Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin with Hot Rice

Serves 4 in about 40 minutes. A pressure cooker recipe built around low sodium chicken and tbsp corn starch.

Ingredients

• ½ cup teriyaki sauce
• ½ cup low sodium chicken broth (or water, orange juice)
• 4 cloves garlic, pressed or finely minced
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp ginger, fresh or ground
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1-1/2 lbs pork tenderloin (not pork loin roast)
• ½ sm sweet onion, finely minced
• 3 tbsp corn starch
• 4 tbsp cold water
• 3-4 cups cooked hot rice
• Sliced green onions, garnish

Method

1. Before cooking, mix together your sauce and keep it nearby.
2. Turn on the Sauté setting. When hot add olive oil. Tip in the pork tenderloin and brown 2-3 minutes on each side. Then remove to a plate.
3. Meanwhile, mix together the corn starch and water. keep it nearby.
4. Stir in the onion and cook until tender, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pot with a wood spoon, until you get up all of the browned bits from the bottom (deglaze). You may need a little splash of water to help get up the browned bits.
5. Turn off the pot. Tip in the pork tenderloin on top of the onions.
6. Tip in the sauce over the pork.
7. Close the lid and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
8. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial, then the +/- button or dial to select 0 (zero) minutes. High Pressure. The pot will take several minutes to come to pressure.
9. When the cook cycle has finished, turn off the pot (Cancel/Off) and let it sit undisturbed for 15 minutes. Then turn the steam release knob to the Venting position to release any remaining steam/pressure.
10. When the pin in the lid drops back down, open the lid and check the temperature of the meat with an instant read thermometer. You are looking for 143° to 145° at the thickest part.
11. Lift out the pork to a plate and loosely cover with foil.
12. Turn on the Sauté setting. When the sauce starts to simmer, stir in the corn starch slurry. Mix until thickened, then turn off the pot.
13. Plate the tenderloin sliced into medallions, with some of the sauce over it. Garnish with green onion slices. Delicious over hot rice.

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