Sautéed Pork Medallions with Southwest-Style Sauce
The best and easiest Sautéed Pork Medallions with Southwest-Style Sauce you’ll ever make—and eat!
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ pounds pork loin, trimmed
- 1 recipe Southwestern-Style Sauce
- 2½ tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- ¾ teaspoon pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 red peppers, cut into thin strips
- 1 zucchini, cut into thin strips
- 1 yellow squash, cut into thin strips
- 1½ tablespoons jalapeño, finely diced
Southwestern-Style Sauce:
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons shallots, minced
- 1½ tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons Creole mustard
- 1½ teaspoons black peppercorns, crushed
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- ¼ cup cider vinegar
- 2¾ teaspoons salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2½ teaspoons cilantro, chopped
- 1½ tablespoons jalapeño, finely diced, for garnish
Directions
- Slice the pork loin into 12 pieces. Prepare the Southwestern-Style Sauce as directed. While the sauce is reducing, heat a sauté pan with 1 tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat.
- Season the pork with salt and pepper. In two batches, sauté the pork medallions until golden brown and cooked throughout, about 3-4 minutes each side. Remove the pork from the pan and hold it in a warm place.
- Add the garlic to the pan and sauté for one minute. Add the red pepper, zucchini and yellow squash and sauté for roughly 3-4 minutes.
- Deglaze the skillet with 3 tablespoons of the reduced sauce.
- Season the vegetables with salt and pepper as needed. Finish the sauce with cilantro as directed in the recipe. Serve the pork on a bed of the sautéed vegetables with the sauce spooned on top. Garnish with jalapeño.
Southwestern-Style Sauce:
- Heat ½ tablespoon of the oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Sauté the garlic and shallots until aromatic, 1-2 minutes.
- Add the tomato paste and cook until slightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the mustard, black peppercorns, chicken broth, maple syrup, vinegar, salt and pepper. Simmer until mixture reduces to a sauce consistency, about 10 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a skillet on medium-high heat. Sauté the medallions to the desired doneness, 1½ minutes for the first side and approximately 1 minute for the second side for medium.
- Finish the sauce with the cilantro and serve over the tenderloin. Garnish with the jalapeño.