Author Notes
I made this recipe for the first time last fall and while I like the taste of both the rub and the mustard marinade, it needed a little attention for my taste buds. I started with the suggested ingredients and amounts, obviously changing them to a great extent. While I can't claim the original recipe as my own, I love the inspiration, originally inspired by John Rees/2008 on BBQ Canada who was inspired by Steve Raichlen. My version, is a happy place between both recipes.
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I eliminated, reduced, changed, and added ingredients according to my taste, sweetening the tart mustard marinade with a little Asian sweet chili sauce and honey or agave syrup, worked nicely. Instead of the chipotle chile pepper in adobo and wasabi powder, I added smoked paprika and just a touch of chipotle chile powder, and cut back on the amount of salt.
The coffee that I used was Timothy's Sugar Bush Maple Coffee and I found that 3 heaping tablespoons was just the right amount of coffee flavor, their recipes call for 4-6 tablespoons. —ibbeachnana
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Ingredients
- Sugar Bush Maple Coffee Rub
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3 tablespoons
Sugar Bush Maple coffee
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2 tablespoons
Sweet paprika
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1 teaspoon
Smoked paprika
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1/2 teaspoon
Chipotle chile powder
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1/2 tablespoon
Kosher salt
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1/2 teaspoon
Freshly ground black and white pepper
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2 tablespoons
Unsweetened cocoa
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1 tablespoon
McCormick onion powder, California Style
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1/4 teaspoon
garlic powder or granulated garlic
- Mustard marinated pork tenderloins
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2
Whole pork tenderloins, thin end tucked under and tied
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2 tablespoons
Dijon mustard
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4 tablespoons
Yellow mustard
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1 tablespoon
EVOO
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1
medium shallot, minced
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2
garlic cloves pressed through garlic press
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2 + tablespoons
Asian sweet chili sauce, according to your taste
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1 teaspoon
Soy sauce
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1 tablespoon
Worcestershire sauce
Directions
- Sugar Bush Maple Coffee Rub
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Thoroughly blend the dry rub ingredients and spread on a sheet pan.
- Mustard marinated pork tenderloins
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Remove fat and silver skin from tenderloins and dry with paper towels.
Completely blend the next 8 ingredients and slather both tenderloins with the marinade.
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Roll the mustard marinated tenderloins in the coffee/cocoa rub, covering completely and wrap tightly in plastic wrap, set in a baking dish large enough to hold both, refrigerate overnight.
When cooking time rolls around, the tenderloins can be pan seared and finished in a 350°oven, but my favorite method is on the grill rotisserie, takes about 40 minutes on MOM or you can slow roast on LOL for a longer period of time, checking the meat with an instant read thermometer to a temperature of 140-150°, my preference. A ten minute rest under heavy duty foil tent, slice and serve.
You can serve with a sauce of your choice; I made a reduced apple cider sauce that was just perfect with the rotisserie tenderloins.
I tried the recipe with a bbq type sauce and felt that it was too tart for my taste.
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