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Mexican-style pork medallions

For this recipe with a Mexican flavour (New Mexican, actually), I have used tender medallions of pork fillet mignon. These are first marinated in a spicy oil then pan-fried with the remaining marinade.

Serve with green beans and sauce made with a reduced vegetable stock in the frying pan.

22,0564.1/5 for 11 ratings

Last modified on: November 6^th 2016

For 5 people, you will need:

1 800 g pork loin
2 5 tablespoons olive oil
3 1 teaspoon chilli powder
4 3 sprigs thyme
5 1 bayleaf
6 800 g green beans
7 300 ml Vegetable stock
8 2 tablespoons reduced veal stock
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 2,011 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	19 min.	44 min.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film. Reheats very well..

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #1

Cut 800 g pork loin into medallions: fairly thick slices (3/4 inch or 1.5-2 cm) and cut slightly on the diagonal.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #2

Prepare the marinade by mixing 5 tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon chilli powder, 3 sprigs thyme and 1 bayleaf in a bowl.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #3

Add the pork medallions and mix well.

Cover with plastic film and refrigerate for 1 hour or overnight.

Stage 4 - 10 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #4

Prepare and rinse 800 g green beans.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #5

Cook in salted boiling water.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #6

Drain the beans when cooked.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - 7 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #7

Pour 2 tablespoonsful of the marinade into a frying pan on medium heat. When hot, add the pork medallions.

Cook on both sodes.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #8

When cooked, transfer the medallions to a hot plate and cover with aluminium foil. Keep hot.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #9

Pour 300 ml Vegetable stock into the frying pan used for the meat and bring to the boil on high heat. Deglaze and add 2 tablespoons reduced veal stock.

Mix well and leave to reduce to a syrupy consistency.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Mexican-style pork medallions : Photo of step #10

Reheat the green beans in the sauce for a couple of minutes.

Heat the plates.

Stage 11 - 3 min.

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Arrange 1 or 2 mdeallions per person with the beans alongside and pour the sauce over.

Serve immediately.

Remarks

If you don't have vegetable stock to make the sauce, you can use dry white wine instead.

You can replace the veal stock with 1 oz (30 g) of cold butter. Cut this into small pieces and add to the sauce, beating it in with a whisk.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,585 Kcal or 15,010 Kj	160 gr	84 gr	288 gr
179 %	62 %	8 %	44 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
178 Kcal or 745 Kj	8 gr	4 gr	14 gr
9 %	3 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
717 Kcal or 3,002 Kj	32 gr	17 gr	58 gr
36 %	12 %	2 %	9 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 5 people : 20.99 €
Per person : 4.20 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Pork loin: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Loin of pork with herbs and julienne vegetables , Filet mignon with mustard and tarragon sauce, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Sautéed Pork with Peanuts, Pork medallions with "full" turnips, ... All
	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Macédoine of vegetables, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, Green beans with tomatoes, French bean salad with vinaigrette , ... All
	Vegetable stock: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Duo of slow-cooked pork, Stuffed cabbage leaves, Chinese Soup, Country vegetable soup, Provençal braised carrots, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green parsley sauce, Tomato foccacia, Artichokes with beef, Tabbouleh, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, ... All

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