Mole Glazed Grilled Pork Loin

Take grilling to a new level with my Mole Glazed Grilled Pork Loin! Intense deep flavors of the mole, grilled to perfection.

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Last week I received a package in the mail from My Mom’s Mole. It was a bag of ready to use dried Mole.

What is mole?

The answer varies, but the first versions of mole (pronounced MOH-leh) were based on purées of dried chiles and spices ground in a stone mortar often with seeds and nuts. As new spices were brought to the Americas, moles became more elaborate and required more complex preparation. Generally, today’s moles contain ground chiles, nuts, herbs and spices.

The ever-versatile mole

Some moles have as few as five ingredients while others have more than 30—My Mom’s Mole contains 25! Mole’s versatility comes not only from the spices and ingredients but also from a personal touch mixed with the multiple culinary worldviews that have influenced it over time. Courtesy of My Mom’s Mole

Traditional mole is a very complex sauce that takes hours to build the layers of intricate flavors. Who has time for that! Mole also uses and extensive list of ingredients which most of us home cooks do not have on hand. I was a little skeptical of a dried mole and how the flavors would come together. Mole is usually served as a sauce over grilled or roasted chicken and pork. I decided I would make a couple of recipes using My Mom’s Mole to see if I and my family would like it and if it tasted like a traditional mole sauce.For my first recipe I decided to turn the mole into a basting glaze to make Mole Glazed Grilled Pork Loin . I butterflied a 3 pound pork loin and marinated it in a citrus marinade for a few hours. During this time I made the mole sauce. The mole was very simple to make.

To make the mole:

Add a little oil to a medium pot. Add 1 cup of mole to the oil and stir for 1 -2 minutes until the mole and oil is combined and starting to brown. Whisk in 2 1/2 cups of broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. At this point the mole sauce is ready to use. I removed all but 1 cup of sauce to use later. I simmered the remaining 1 cup mole sauce for another 10-15 minutes to reduce down to form my glaze. I grilled my pork and brushed on the mole glaze. Cooked the pork for 7-10 minutes per side basting as I turned it. I served it with some grilled vegetable and the reserved mole sauce. The mole had plenty of flavor and the subtle sweetness of the sauce worked great with the pork and the smoke of the grill. My family loved it.

Check them out at My Mom’s Mole website.

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Grilled Pork Loin with a Mole Glaze

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

50 mins

Total Time

1 hr

 

Author: Quinn Caudill

Ingredients

• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/3 cup lime juice
• 5 cloves garlic minced
• 1/2 cup cilantro leaves optional
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp chili powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 2-3 lb pork loin
• 1 cup My Mom's Mole glaze

Instructions

Marinade

1. Whisk together orange juice through olive oil.
2. Butterfly pork loin and place in zip-lock bag with citrus marinade.
3. Marinade in refrigerator for at least 1 hour or overnight.

Mole

1. Add 1 tbsp.oil to a medium pot.
2. Add 1 cup of dry mole to the oil and stir for 1 -2 minutes until the mole and oil is combined and starting to brown.
3. Whisk in 2 1/2 cups of broth and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Remove all but 1 cup mole sauce and reserve.
6. Continue to cook remaining 1 cup mole in pot for another 10-15 minutes until thickened for glaze.

Grill

1. Heat grill to medium high heat.
2. Remove pork from fridge and drain off marinade. Discard marinade.
3. Grill pork and brush with mole glaze.
4. Cook the pork for 7-10 minutes per side, basting with mole glaze as you turn the pork.
5. Cook pork until internal temperature reaches 145°F.
6. Serve with reserved mole sauce.

Recipe Notes

Total Time does not include marinade time

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“Quinn is the author, photographer and recipe designer over at DadWhats4Dinner. He enjoys cooking for family and friends and being creative in the kitchen. He makes ordinary everyday food extraordinary. He lives just north of Cincinnati with his wife of 24 years, three kids and three cats. His kids have well-developed palates and his youngest daughter is now working with him on the blog creating recipes for her own page “Cooking with Ella“.  Follow him on: Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram.”