Smoked Apple Butter Pork Tenderloin

[SouthernSmoked]

Smoked Apple Butter Pork Tenderloin

My Smoked Apple Butter Pork Tenderloin with vegetables, cinnamon apples and bread.


Topped with Apple Butter Sauce.


Marinade Ingredients

• 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
• 2 Tablespoons Fresh Lime Juice
• 2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
• 2 Tablespoons Apple Juice
• 2 Tablespoons Suger
• 2 Tablespoons Your favorite "Tomato-Based Barbecue Sauce"
• 3 Garlic Cloves, minced
• 1/2 Tablespoon Dried Oregano
• 1/2 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
• 1/2 Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cumin
• 1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper
• 1/4 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

Stir together all the marinade ingredients.


I used my meat tenderizer on the loin.


I then placed the tenderloin in a resealable plastic bag and pour in the marinade.


Place in a bowl then refrigerate for 4 to 8 hours.


Start your smoking.
Next: pull the loin out of the frig and place on a cutting board.


Small pockets are cut in the loin and filled with garlic and butter.


Coat your rack with a Non-stick spray and place the loin in the center.


When the smoker reaches 250f...


...place the tenderloin in the smoker and place on second rest from top. Once I reached the first hour I mopped the loin with Apple Juice and then again ever 30 minutes or until the IT reaches 145F.


Cook until the internal temperature of the tenderloin reaches 155F. It is currently reading 151F so I will start my grill and once it reaches 350F try to maintain that temp.


The loin center has reached 155F and I will now pull and...


...place on my grill. Then drizzle the meat with the Apple Butter Sauce and cook for additional 5-10 minutes.

Ingredients

• Mix together in stovetop pot
• 1 quart apple butter
• 1 cup apple juice
• 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard (mix to a paste with
• 1 tablespoon apple juice before adding)
• salt and pepper to taste

Remove the tenderloin from the grill and let rest for 10 minutes on a cutting board.


Slice into medallions and...


...Serve


Let's eat!

[Uncle Pigfat]

Lookin' good.  Now I'm craving apple butter...

[classicrockgriller]

Apple Butter was my fav growing up.

Might be a nice touch on Pork.

Looks mighty nice.

[monty]

well done SS. always enjoy your pics!

[got smoke]

have you used this apple butter sauce on ribs before, I was travelling and had hickory smoked ribs with an apple butter bbq sauce and thought it was great looking for something similar

[SouthernSmoked]

There is a BBQ joint in Huntington, WV that uses a Apple Butter BBQ Sauce on their ribs and it's damn good.

I've done a Apple Bourbon Barbecue Sauce before on my ribs and it's pretty tasty.

[e6toeknee]

Apple Butter and Pork Loin, Chops, etc... are made for each other.  Used the last of our Apple Butter last night on some super thick pork chops last night.  Yummy.

[classicrockgriller]

Note to self: Buy Apple Butter to play with. ;D

[mow_delon]

agree with CRG, need to get some more apple butter and start making bbq sauce again!  Looking wonderful!

[OldHickory]

Nice job and good looking pic's.  My Mom made and canned her own apple butter.  She would often serve this with pan fried pork chops and hot bisquit.  It was delicious.  This brings back fond memories, thanks.

[TestRocket]

The title alone sounds delicious but the PICS put it over the top!

I bookmarked this one SS!

[Quarlow]

Wow I have 2 jars of my moms homemade apple butter. I never thought to use it on pork. I usually like to use plum chutney but the butter will go real nice. Thanks for the inspiration.

[classicrockgriller]

Bought two LARGE jars of Apple Butter at store yesterday.

Sure is gonna be fun playing with it.

[SnellySmokesEm]

Excellent Job!  I love apple butter as well.  I definitely need to try this one!