Barbecue Pork with Mop Sauce

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. packed dark brown sugar
• 1 tbsp. paprika
• 1 tbsp. chili powder
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. cayenne
• Freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 2 pork tenderloins (1 1/2 lbs.), trimmed of all visible fat
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp. molasses
• 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Makes 6 Servings

1. Spray the grill rack with nonstick spray; prepare the grill for indirect heating.
2. To prepare the spice rub, combine the brown sugar, paprika, chili powder, cumin, cayenne, salt and pepper in a bowl. Rub half of the mixture all over the pork and let stand for 15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, to prepare the sauce, combine the ketchup, vinegar, molasses and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl.
4. Rub the pork with the remaining spice rub. Place over the indirect heat section of the grill. Grill 15 minutes. Turn the pork and grill until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the meat registers 160 F, 12-15 minutes longer. Remove from the grill, cover loosely with foil, and let stand for 10 minutes before cutting each tenderloin into 12 slices. Serve with the sauce.

WW POINTS VALUE: 4 pts. (4 slices pork with about 2 tablespoons sauce)

 

Note: This recipe appears in the WW New Complete Cookbook. My mother and I were craving meat and she asked me to do a simple pork dinner with a side of green beans. I wanted to do a Mexican pork dish so I scrambled to find a pork dinner we'd both enjoy. I came across this one and I always wanted to try this recipe. This dish was SOO delicious. If you love barbecue, you will love this dish, I guarantee. It's called Mop sauce because it comes from North Carolina. North Carolinians marinate their barbecued meats with a dry spice rub and then serve their meats in a vinegary and spicy sauce that gets "mopped up" with a piece of bread. We really love this mop sauce because it was packed with so much flavor and was thick and gooey. It tasted better than the barbecue sauce you would get at the grocery store. I highly recommend making extra sauce because people will be going back for seconds after one taste. You can all use the spice rub and sauce on chicken, beef, turkey, salmon, catfish and even some vegetables when you're in the mood for barbecue.