Calling All DU cooks! Please help.

[William769]

I help feed the homeless on Mondays, but this Monday they asked me to prepare the main dish for about 100 people.

This is what they gave me

10 extra lean pork tenderloins.

Onions.

Apple juice.

Apple Sauce.

I thought about braising the tenderloins in the apple sauce, but I just seem to be at a loss on what to do.

Any & all help will be greatly appreciated.

Bill

[Ian David]

1. Pork hash with apple sauce? n/t

[William769]

10. Sounds good.

If I only know what a pork has was.

[Chan790]

2. hmm.

That's a tough one. Do you have any other requirements and what else will be served?

I'm thinking that the apple sauce would be a good side and the apple juice is probably best as a beverage although you could use some of it as the sweetener in a marinade/baste if you wanted to roast the pork. Add some potatoes or rice and a vegetable. (Cobbed corn is fairly cheap right now at 3-4 ears for $1 and since it has a fairly short shelf life and most grocers sell 90% of what they sell in a week over the weekend, you might even be able to find a late Monday afternoon donor among the grocery chains.) and you have the basis of a pretty nice roast-pork dinner, though the portions might be small on the pork.

No idea what to do with the onions though, possibly you could roast them separately from the pork with some butter. They get brown, soft and sweet when wrapped in foil and thrown in a 350'F oven for 20ish minutes.

[William769]

5. Thanks.

I am doing just the pork tender loin.

Also on the menu Mashed potatoes, gravy mixed vegetables, bread & fruit salad.

[struggle4progress]

3. I'd probably go the pulled-pork-barbecue route

You might use the onions in that

Dunno about the apple juice and sauce. There seem to be recipes online for stuff like this:

Applesauce BBQ Sauce Shredded Pork
http://realmomkitchen.com/428/applesauce-bbq-sauce-shredded-pork/

[William769]

17. Thanks.

[annabanana]

4. 10 porkchops is going to be a stretch for 100 people.

Are there a LOT of onions? I'm thinking shredding ala pulled pork, cooking a long time in the applejuice, sauteing LOTS of onions (can you get butter?) 'til they caramelize and smothering whatever meat you got with the onions and serving with very very cold applesauce on the side.

(note: I am not a cook)

[William769]

7. Not pork chops, pork tenderloins.

I didn't think pork tenderloins could be used for pulled pork? I had only used Boston pork butt roasts for that. But then again I am up to learning something new.

[vard28]

12. I use pork tenderloin for pulled pork

I put it in the crockpot. Let me look around and see if there's an easy way to do that in the oven.

[RandomThoughts]

8. Not a cook. But great that people helping those in need.

Justice and compassion is important.

Steven Seagal Under Siege 2 Ryback!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyXAk_M0LsQ

Loreena McKennitt The Mummers Dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B7sH5QLyXY


Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.asp?MovieID=407128

Dire Straits - Walk of Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838


Constantine - Bring me to life (Evanescence)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8d3K_hngw



Edmund and the Sea (Long Day's Journey Into Night - Act IV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kqyLSZWso
What I really love about that speech is his humility, or maybe not knowing he too is part of such great thoughts, and has the makings.

And anyone that thinks it is about some group, their work can work for better causes, even if they have flaws. Because everyone has flaws.





Still standing :)

[cbayer]

6. This recipe looks easy and good. The applesauce can be substituted for the apples.

http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/7641/pork-tenderloin-roast-with-apple-onion-and-garlic-gravy

[William769]

9. Thank you very much.

That does sound good.

[cbayer]

13. You are welcome. You might want to cross post in the Cooking and Baking Group

as well. There are some great cooks in there, and a number of them cook for big groups frequently.

:hi:

[William769]

15. Didn't know there was group forum here for that, thanks!

[Welibs]

11. Perfect for making pork tenderloin with apple stuffing and

you will use the juice. You'll need bread crumbs but not much really. 1 box would probably do it. The sage you might have that at home and I wouldn't worry about the bacon but it would only take about 1 pound for all of them so it's not that much. Depending on how many onions you have, you could halve them and put them in around the roast.

Serve it with apple sauce. Easy easy and yummy. No potatoes? Nice pork tenderloin, it's a good meal for the homeless. They will love you for that.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/porktenderloin/r/bl40310g.htm

Best of luck William and sorry I don't have more suggestions. You're a good person for doing that! I hope if ever I become that unfortunate I live where you do!

[William769]

14. That sounds very good.

Never thought about stuffing.

I never thought about helping the less fortunate as being a good person, just being a human being.

[xfundy]

16. Rec'd for humanity.

[Zephie]

18. This is what my husband came up with:

Take the onions and cut small, saute with some apple juice until caramelized, deglaze with more of the apple juice, reduce to a thick consistency and reserve. (you can add nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves here if they are available)

Sear the tenderloins to lock in the juices and then put in the oven covered with the onions and some applesauce.

cook at 350 until 165 degrees internally, cut and serve.

you can serve more of the applesauce with the tenderloin as a side as well.

Hope that helps, good luck!

[William769]

19. I think we have a winner!

Easy and delicious!

[pinboy3niner]

20. Good! What time do we eat? :)

It sounds like you're going to make a terrific dish. Good luck!

[applegrove]

22. Oh that sounds good.

[Kali]

21. tenderloin or full loin?

tenderloins are small and aren't going to provide much more than a taste if one is to serve 10 diners



A boneless pork loin is about five inches across.




The tenderloin is a much smaller cut of meat (usually about two-inches in diameter) from the loin.

[likesmountains 52]

23. post this in the cooking forum...there are some cooks there who routinely cook for large crowds

at soup kitchens etc.

[flvegan]

24. Pork chops...and applesauce. That's swell.

[MilesColtrane]

26. You also watched too much TV during the 70s, hunh?

[OhioBlue]

25. I usually cover my pork tenerloins with saurkraut

and bake... I usually put a bit of brown sugar in it....

You could add applejuice and the onions instead of the brown sugar to sweeten it.

I shred the pork with forks and leave it mixed with the kraut and serve over mashed potatoes...