Spicy Honey Pork Medallions

Yields: 8 Servings

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This is a great comes together quickly meal, but doesn't feel like it.  This is definitely something I can do after work, but I would definitely make for company too.  Pork Tenderloin is another really versatile meat and is pretty quick cooking.  Slicing the tenderloin into medallions give it even more surface area to take on flavor.  This is a variation on a recipe in America's Test Kitchen's Healthy family cookbook.

Ingredients:

• 2 pork tenderloins 
• 1 Cup Honey
• 1/2 Cup fresh lime juice (about 4 limes)
• 4 Teaspoons minced chipotle in adobo sauce
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons ground cumin
• Salt & Pepper 
• Olive Oil

Slice pork into medallions and season with salt & pepper.

Heat olive oil in pan over medium heat.  When pan is heated, place pork medallions in pan and brown on each side 2-3 minutes.  Just enough to get a bit of a crust on it.  If all medallions don't fit, brown in batches. 

Remove browned medallions from pan.  Combine honey, lime juice, chipotle & cumin in same pan and let it cook down, scraping up brown bits.  After 1-2 minutes when the mixture is more of a glaze consistency, add the pork medallions back to pan and reduce heat to low.

Yum!

We had this as a roasted pork tenderloin with a glaze.  I decided to try it this way and it did not disappoint.  I enjoyed it more and it came together fast!  I would definitely mince the chipotles finer than we did, especially if you do not like heat.  This is one of Hubs favorite meals.