Baked pork in spices with quinoa

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How to cook - Roasted pork with spices and quinoa

Photo of the dish: Antonis Achilleos

Time: 35 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

Nutritional value per serving:

Calories 512, total fat 17 G., saturated fats G., proteins 47 G., carbohydrates 42 G., fiber G., cholesterol mg, sodium mg, sugar G.

Lean pork tenderloin, baked until tender in a mixture of red chili flakes and toasted quinoa, is served with a quinoa and corn salad. It's the perfect complement to this dish, which is ready in just 35 minutes.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

2 pieces of pork tenderloin (total weight 800 g)
1 cup quinoa or couscous, rinsed under cold water
1.5 cups frozen or canned corn, thawed if frozen
1/2 tsp. dried flakes pepper
2 tsp ground cumin
Coarse salt
1 tbsp. l. olive oil
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 feathers green onions, cut into rings
Freshly ground pepper
Canned green salsa, for serving
(salsa sauce recipe see here)

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Preheat oven to 220°C.

Combine paprika, pepper flakes, cumin, and 2 teaspoons of salt in a bowl. Rub the pork with olive oil, then coat it in the spices. Place the pork in a roasting pan and roast until a thermometer inserted into the widest part of the pork registers 145°F (63°C), 15 to 20 minutes.

Transfer the pork to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the grits and cook until softened, about 10 minutes. Drain and stir in the corn and green onions, season with salt and pepper to taste.