Description
Grilled Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin - a quick grilled weeknight dinner with a taste of Japan.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 (1.25 pound) pork tenderloins, silver skin trimmed
Teriyaki sauce (or substitute 1 cup store-bought teriyaki sauce)
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Mirin or seasoned rice wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 clove garlic, minced or pressed
- 1/2 inch piece of ginger, peeled and grated
- 1 green onion, trimmed and minced fine
- 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
Garnish
- A handful of scallions, trimmed
Instructions
- Marinate the pork: Put the pork tenderloins in a gallon zip-top bag or a baking dish. In a medium bowl, whisk the Teriyaki sauce ingredients - soy sauce, mirin, honey, garlic, ginger, and green onion - until smooth, and the honey dissolves. Pour the marinade over the pork tenderloins. (Squeeze the air out of the bag and zip closed if using). Marinate for at least least 1 hour, up to overnight, turning the pork occasionally to even out the marinade.
- Set the grill for indirect medium heat: Set up the grill for indirect medium heat - half the grill for direct medium heat, half the grill with no heat. For my gas grill, I preheat with all burners on high for 10 minutes, then brush the grill grates clean with my grill brush. I turn half the burners down to medium, and turn off the other half of the burners.
- Sear the pork over direct heat, finish over indirect heat: Remove the tenderloins from the marinade, let extra marinade drip off, and put the tenderloins on the grill over direct medium heat. I grill the round pork tenderloin as if it has four sides. I brown it on the bottom, about 2 minutes, then give the pork a quarter turn - rotating it 90 degrees. Then I repeat until it is grilled on all 4 sides - grill for about 2 minutes, turn, grill for another 2 minutes, turn, and a grill for 2 minutes on the last side. Move the pork to the indirect heat side of the grill, with no flames directly below it. (If you have a remote probe thermometer, now is the time to poke it deep into the thickest part of the tenderloin and set it for 145°F). Close the lid and cook until the pork reaches 145°F internal in its thickest part for medium, about 15 minutes. Remove the pork from the grill and let it rest for 10 minutes. While the pork is resting, put the scallions on the grill over direct medium heat and grill until browned on the bottom, about 3 minutes. Remove from the grill and mince. Slice the tenderloin, sprinkle with the minced scallions, and serve.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 23 minutes
- Category: Grilling
- Cuisine: Japanese