Perfectly seasoned and roasted to perfection in your oven, this pork tenderloin is buttery tender, juicy, and so delicious! With easy ingredients and simple steps, it’s the perfect family meal.
Pork tenderloin is one of the finest cuts of meat. It’s very lean and tender and can be seasoned any number of wonderful ways. For this recipe we’ll use a combination of simple pantry ingredients to season the pork, before roasting it in the oven for about 30 minutes.
Make Sure It’s Pork Tenderloin
There’s a few cuts of pork that have similar sounding names. Be sure the packaging clearly says pork tenderloin. They are basically long and slender and weigh around ¾lb to 1 ½lbs each. It’s also quite common to find them in 2-packs. Other similar names including pork loin, pork loin filet and pork roast are NOT pork tenderloin and require different cooking steps.
Simple Pantry Ingredients
I love to make recipes where I have most of the ingredients already on hand. For this roasted pork tenderloin, we’ll use a simple rub which includes brown sugar, salt, pepper, ground mustard, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and a hint of cayenne (optional, be really good).
Easy Preparation
Another reason I love making this recipe is because it’s so simple to prepare. All you have to do is mix the ingredients together, rub some olive oil on the meat, and then coat it well with the seasoning rub. Place it into a baking dish or pan and into the oven it goes. No need to sear this recipe first, that’s one less step we needn’t worry about. Just rub the seasoning on and it’s ready to go in the oven!
Roast at 425° (F) for 25-30 minutes
We want the pork tenderloin to have an internal temperature of 145°(F). An instant read thermometer is an essential tool everyone should have on hand. After 25 minutes, check the thickest part of the meat. Once the internal temp is at least 145°(F), you’re good to remove from the oven. Set the pork tenderloin on a plate and let it sit for at least 5 minutes before slicing and serving.
Recipe
Best Damn Roasted Pork Tenderloin
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 4 servings
Description
Mouthwatering, buttery tender pork tenderloin seasoned to perfection and roasted in the oven for about 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 2 pork tenderloins (¾lb-1.25lbs each)
- 3 tbs brown sugar
- 1.5 tbs paprika
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp ground mustard
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1–2 tbs olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°(F).
- Mix all dry ingredients in a small bowl.
- Trim pork tenderloin of any excess fat or silverskin. Pat pork dry and coat with olive oil.
- Rub seasoning mix all over pork tenderloin.
- Place seasoned pork into a shallow baking dish and bake in oven 25-30 minutes (internal temp should be at least 145°)
- Remove from oven and place pork tenderloin on a plate and let rest at least 5 minutes before slicing.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Patti says
This is the best, easiest and quickest recipe I have used to bake a pork tenderloin!
It was delicious and my daughter, who is not a pork fan, said this she would eat this again.
For added flavor I scored the top of the tenderloin so get the rub inside.
Thanks!
Steve Bolam says
Great and simple recipe. Should be in everyones rotation. Made 1 small change, I like to use mustard as a binder for rubs, so I used Colemans hot mustard instead of the olive oil ans omitted the mustard powder from the dry ingredients. A small glug of olive oil in the pan to prevent sticking. Excellent!!
RecipeTeacher says
Oooh that Coleman’s is good stuff!
Candice M McGuire says
Freaking delicious!
Katherine Anderson says
Use smoked Paprika only 1 .5 tsp left- out the mustard- set oven at 350 and cooked 35 minutes….Was great, mashed potatoes, gravy, and granny’s green beans….Will make to often and use left overs for pork dip sandwiches….
philip says
Do you cook it covered or uncovered?
RecipeTeacher says
Uncovered
Linda says
Great recipe but wondered if the paprika was supposed to be tsp. Instead of Tbls.?
Arnold says
This is an A-1 recipe that I’ve added to my tenderloin and pork chop recipes. I did not have brown sugar and subbed Demerara and it still came out beautiful. Super easy and quick to prep. Rich and flavourful 10/10!
Erin says
This recipe has become a staple in our busy household….comes out perfect every time and the leftovers make incredible breakfast sandwiches. Thank you!!!
Busterbird says
Delicious – perfectly seasoned and tender. I used smoked paprika because that’s all I have. Pretty darn perfect! Thank you for the recipe.
Tiffanie McHale says
Loved it! Great flavor… it was so hard to stop eating!
Thank you