Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet With Bacon Apple Chutney

Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet With Bacon Apple ChutneyFor the past four years I’ve been working with Smithfield to create recipes using their various pork products. In case you’ve missed any of my previous posts you can click here to check out all the different dishes I’ve come up with thus far.

In every single post I’ve mentioned how since Smithfield’s Marinated Fresh Pork comes perfectly seasoned and marinated and all the prep work is done for you all that’s really left for you to do is grill it, roast it, throw it in your slow cooker or sauté it.

Since I’ve stuck with the first three cooking methods for all of my previous Smithfield recipes I decided that for this one I’d sauté the Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet that they sent me. If you’d like to pick one up for yourself you can find it at Roundy’s Piggly Wiggly or Walmart.

The great thing about cutting your pork loin into medallions and sautéing them is that rather than the 30 minutes or so it would take to cook if you grilled it or roasted it your dinner can be ready in about ten minutes instead.

Since the pork loin I used was topped with actual bacon, I realized that the one downfall to sautéing it is that some of the bacon falls off into the pan as a result. Never one to waste delicious bacon though I knew that I wanted to use the pieces that fell off for something else, so in keeping with the whole applewood smoked bacon theme I decided to repurpose it into a bacon apple chutney to top my pork loin with.

I know that most apple chutney has onion in it, but I wanted mine to taste more like an apple pie filling, so I ditched the onions and aside from the bacon I just stuck with chopped apples (obviously), apple juice, brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and ginger. All in all my dinner was ready in a little less than 30 minutes, which when you think about it is almost no time at all!

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Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet With Bacon Apple Chutney

Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet With Bacon Apple Chutney Recipe

Nick @ DudeFoods.com

This Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet is great on its own, but it's even better when you top it with homemade Bacon Apple Chutney!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

  • 1 Smithfield Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet
  • 2 apples peeled and chopped
  • 1/4 cup apple juice
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil

Instructions

 

  • Add chopped apples, apple juice, brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and ginger to a saucepan, stir to coimbne and heat on high until boiling.
  • Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until your pork medallions are finished cooking.
  • Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan or skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Slice Smithfield Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet into 1 inch thick medallions and add to pan or skillet.
  • Cook for approximately 4 minutes per side or until internal temperature reaches 145° for medium rare or 160° for medium.
  • Transfer pork medallions to a plate and add any bacon that fell off during the cooking process to the saucepan.
  • Top pork medallions with bacon apple chutney and serve.

Keyword bacon, entrees

 

1 Comment on Applewood Smoked Bacon Pork Loin Filet With Bacon Apple Chutney

  1. Emily
    September 11, 2019 at 12:06 am (5 years ago)

    I LOVE this particular pork loin by Smithfield. I’ve tried all the flavors, but this is my go to. I use it to make shredded pork philly cheese steaks! I cook it in the crockpot and about half way through (3 hours) I add red and green bell pepper strips, and sliced onion, and cook it another 3 hours on low. I shred the meat and then transfer it to a baking pan where I put slices of cream cheese, non smoked provolone and swiss cheese all over the meat, peppers and onions, and add about a teaspoon of crushed red pepper to the top. I put it in my toaster oven and broil it for about 5 minutes and let all that cheese get melty and some of the meat will get kinda crispy on the ends. Then we put it inside a hoagie, or my favorite, roll it up in a tortilla! Yum!

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