Orange-glazed meat with sweet potatoes recipe
Prep: 20 min. Bake: 55 min. + standing Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients :
- 1 pound sweet potatoes (about 2 medium) 2 medium apples
- 1 medium orange 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper 1 cup orange juice
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tenderloins (about 1 pound each)
- Preheat oven to 350°. Peel sweet potatoes; core apples. Cut potatoes, apples and orange crosswise into ¼-
Instructions :
- in.-thick slices. Arrange on a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with
- salt and pepper. Roast 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a microwave-safe bowl, mix orange juice, brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and ginger.
- Microwave, covered, on high, stirring every 30 seconds until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Stir until smooth.
- Place over sweet potato mixture; drizzle with orange juice mixture. Roast until a thermometer
- inserted in reads 145° and sweet potatoes and apples are tender, 45-55 minutes longer. Remove from
- oven; tent with foil. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Yield: 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts :
- 4 ounces cooked with about 1 cup sweet potato mixture: 325 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 85mg
- cholesterol, 467mg sodium, 36g carbohydrate (21g sugars, 3g fiber), 32g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4
- lean meat, 2 starch. Recipe from Taste of Home
