Island Pork Tenderloin

This recipe for delicious pork tenderloin is a little on the spicy side.  It is moist and tender, cooked beautifully from stove to oven in the cast iron skillet.  I found it via Pinterest via Annies Eats via Gourmet.

2 teaspoons salt

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 pork tenderloins (2 1/4 to 2 1/2 pounds total)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

For glaze

• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
• 1 tablespoon Tabasco

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, and cinnamon, then coat pork with spice rub.

Heat oil in an ovenproof 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until just beginning to smoke, then brown pork, turning, about 4 minutes total. Leave pork in skillet.

Stir together brown sugar, garlic, and Tabasco and pat onto top of each tenderloin. Roast in middle of oven until thermometer inserted diagonally in center of each tenderloin registers 140°F, about 20 minutes. Let pork stand in skillet at room temperature 10 minutes. (Temperature will rise to about 155°F while standing.)