Healthified Marinated Pork with Summer Corn Salad

71% less total fat • 42% less sodium than the original recipe. Streamline prep work with this peppy lime juice-and-honey mixture—use part of it to marinate the pork and the rest to dress the salad.

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The Quick Take: Healthified

Calories Reduced By 220
Fat Reduced By 25g
Sodium Reduced By 270mg

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Nutrition Information:

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 cup

Calories: 290
Calories from Fat: 90),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 10g; 10%
(Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, 3 1/2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 75mg; 75%;
Sodium: 380mg; 380%;
Total Carbohydrate: 26g; 26%
(Dietary Fiber 2g 2% Sugars 12g 12% ),
Protein: 25g; 25%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 35%;
Vitamin C: 90%;
Calcium: 6%;
Iron: 10%;

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 1 hr 40 min
Servings 4

Ingredients

1: pound boneless pork loin, trimmed of fat

1/3: cup lime juice

2: tablespoons honey

1: fresh jalapeño chile pepper, seeded and finely chopped

1/4: cup snipped fresh cilantro

1/2: teaspoon salt

1: box (9 oz) Green Giant® Simply Steam® Niblets® frozen corn

2: cups coarsely chopped fresh arugula or spinach

1: medium red sweet pepper, seeded and chopped

Directions

1 Cut pork into 11/2-inch cubes. Place pork cubes in a large resealable plastic bag set in a shallow dish. For marinade: In a small bowl, whisk together lime juice and honey. Stir in chile pepper, cilantro, and salt. Add 1/4 cup of the lime juice mixture to pork cubes in bag. Set aside remaining lime juice mixture. Seal bag; turn to coat pork cubes. Marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour, turning bag occasionally.
2 Drain pork, discarding marinade. Thread pork cubes onto eight 8-inch skewers,* leaving 1/4-inch spaces between cubes. For a charcoal grill, place skewers on the rack directly over medium coals. Grill, uncovered, for 18 to 20 minutes or until no pink remains, turning skewers to brown evenly. (For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium. Place skewers on grill rack over heat. Cover and grill as above.)
3 Prepare corn according to package directions; cool slightly. In a medium bowl, combine corn, arugula, and sweet pepper. Add the reserved lime juice mixture; toss to coat. Serve pork with corn salad.
4 *If using wooden skewers, soak in enough water to cover for 30 minutes.

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Before	After
1 pound boneless pork loin	1 pound boneless pork loin, trimmed of fat
1/4 cup sugar	2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons vegetable oil	1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon salt

Nutritional Highlights

Calories		510 (before) 290 (after)
Fat		5 (before) 1 (after)
Protein		21 g (before) 25 g (after)
Saturated Fat		11 g (before) 3 1/2 g (after)
Sodium		650 mg (before) 380 mg (after)
Total Fat		35 g (before) 10 g (after)

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Posted 6/8/2011 3:05:00 PM REPORT ABUSE cheryl244 said:

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Love this recipe! It has become a dinner thats in our regular rotation. The salad is also a hit when we go to a BBQ. The last time I made it, I added an orange bell pepper along with the red. It looks beautiful plus its healthy, easy and delicious!

Posted 6/6/2011 3:00:09 PM REPORT ABUSE dmgreen said:

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This was a great light summer dinner. Great flavors!

Posted 7/29/2010 9:38:37 AM REPORT ABUSE danijebo said:

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I made this for dinner and substituted steak instead of the pork. This recipe is absolutely amazing as a main course. We added a few tortilla chips and it made a suprizingly good dip.

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We calculated the nutrition of this recipe at the time it was created on 07/25/2012. NOTE: We do not include optional ingredients in our calculations.