Surf And Turf: Pork and Shrimp with Garlic (Cerdo y Gambas al Ajillo)

Name: Surf And Turf: Pork and Shrimp with Garlic (Cerdo y Gambas al Ajillo)
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 2 Tbsps butter; 454 grams black beans; 454 grams red beans; 237 milliliters chicken stock; 4 garlic cloves; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 1 Tbsp grapeseed oil; 2 Tbsps grapeseed oil; 59 milliliters honey; 1 small jalapeno pepper, stems and seeds removed and minced (use gloves when handling these or any hot peppers); 237 milliliters mango juice, preferably with no additional sugar added; 907 grams pork loin; 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar; 2 teaspoons salt; 8 servings Salt, if needed, and freshly ground black pepper; 8 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 shallot, minced; 454 grams (21 to 30-count) shrimp, shells removed and deveined; 473 milliliters white rice

Surf And Turf: Pork and Shrimp with Garlic (Cerdo y Gambas al Ajillo) is a gluten free main course. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 635 calories, 48g of protein, and 18g of fat. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of garlic powder, honey, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the honey you could follow this main course with the Honey Gingerbread as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Rub the pork loin with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. In a large skillet with oven safe handles, heat the grapeseed oil over medium-high heat and sear the pork loin on all sides. Cover with foil and roast in the oven until fork tender, about 35 to 45 minutes to 1 hour. At the 30 minute mark, you will remove the foil and brush some of the mango honey sauce on the pork.

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Garlic Powder

Grape Seed Oil

Pork Loin

Pepper

Honey

Mango

Sauce

Pork

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Frying Pan

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Bring 5 cups water to a boil in a saucepan with a lid.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Add rice, butter and salt. Return to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low and let cook for 20 minutes without removing the lid.

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Butter

Rice

Salt

After the pork loin has been placed in the oven, begin the mango honey sauce. In a saucepan, heat the grapeseed oil over medium-high heat and saute shallot until translucent, about 2 minutes.

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Grape Seed Oil

Pork Loin

Shallot

Honey

Mango

Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Oven

Stir in jalapeno and vinegar and cook for about 1 minute.

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Jalapeno Pepper

Vinegar

Add chicken stock and mango juice, bring to a boil. Allow to reduce by 2/3, about 10 minutes. Stir in the honey and allow to thicken, about 2 minutes. Reserve about 1/2 cup of the sauce in a small bowl, cover and keep warm by immersing in a larger container of hot water.

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Chicken Stock

Honey

Juice

Mango

Sauce

Water

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Bowl

Uncover the pork and brush some of the mango glaze on the pork and allow to caramelize on the surface of the meat in the oven.

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Glaze

Mango

Meat

Pork

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Oven

Remove the rice from the heat and let sit covered for a minutes.

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Rice

Heat the beans over medium heat and keep warm.

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Beans

Remove pork from oven and let rest.

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Pork

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Oven

Fold the beans into the rice, cover and let rest.

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Beans

Rice

For the shrimp, heat the grapeseed oil over medium heat in a skillet and add the butter to melt.

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Grape Seed Oil

Butter

Shrimp

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Frying Pan

Add the garlic and saute for a couple of minutes, being careful not to burn it.

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Garlic

Add the shrimp and cook until just pink and opaque and remove from heat. (Do not overcook the shrimp.)

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Shrimp

Slice down the pork. Spoon some rice and beans into the center of serving plate. Arrange slices of sliced pork on top and arrange approximately 4 shrimp around.

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Shrimp

Beans

Pork

Rice

Drizzle with reserved mango sauce.

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Mango

Sauce