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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: squirtthecat on June 18, 2012, 08:19:08 AM

Title: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: squirtthecat on June 18, 2012, 08:19:08 AM

I see these at the store every now and then, usually mixed in with frozen packages of rib tips.  They are the odds and ends from those $$ pork tenderloins you see from Hormel, etc.    I found a bunch for 1.99/lb, so I bought them all.   ;D

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Rubbed down with Annie's Garlic EVOO and some Oak Ridge BBQ poultry rub.

Line 'em up..

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MAK is cruising along at 250°.  These don't take long to cook at all.


As they approached 130° or so, I mixed up a Balsamic Blues Hog glaze.

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Time for the 'candy' stage.

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Bump the heat up so we start to sizzle a bit.

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To quote Sparky - "Wa La.."

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Plated with some green stuff.

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PDG.   

That was the last package from the freezer, so I need to keep an eye out for more..
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: Hub on June 18, 2012, 08:28:23 AM
Mighty fine lookin' chow, catsquirter!  Please tell me about your Blues Hog/Balsamic mix.  What is the ratio?  I've "cut" BH with some Carolina style vinegar-based sauce with good results but balsamic sounds interesting, too.

Hub
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: teesquare on June 18, 2012, 08:31:33 AM
NICE Squirt....I wonder what the combo of Sriracha sauce and Blue Hog or a similar sauce would do.....?
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: squirtthecat on June 18, 2012, 08:35:26 AM
Quote from: Hub on June 18, 2012, 08:28:23 AM
Mighty fine lookin' chow, catsquirter!  Please tell me about your Blues Hog/Balsamic mix.  What is the ratio?  I've "cut" BH with some Carolina style vinegar-based sauce with good results but balsamic sounds interesting, too.

Hub

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 4-5 'glugs' of Balsamic vinegar (1/8th of a cup, perhaps?) and then an equal amount of Blues Hog.  I put it on the lid of the MAK so it warms up before I paint it on.

The Balsamic gives it a little extra 'twang'..
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: squirtthecat on June 18, 2012, 08:36:42 AM
Quote from: teesquare on June 18, 2012, 08:31:33 AM
NICE Squirt....I wonder what the combo of Sriracha sauce and Blue Hog or a similar sauce would do.....?

HMMMMMM.........    Might just have to try that.
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: tatonka3a2 on June 18, 2012, 08:40:25 AM
NICE!!!  Those look amazing!
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: smokeasaurus on June 18, 2012, 09:12:39 AM
Outrageous!!
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: Tenpoint5 on June 18, 2012, 09:50:16 AM
Killer looking pork!!
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: ACW3 on June 18, 2012, 10:21:31 AM
"Candy" comes in so many flavors and styles when you cook them on the grill.  I love it!!!

Art
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: mikecorn.1 on June 18, 2012, 10:26:56 AM
That paint color works good for me. NICE!!  ;)
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: sparky on June 18, 2012, 11:51:29 AM
ya, these look good.  a little be of heaven in some pork.  moo pig.... ;)
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: muebe on June 18, 2012, 02:57:27 PM
Oh... Those look great Squirt ;)

Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: TMB on June 18, 2012, 03:45:36 PM
That looks great!   I give it a 10!!!!!
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: africanmeat on June 18, 2012, 04:05:29 PM
It looks amazing .thanks for the  sauce  recipe
Title: Re: Candied Pork Tender Tips
Post by: Old Hickory on June 18, 2012, 06:40:52 PM
Looks great, and the price was right too.