Easy Barbecued Pork Tenderloin

Yield: 4 3-oz. servings

Ingredients

1 lb. pork tenderloin
Aluminum foil
½ cup fat-free barbecue sauce (such as Hunt's, Bull's Eye, or Sweet Baby Rays)
1 to 2 cloves fresh garlic, pressed or minced
¼ lemon cut into wedges
1 red or yellow pepper, washed and sliced into 1-inch strips (optional)
½ large red or yellow onion, thickly sliced (optional)
Fresh ground black and red pepper to taste

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Instructions

1. Rinse pork tenderloin and pat dry. Place on a large sheet of aluminum foil. Squeeze 1 or 2 lemon wedges onto meat, rub with garlic, and brush all sides with barbecue sauce. If desired, top meat with sliced peppers and onions, and wrap everything up into a tight package.
   
   
2. Heat grill to medium or oven to 325 F. Cook package on grill or in oven for approximately 20 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in pork reads 150 F. Remove meat from foil and rewrap vegetables to keep warm.
       
   
3. Brush meat with additional sauce and grill a few minutes on each side until done or until thermometer reads 160 F for pork. If you don’t have a grill, continue to cook in oven until done.

Nutrition Facts (per Serving): 3 oz portion of meat with sauce 225 Calories; 4g Fat; 22g Carbohydrate; 1g Fiber; 24g Protein; 74mg Cholesterol; 320mg Sodium.

Cook’s Note: Recipe can be doubled or quadrupled.

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