One of the things we miss the most about our house in Charlotte is our grill. We probably used it 4 times a week. It was just so easy to grill chicken - or anything for that matter- and it was always delish! We love living in this condo in downtown, but we miss the convenience of the grill for sure.
Pork tenderloin was on sale at Krogers this week so we got one... then I realized how am I suppose to cook this since we would normally grill it (sliced and wrapped in bacon of course :) )... I immediately turned to google and found this recipe on food.com and was kinda skeptical... but it worked and was AMAZING! Even if we had a grill, I would cook it this way from now on.
Here is how you do it:
1. Rub your pork tenderloin with a dry rub and a little bit of olive oil. I used Longs Peak Pork Chop spice from Savory Spice Shop (another little gem in Charlotte that I will miss). You can order it online here: http://www.savoryspiceshop.com/blends/longs.html
2. I let my tenderloin rest for about an hour- let that rub soak in! I put mine in a glass Pyrex dish as I read in the recipe comments that metal pans can get damaged during the cooking process.
3. Preheat your oven to 500 or 550 (however high your oven will go).
4. Cook your pork tenderloin for exactly 5.5 minutes per pound and use the weight on the label from the pork. For example, our tenderloin was 3.66 pounds, so I cooked it for 20.5 minutes (I rounded up).
5. Turn off the oven and let the tenderloin sit in the oven for 60 minutes. DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR.
6. I pulled ours out of the oven, covered it with tin foil and let it rest.
7. Slice and serve!
Y'all, it was AMAZING! It wasn't dry, the flavor great, I really have no complaints. The best part is that you can pretty much forget about it- just set a kitchen timer.
Enjoy! Here is a link to the recipe that I found on food.com:
On a side note, can I tell you how fabulous Kroger is? It is sooo much cheaper than Harris Teeter (the Charlotte chain)! The biggest thing I get a kick out of is cilantro. To buy cilantro at HT it is $2.79. At Kroger, it is $0.79! That is just one example. Oh and avocados- $1. If you can't tell, we eat a lot of guacamole! haha!
Have a great Thursday!
xoxo
Fran
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