Who Needs Take Out?! Asian Style BBQ Pork Tenderloin Recipe with Power Pressure Cooker XL!!

Are you ready for another delicious and quick pressure cooker recipe?  Today I used my new Power Pressure Cooker XL to make this delicious Asian Style BBQ pork tenderloin.

This was super delicious and the sauce hit all the right notes!  I used a thawed pork tenderloin and an onion, a few carrots and some celery.  But the secret is in the sauce!  I used some Hoisin sauce and honey and soy along with garlic and ginger.  Mixed that all up and poured it into the cooker along with the tenderloin and veggies.  I cooked this for 25 minutes on the meat setting and allowed it to naturally release.

This meat was super tender and easy to slice.  I made some rice on the side and we enjoyed this with the veggies and that delicious sauce!  I think next time I will add some pineapple chunks after it is cooked and just let them heat through.  That would make a lovely addition as well as a sprinkling of toasted sesame seeds and maybe a drizzle of sesame oil.  Truthfully, you could take this as far as you like.  No matter what you choose this is going to be delicious!

Cheaper, faster and healthier than take out and you have it in just about the same amount of time as if you had called it in for delivery or pick up!  The sauce is delicious and rich and flavorful.   I served mine sliced but you could easily shred this and serve it mu shu style in little flour tortillas or rice pancakes that you pick up from the grocery.  Add some sliced green onion, shredded fresh carrot and bean sprouts for a delicious Asian style taco night!

I hope you give this Asian style BBQ pork tenderloin a try in your pressure cooker some time soon and I hope you love it!

Happy Eating!

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Noreen's Kitchen

Pressure Cooker

Asian Style Pork Tenderloin

Ingredients

1 package plain pork tenderloin 1 medium onion, sliced 2 carrots, sliced 2 stalks celery, cut into chunks ½ cup Hoisin sauce

¼ cup honey ¼ cup soy sauce 3 -4 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon ginger paste

Step by Step Instructions

NOTE:  I am using a 6 quart Power Pressure XL pressure cooker.  This machine has designated presets for certain types of foods.  Please consult the owner’s manual for your brand of machine should you have one that is different from mine. 

Place all ingredients into the vessel of the pressure cooker and give them a toss being sure to coat the meat well.

Place the lid on the pressure cooker and adjust the valve to pressure.

Set the machine to the meat setting and cook for 25 minutes.

Allow the pressure cooker to have a natural release instead of a quick release.  This will ensure that the meat is very tender.

When the cooker has come down off of pressure and you can remove the lid, allow the tenderloin to sit for five minutes before serving to avoid anyone scorching their mouth on the very hot dish.

I served mine with steamed rice, but this would be equally as delicious with quinoa, lo mein noodles or even pasta.

Enjoy!

What's for Dinner? Quick Weeknight Quick Potato Soup

This week was the beginning of the new school year in our area.  My girls started school this past Wednesday.  Back to school always makes me wax nostalgic of my own school days.  I remember the eager anticipation of starting a new year.  Meeting a new teacher and seeing my friends on a regular basis after the long hot summer of separation.  It also reminds me of the comforting times spent around the dinner table with my family recounting the days activities.  Sharing in our happiness and our troubles.  It was a great time.  Truly a thing I did not appreciate until I had grown and realized how great it truly was.  As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder.  This is true of people and of times in our lives.


The family times around the dinner table were made even more memorable thanks to the bountiful spread my mother would always put on the table for us to share.  After a long day at school, there were few things that one could appreciate more that some of mom’s home cooking!  I hope that someday my girls will feel the same, when they are preparing to send their children off into the world.  Coming home to a comforting and warm bowl of hearty soup is always a great way to fill their bellies and help their brains tackle all that homework that they will undoubtedly be bringing home with them.  


This soup is so easy to prepare, you will not believe that this silky creamy soup can be made in under an hour.  Pair this with a green salad, some crusty  bread and butter or soft cheese and you are well on your way to making sure that your children will be satisfied in body and soul ready to take on algebra, earth science or Shakespeare.  Give this a try, I know that you will be glad you did!


This recipe is well suited for a day when you don’t know what to make.  Perhaps you have half a bag of potatoes sitting under your kitchen sink ( I always assume that everyone does things the way I do)  Maybe you have a couple of carrots in the crisper drawer, along with the celery that you bought last week and the half an onion that you put away over the weekend, and some heavy cream half and half or whole milk, you have what you need to make this.  


Don’t have the aromatics?  Use some frozen veggies!  That ½ bag of frozen broccoli, is screaming to be picked to play on this team.  Whatever you have that would be suitable for a soup, would be great to get this going.  Do the potatoes in the broth and add what you want.  Don’t want to use the heavy cream, use milk or plain yogurt!  Make this your own, you’ll love it and so will your kids!  Simple, hearty and satisfying, and you didn’t have to spend the whole day in the kitchen killing yourself on this one either!  







Here is what you will need to make this recipe:


2 pounds of potatoes peeled and cubed (I used Yukon gold)
1 medium onion or about 1 cup chopped
4 stalks celery chopped
1 cup carrots chopped ( I used matchstick carrots that I chopped up even more with my hand chopper)
½ stick butter (4 Tablespoons)
4 cups hot water
4 chicken bullion cubes
1 carton chicken stock
¼ teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon salt (use Jane’s Crazy Mixed up Salt if you can get it.  If not, no biggie!)
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup heavy cream (or ½ and ½ or milk or yogurt)
Toppings:
Crumbled Bacon
Cheddar Cheese
Green Onions
Dollop of Sour Cream


In a large deep skillet or stock pot,  Melt butter, add onion, celery and carrots.  Sautee until soft and onion is translucent.  Add potatoes and give things a stir.  Combine bullion cubes or powder with hot water and add to pan along with entire carton of chicken stock.  Stir in celery seed, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper.    Cook over medium high heat for 20 to 25 minutes or until potatoes are soft, but not falling apart.  Towards the end of the cooking time, mash some of the potatoes while stirring, to thicken the soup with the starch of the potatoes.  Turn heat off and add heavy cream and whisk lightly to combine.  Allow to simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.  NOTE:  don’t allow the soup to boil otherwise you may risk breaking the cream and although it will taste fine, it will look really nasty.  


Serve this to your family after a long day.  Share, laugh, love and make memories over steaming bowls of this hearty soup that says “I Love You”.  


I hope you try this and I hope you enjoy it.  Until next time:  See Ya!