Orange Brined Pork Loin Recipes

ORANGE-BRINED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup water and orange rind; bring to a boil; remove from heat; pour into a large bowl; cool to room temperature.
• Add 2 cups water, 4 cups juice, salt, sugar, and ¼ cup soy sauce; stir until the salt and sugar dissolve.
• Pour salt mixture into a 2 gallon zip-lock plastic bag; add in ice and pork; seal.
• Refrigerate 24 hours, turning bag occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 450°.
• Combine marmalade, 2 tablespoons juice, and 1 tablespoon soy sauce; bring to a boil; cook 10 seconds or until marmalade melts; remove from heat.
• Remove pork from bag; discard brine.
• Pat pork dry with paper towels; place pork on roasting pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake for 15 minutes; decrease temperature to 325°, bake 45 minutes.
• Brush marmalade mixture over pork; bake 5 minutes or until thermometer inserted into thickest portion reads 155°.
• Place pork on a platter; cover with foil; let stand 15 minutes.
• Garnish with orange slices and parsley.

PORK WITH ORANGE JALAPENO GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and pour over the pork. Refrigerate for 24 to 48 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In hot saute pan with 2 tablespoons of peanut oil, brown pork loin on all sides. Place it in the oven for 30 to 45 minutes until internal temperature reaches 150 degrees F. Remove pork from the oven; let rest on a rack for 10 minutes. Slice.
• Reduce orange juice to 1/3 cup. Combine sugar, ginger, jalapeno, orange zest and rice wine vinegar. Cook in a 1-quart pot until it's a medium-dark amber color. Stir in orange juice, butter and salt. Strain through a sieve and keep warm. Arrange pork on serving platter and drizzle with sauce.

SPICE-BRINED PORK ROAST WITH ORANGE-SOY GLAZE

Steps:

• Brine the pork: Combine the salt, sugar, ginger, garlic, star anise and chiles in a large pot with 4 cups water. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar and salt. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Squeeze the orange juice into the brine, then add the squeezed orange pieces and 2 cups cold water.
• Place the pork on a cutting board, fat cap-side down and make a few slits between the ribs with a sharp knife; transfer to a large pot or resealable plastic bag. Add the brine, plus up to 2 cups more water if needed to cover the pork. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Remove the pork from the brine and pat very dry. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Set a rack in a roasting pan and place the pork on the rack, fat-side up. Roast until a thermometer inserted into the center registers 115˚ F to 120˚ F, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and increase the temperature to 425˚ F.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze: Combine the orange juice, hoisin sauce, soy sauce and sugar in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Simmer, stirring, until thickened, 5 to 8 minutes. Set aside about half of the glaze for serving.
• Brush some of the remaining glaze over the roast. Return to the oven and continue cooking, brushing with more glaze every 5 minutes, until the thermometer registers 135˚ F to 140˚ F, 15 to 25 more minutes. Transfer the pork to a cutting board and let rest 20 to 30 minutes before carving. Serve with the reserved glaze and any collected juices.

ORANGE-GLAZED, PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ITALIAN SEASONING

Steps:

• Dissolve salt and sugar in 1 quart of water in a bowl. Add meat and let stand 45 minutes. Rinse, then pat dry.
• Meanwhile, in a small pan, reduce orange concentrate by half over low heat. Stir in garlic and Italian seasoning. Brush pork with glaze and set aside.
• Either build a charcoal fire in half the grill or turn gas grill burners on high for 10 minutes. Lubricate hot grill rack with an oil-soaked rag using tongs.
• Place tenderloins on hot grill rack and close lid; grill until well-seared, about 7 minutes. Turn meat and close lid; grill until well-seared on second side, about 6 minutes longer. Turn off gas grill (or move meat to the charcoal grill's cooler side) and let tenderloins sit in covered until the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees (63 degrees C) on a meat thermometer, about 5 minutes longer.

