Garlic and Herbs Roast Pork Loin
Comments: This delicious pork, can also be prepared with a honey BBQ bacon marinade, or a Cajun rosemary garlic or butter marinade.
For a really tender and juicy meat, remove pork from the barbecue while still rare [125°F / 52°C inside temperature onto a meat]. Wrap in al foil and leave pork to rest for 20 minutes, which will help the meat to finish cooking by its own heat.
Servings: 12
IngredientsPreparation
  • Cajun roasted garlic and herbs marinade
  • 1 [5 to 6-pound / 2.27 to 2.7-kg] pork loin
  • Cajun seasoning, to taste
Grilled Sweet Potato Slices
  • 2 medium, approximately 10-ounce [284-g] each, sweet potatoes
  • 1/2 cup [115 g] butter, melted
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] vanilla extract
  • 2 cups [500 mL] brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] ground cinnamon
  • Preheat barbecue to medium intensity [indirect heat for the pork, direct heat for the sweet potatoes].
  • Pour 8 ounces [250 mL] Cajun roasted garlic and herbs marinade into a measuring cup.
  • Wrap pork loin into plastic wrap; transfer into dish.
  • Inject pork all over with marinade, using 1 1/2 ounces [45 mL] marinade per pound [454 g] of meat.
  • Remove plastic wrap and season meat on all sides with Cajun seasoning.
  • Transfer onto hot barbecue rack over direct heat; grill until marked on all sides with rack.
  • Transfer over indirect heat.
  • Close barbecue lid and grill pork for approximately 2 1/2 hours, until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat indicates 145°F [63°C].
Grilled Sweet Potato Slices
  • Preheat barbecue to medium intensity.
  • Peel and slice sweet potatoes.
  • Mix together melted butter and vanilla extract into a bowl.
  • Arrange sweet potato slices onto barbecue rack over direct heat; brush sweet potatoes with some of vanilla-flavored melted butter.
  • Mix together brown sugar and ground cinnamon; evenly sprinkle sweet potato slices with mixture.
  • Grill sweet potato slices over direct heat for approximately 10 minutes, until tender, turning and brushing sweet potato slices with remaining vanilla-flavored melted butter after 5 minutes.