- 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
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- 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.
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