Spicy Pork with Ginger-Maple Sauce Recipe - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 pork tenderloin (3/4 pound)
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, cinnamon, pepper, salt and allspice. Rub over pork. In a large skillet, brown pork in oil on all sides.
- Transfer to an 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 375 ° for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a small skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Add fresh ginger; saute 1-2 minutes longer. Stir in the broth, syrup and candied ginger. Bring to a boil; cook until sauce is reduced to about 1/2 cup. Pour over pork.
- Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until a meat thermometer reads 160 °. Let stand for 5 minutes before slicing.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).
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