Banana Glazed Pork

I started this post the other night, but it took me a while to get the photo imported (love the new auto-import function between phones and google+! Made it so much easier!).  Anyway, dinner from Tuesday, on Saturday!




I always seem to end up with at least one very brown banana in the house.  Usually, it becomes bread, or it'll get frozen, or sometimes tossed.  I found this recipe today, made a few modifications and had a quick and easy dinner.

Banana Glaze Pork with Jasmine Rice and Mixed Greens (topped with more Banana Glaze)

1 package of pork tenderloin (1-2 lbs), cut into medallions
1 tbsp butter
1/2 onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 overripe banana
1/4 cup beef stock
3/4 cup Orange juice
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp Dark Rum
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp honey
Salt and Paprika or black pepper*

Sprinkle salt and paprika/black pepper on pork, set aside
Melt butter in a sauce pan
Saute onion and garlic until soft
Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil
Remove from the heat, and puree using a stick blend
Return to the heat and simmer until reduced by half.

Take about half the glaze and lightly coat the pork
Heat a fry pan over medium heat and cook the pork about 5 minutes per side
If the pork isn't cooked through, place in a 425 degree oven until internal temp reaches 135-140

*Instead of salt and pepper, you can make a quick rub with 1 tsp each brown sugar and chili powder and 1/4 tsp salt. Let it sit on the pork an hour to overnight.

You can put the pork over mixed greens and use the extra sauce as a dressing. Serve the pork with rice and a veggie.  Or, if you want to dress up the sauce a bit, add some diced mango, some diced (firmer) banana and/or some hot sauce or fresh diced hot pepper.