Honey Sesame Pork Tenderloin

Honey Sesame Pork Tenderloin is an easy family dinner recipe that’s perfect for busy weeknights. The pork is fully cooked in only 8 minutes on the grill!

Grilling season is well underway and the options are endless. I love that we can cook outside without warming up the house. My neighbor is in his nineties and he even cooks lunch for him and his wife on the grill. This recipe for Honey Sesame Pork Tenderloin comes together fast and is sure to become a family favorite.

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First, mix together kosher salt, coarse ground pepper, garlic powder, and ground cinnamon. Rub the spice mixture over a one pound pork tenderloin. Place the tenderloin in a pan, cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Put the honey, soy sauce, olive oil, hoisin sauce, minced onion, minced garlic, sesame seed oil, and crushed red peppers in a sauce pan, whisk together, and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often. In a small bowl, stir together cold water and cornstarch and then slowly whisk it into the sauce. Continue cooking, stirring constantly until thickened. Put 1/4 cup of the sauce in a small bowl and set the rest aside.

Bonus tip: If your sauce gets too thick, you can thin it by whisking in water, a little at a time until it reaches the desired thickness.

Remove the pork tenderloin from the fridge and cut it into 1/2 thick slices. Brush the grill grates with vegetable oil and then cook the pork tenderloin medallions over high heat for 3 minutes on each side. Brush the pork tenderloin with the 1/4 cup of honey sesame sauce in the small bowl and grill an additional minute on each side to caramelize the sauce.

The pork is fully cooked once it has reached an internal temperature of 145 degrees.

Serve the honey sesame pork tenderloin over rice with the reserved sauce, sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds and sliced green onions.

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Honey Sesame Pork Tenderloin

Prep Time

35 mins

Cook Time

8 mins

Total Time

43 mins

 

Course: Dinner

Servings: 6

Author: The Gunny Sack

Ingredients

• 1 lb pork tenderloin
• 2 tbsp sliced green onions
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Spice Rub:

• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp coarse ground pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Honey Sesame Sauce:

• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
• 1 tbsp minced onion
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp sesame seed oil
• 1/4 tsp crushed red peppers optional
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 2 tbsp cornstarch

Instructions

Spice Rub:

1. Mix together kosher salt, coarse ground pepper, garlic powder, and ground cinnamon. Rub the spice mixture over the 1 pound pork tenderloin. Place the tenderloin in a pan, cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Honey Sesame Sauce:

1. Put honey, soy sauce, olive oil, hoisin sauce, minced onion, minced garlic, sesame seed oil, and crushed red peppers in a sauce pan, whisk together, and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often.
2. In a small bowl, stir together cold water and cornstarch and then slowly whisk into the sauce. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until thickened.
3. Put 1/4 cup of the sauce in a small bowl to bring out to the grill and set the rest aside.

Grilling:

1. Remove the pork tenderloin from the fridge and cut it into 1/2 thick slices. Brush the grill grates with vegetable oil and then cook the pork tenderloin medallions over high heat for 3 minutes on each side. Brush the pork tenderloin with the 1/4 cup of honey sesame sauce in the small bowl and grill an additional minute on each side to caramelize the sauce.
2. The pork is fully cooked once it has reached an internal temperature of 145 degrees.
3. Before serving, top the pork tenderloin with the remaining sauce and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and sliced green onions.

Recipe Notes

Bonus tip: If your honey sesame sauce gets too thick, you can thin it by whisking in water, a little at a time until it reaches the desired thickness.

 More grilling recipes to try:

Garlic Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Hawaiian Steak Kabobs

Grilled S’mores Hand Pie

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