2. Pork Tenderloin With Spicy Guava GlazeRubbing lean pork tenderloin with a fragrant spice mixture before grilling infuses flavor into the meat. Then, instead of a traditional barbecue sauce, brush the pork with a sweet glaze of guava paste, vinegar, and jalapeño pepper to add a tropical note to your barbecue. To carry out your island theme, serve the pork with rice and a mango salsa.
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10. Barbecued Pork If you’re tired of the same ol’ BBQ sauce, this pork is marinated and basted with a rich mixture of brewed coffee, molasses, spicy brown mustard, and vinegar. The coffee flavor is subtle, but adds a rich depth to the molasses and mustard. And as long as you’re departing from tradition, why not replace baked beans with black beans and potato salad with grilled plantains?
3) Taste and adjust. Add more of anything that you want a little bit at a time. It may taste a bit vinegary at first, but that will be less obvious when you use it. Remember, it is going on meat and will be cooked again then. Strain it if you don’t want the chunks of onion and garlic. I prefer leaving them in. They give the sauce a home-made texture. You can use it immediately, but I think it’s better when aged overnight. You can store it into clean bottles in the refrigerator for a month or two.
Before grilling the burgers to medium/medium-well perfection, smother your burger in the sauce you’ve chosen to work with. During grilling, the sauce will soak into the patty and the flavor you’ll savor will be incredible. *If you’re ok with “warm” fruit, grill your pineapple rings as well, but this is not a “must.”
1 bottle of teriyaki sauce (You may substitute BBQ sauce if you’d prefer; I recommend Mississippi Sweet Apple BBQ sauce, or Mississippi’s Sweet N’ Mild, if you go the BBQ route. Mississippi BBQ Sauce is regularly found at Sam’s Club)