HONEY-ORANGE GLAZED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the first 8 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until glaze is reduced to 1 cup, 45 minutes. , Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan lined with heavy-duty foil. Roast until a thermometer reads 145°, 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hours, brushing with glaze 2-3 times after first hour of roasting. Let stand for 10-15 minutes before slicing.

ORANGE-BRINED PORK CHOPS WITH HERB RUB

Steps:

• In large nonmetal bowl, combine all brine ingredients; mix well. Add pork chops. Cover bowl; refrigerate 6 to 8 hours to marinate. In small bowl, combine all remaining ingredients; mix well. Set aside.
• Heat grill. Remove pork chops from brine; discard brine. Pat pork chops dry with paper towels. Rub brown sugar-herb mixture into both sides of pork chops.
• When ready to grill, place pork chops on gas grill over medium-high heat or on charcoal grill 4 to 6 inches from medium-high coals. Cook 20 to 25 minutes or until no longer pink in center, turning once.

ORANGE MARINATED PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Make the orange marinade by whisking together the orange juice, soy sauce, rosemary, and garlic. Pour over pork tenderloin and marinate for at least one hour, preferably overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Drain pork, reserving the marinade, and place on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Roast for about 20 minutes until internal temperature has reached 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
• Meanwhile, strain the reserved marinade and bring it to a simmer in a small saucepan. Serve this as a sauce for the meat.

GRILLED BRINED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Prep:Bring water, sugar, and salt to a simmer in a large pot, stirring to dissolve. Remove from heat. Add ice, bay leaf, thyme, orange zest, and peppercorns, and let cool completely. Place pork in a nonreactive dish, and completely cover with brine. Refrigerate at least 6 hours and up to 8 hours. Remove pork from brine, and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Pat dry, and season with salt and pepper.
• Grill:Heat grill to medium. Grill pork, covered with vent open, turning every 6 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 125 degrees, about 32 minutes. (Pork will continue to cook to proper doneness as it rests.) Transfer pork to a cutting board, and let rest 15 minutes. Slice pork, and squeeze orange over slices. Serve with mustard.

CORIANDER-AND-OREGANO-BRINED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• In a large bowl or plastic bag, combine 4 cups water, salt, sugar, peppercorns, coriander, oregano, and bay leaf and stir until sugar and salt dissolve. Add pork and refrigerate at least 1 hour (or up to 8 hours).
• Set up a grill for indirect cooking (see note below) over medium-high. Clean and lightly oil hot grill. Remove pork from brine, pat dry, and grill directly over heat source until brown all over, 15 minutes. Move to cooler side of grill. Cover grill and cook until pork is cooked through (an instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part of pork should read 140 degrees), about 25 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and tent with foil. Let rest 10 minutes before slicing thinly.

BRINED PORK LOIN ROAST

Steps:

• Bring water, salt and sugar to boil.
• Add bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon stick, peppercorns and garlic.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let cool to room temp.
• Pour over pork roast and marinate a minimum of 8 hours or overnight.
• Drain.
• Pre-heat oven to 250 degrees.
• Season meat with salt and pepper.
• Place in a roasting pan with meat side down.
• Drape bacon slices over the roast so the top and sides are covered with the bacon.
• Bake in pre-heated oven until internal temperature of the meat is 140 degrees.
• (Approx. 2 hours+ depending on roast size.) Let roast rest about 20 minutes before slicing.
• I've found it easiest to cut with an electric knife with the meat down and ribs up- slicing between the rib bones.

ORANGE-GLAZED PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine the first 5 ingredients; rub over roast. Place fat side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour. , Meanwhile, in a saucepan over medium heat, combine orange juice, brown sugar and mustard. In a small bowl, mix water and cornstarch until smooth. Add to orange juice mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Reserve 1 cup glaze for serving; brush half of remaining glaze over roast. , Bake until a thermometer reads 145°, 20-40 minutes longer, brushing occasionally with remaining glaze. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Reheat reserved glaze; serve with roast.