Pork Loin with Roasted Onion-Apricot Rice

Name: Pork Loin with Roasted Onion-Apricot Rice
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar; 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 710 milliliters hot cooked rice; 118 milliliters dark rum; 118 milliliters coarsely chopped dried apricots; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 79 milliliters golden raisins; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 227 grams 1/2 cups coarsely chopped boiling onion (about; 473 milliliters (1/2-inch) pieces red onion; 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper; 907 grams lean boned center-cut pork loin roast; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps slivered almonds, toasted; 473 milliliters (1/2-inch) pieces Vidalia or other sweet onion

Pork Loin with Roasted Onion-Apricot Rice requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. For $3.01 per serving, you get a main course that serves 6. One serving contains 505 calories, 39g of protein, and 11g of fat. Head to the store and pick up pieces vidalia, rum, slivered almonds, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

Equipment you will use

Oven

Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl; cover with plastic wrap and vent. Microwave at high for 1 1/2 minutes; set aside.

Ingredients you will need

Wrap

Equipment you will use

Plastic Wrap

Microwave

Bowl

Combine onions, oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a 13 x 9-inch baking pan; stir well to coat.

Ingredients you will need

Onion

Pepper

Salt

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Baking Pan

Bake at 450 for 30 minutes on bottom rack of oven.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Trim fat from roast; place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.

Equipment you will use

Roasting Pan

Combine cracked black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and crushed garlic; rub over surface of roast. Insert a meat thermometer into thickest part of roast. Stir onions; place roast on next-to-bottom rack in oven.

Ingredients you will need

Cracked Black Peppercorns

Garlic

Onion

Meat

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

Equipment you will use

Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Bake onions and roast at 450 for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 35

Ingredients you will need

Onion

Equipment you will use

Oven

Bake an additional hour, stirring onions after 30 minutes. Stir apricot mixture into onions; continue baking onion mixture and roast 10 minutes or until thermometer reaches 16

Ingredients you will need

Apricot

Onion

Equipment you will use

Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Remove roast and onions from oven. Cover roast loosely with foil; let stand 10 minutes. Stir in brown sugar and remaining ingredients to onion mixture.

Ingredients you will need

Brown Sugar