On the Menu: Easy Roasted Pork Loin

Do you love easy, one pot dinners? Yes! Then you’ll love this easy, yet super yummy recipe for roasted pork loin. The pork is accompanied with potatoes, apples and onions touching all the sweet and savory notes with a zing. Come on in and take a seat at our table.

I don’t know about you but I love the one dish recipes.  love, Love, LOVE.  Especially during the week.  Not only is it easy to put together, but it’s also easy to clean up.

Most importantly this dish is delicious, satisfying and relatively inexpensive.

Inspiration behind the Easy, One Dish Roasted Pork Tenderloin Recipe

As I expressed here {reflections} at the beginning of the year,  I intend to branch out of my menu planning rut, aspiring to try new recipes.  I have been experimenting with new recipes with mostly successes, which I’ll share soon but this one is a tried and true recipe.

And although I’ve been making this for years, it isn’t necesssarilly in my usual menu planning rotation, so it still holds some excitement for the family when I make it.  

Recipe for the Easy Roasted Pork Tenderloin Recipe

Remember to read the recipe through twice before you begin and then assemble all your ingredients together.  I find by doing this it makes the whole cooking process less stressful and enjoyable.  Plus you prevent errors by something you are not prepared for or might miss  {note: recipe calls for dijon mustard but of course I only had yellow mustard on this day so the show must go on}

Ingredients

• 1.25-1.50 lb. pork loin
• 1 apple {i prefer granny smith}
• 3 medium yukon potatoes
• 8 cipolline onions
• 2 chopped scallions for garnish

Marinade Ingredients

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 T. olive oil
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 T. brown sugar
• 1 T. dijon mustard
• black pepper to taste {1/4-1/2 tsp.}

Instructions

• Assemble all ingredients
• Mix all marinade ingredients in a gallon zip loc bag
• Add pork tenderloin to bag, sealing and placing in refrigerator for 1 to 6 hours

• When ready to roast cut potatoes & apple into even sized cubes.  Peel onions.
• Assemble ingredients in dish by placing pork loin with marinade in center of baking dish and surround evenly with vegetable medley.

Tips and Final Thoughts of the Easy Roasted Pork Tenderloin Recipe

The longer you can marinade the pork loin the better but an hour will work if you’re pressed for time.  I now it’s much prettier and photogenic to marinade food in pretty vessels but I’m being real & practical here.  The gallon zip-loc bag is fabulous to marinade meats and foods in general.  The best part?  You toss it out when you’re done.

These are the vegetables we like as a family but feel free to substitute with other choices you and your family prefer. The pork loin is sits surrounded by all the vegetable options in the baking dish.

Make sure to baste the pork tenderloin periodically while it roasts. I usually baste it about 1/3 of the way cooking and the again about 2/3rds through. Then a final time when it’s done cooking.

Once you remove the pork loin from the oven let it sit for at least 5 minutes before you slice it into servings.  This allows the juices to set so they don’t all run out when you start cutting.   I place the pork loin back in the backing dish to serve sprinkled with fresh scallions.  

You could place everything on a pretty serving platter for a nicer presentation but this would defeat the whole one dish premise I expressed at the beginning of the post.  I would only do this when you’re entertaining or you want to elevate the meal for a special occasion.

This feeds my family of 4.  Everyone loves it so we finish it all off but everyone has plenty at the same time.  We just keep eating until it’s all gone.

You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces just good food from fresh ingredients.”

Julia Child

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