Cedar Plank Pork Tenderloin

This is a wonderful way to cook pork tenderloin and kick off the barbecue season(and it smells so good while you cook it, too)!

Ingredients

1 untreated cedar plank (14x7x1 inch)
½ cup barbecue sauce
¼ cup teriyaki sauce
Grated peel of 1 medium orange
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 boneless pork loin (2 lb)

Instructions

Immerse the plank in water, placing a weight on top of it to keep submerged. Soak at least 4 hours or overnight.

Preheat grill to medium heat. Mix barbecue sauce, teriyaki sauce and orange peel until well blended. remove half of the barbecue sauce mixture; set aside for serving with the cooked meat.

Brush the top of the cedar plank with vegetable oil; top with meat. Cover with lid.

Grill 1 hour or until meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat registers 150ºF, turning and brushing with the barbecue sauce mixture for the last 20 min. of the grilling time. Discard any remaining sauce used for brushing. Remove meat from grill; cover loosely with foil. let stand 10 min or until the internal temperature is 160°F. Discard cedar plank. Cut the meat into thin slices. Serve with the reserved barbecue sauce mixture.

Notes

Makes 8 servings.

Count each serving as 3 proteins (group 6) and 1 restricted vegetable (group 2)*

*the restricted vegetable exchange accounts for the calories that come from the barbecue sauce.

Adapted from the Kraft Canada website: www.kraftcanada.com

Image courtesy of R. Walsh