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Serve with hot cooked rice and buttered broccolli.

Orange Baked Pork Tenderloin

2 pounds pork tenderloin
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or sage, crushed
Dash cayenne
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Orange juice (about 3/4 cup)
2 teaspoons aromatic bitters

1. Pat tenderloins dry with paper toweling.
2. Mix butter, thyme and cayenne; spread mixture on the tenderloins. Place meat in a 12x8x2-inch buttered baking dish. Pour 1 cup orange juice into pan.
3. Bake in a 375 degree F. oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 155 to 160 degrees F. Baste several times with cooking liquid. Remove cooked tenderloins from pan, keep warm.
4. Measure cooking liquid, adding orange juice to make 1 1/2 cups.
5. Mix flour and sugar with 2 tablespoons orange juice and bitters in a saucepan. Add cooking liquid. Cook and stir until mixture boils and thickens.
6. To serve, slice tenderloins into 1-inch slices and spoon sauce over all.

Serves 4.

Nutrition Facts
Calories 196 calories
Protein 25 grams
Fat 7 grams
Sodium 81 milligrams
Cholesterol 74 milligrams

Recipe provided courtesy of Pork, The Other White Meat.