Pork Tenderloin with Honey Garlic Sauce

This one will have you wishing you could lick the plate clean (and if you aren't in "polite company", please feel free!).

Recipe:
Prep 10min ; Cooking time 25min ; Serves 5(ish)

1kg pork tenderloin (i.e. the long thin one!)
1.5 tbsp olive oil (or butter)
3 garlic cloves (very finely chopped)

Rub:
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper

Sauce:
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
1.5 tbsp light soy sauce (not dark)
1/2 cup (150g) honey (or maple syrup)

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
2. Mix Sauce ingredients together.
3. Mix Rub ingredients then sprinkle over the pork.
4. Heat oil in a large oven proof skillet over high heat. Add pork and sear until golden all over.
5. When pork is almost seared, push to the side, add garlic and cook until golden.
6. Pour sauce in. Turn pork once, then immediately transfer to the oven.
7. Roast 15 - 18 minutes or until the internal temperature is 68C/155F using a meat thermometer
(for no pink; if you want a blush of pink, remove at 150F, ~13mins).
8. Remove pork onto plate, cover loosely with foil and rest 5 minutes.
9. Place skillet with sauce on stove over medium high heat, simmer rapidly for 3 minutes until liquid reduces down to thin syrup.
10. Remove from stove, put pork in and turn to coat in sauce. Cut pork into thick slices and serve with sauce!

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