Orange-chipotle Glazed Lamb Tenderloin

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs lamb tenderloin
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo
• 1 tablespoon adobo sauce
• 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 place honey, chipotle peppers, chipotle sauce, sriracha and soy sauce together in a food processor and blend until smooth. if you don’t have a food processor, finely mince chipotle peppers and whisk with other ingredients in a large bowl until smooth. set aside.
• 3 mix together flour, salt and pepper. pat tenderloin dry with paper towels. dredge in the flour mixture and dust off excess.
• 4 heat oil in pan and add tenderloin. brown on all sides until a nice brown crust forms on each side.
• 5 line a rimmed baking pan with foil and place a rack on top of the tray. place the tenderloin on top of the rack.
• 6 drain off excess oil from pan and add the honey mixture. cook for 2 minutes until reduced and thickened.
• 7 brush tenderloin all over with the sauce and bake for 10 minutes.
• 8 brush the lamb all over again with the sauce and place it back into the oven for 8 minutes.
• 9 brush the lamb again and cook for another 5-10 minutes until lamb is cooked. you can use a thermometer and it should register 135-140 degrees at the thickest part (the middle). if you don’t have a thermometer, cut a slit in the middle and check to see if it is still red. if it is barely pink, you can take it out.
• 10 brush again with the glaze and let sit for 10 minutes.
• 11 you can find canned chipotle chilles in adobo sauce in the hispanic section of most grocery stores.