Cilantro Lime Pork Loin with Coconut Rice and Roasted Pineapple

Ingredients

1. 1 ea Lime
2. 2 T Canola Oil, divided
3. To Taste Kosher Salt
4. ½ bunch Cilantro, chopped fine
5. 1 T Cajun Seasoning
6. 1-1.5# Pork Loin
7. 1 ea Fresh Pineapple
8. 2 T Butter
9. 1/2 ea Yellow Onion, diced
10. 1 cup Jasmine Rice
11. 1 cup Unsweetened Coconut Milk

Directions

Step 1:
Pre-heat oven to 425°

Step 2:
With a vegetable peeler – remove zest from lime. Chop fine. Cut lime in half.

Step 3:
Place pork loin on foil lined sheet pan, squeeze lime over pork. Coat in 1 T of canola oil, then sprinkle with half of chopped cilantro, kosher salt and Cajun seasoning. Place in oven until it reaches an internal temperature of 145°.

Step 4:
Peel skin off of pineapple and cut it into long quarters, removing the core. Place on a foil lined sheet pan, coat in 1 T of oil and place in oven until top is golden brown.

Step 5:
In a medium sized pot over medium heat, melt butter. Add diced onion and cook until it starts to tenderize, then add rice and stir to coat rice in fat. Add 1 cup of water, 1 cup of coconut milk, all the lime zest, 1 t salt and bay leaf. Cover pot, turn heat down to medium low and simmer rice until tender. Remove from heat and stir in remainder of cilantro.

Step 6:
Place rice and pineapple on plate, serve with sliced pork loin.