean meat.

Originally published as Sesame Pork Appetizers in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2011, p9