Our Favorite Pork Tenderloin Recipes

Pork Tenderloin and Acorn Squash Traybake with Paprika and Caraway

Pork tenderloin cooks quickly because of its slender shape, and its mild flavor pairs well with a wide variety of ingredients. This dinner-on-a-baking-sheet is seasoned with a combination of caraway seeds (grind them in a spice grinder or with a morta

By Diane UngerApril 23, 2024

Pan-Roasted Pork Tenderloin and Fennel with Coriander and Orange

The seasonings in the Greek sausage loukaniko—garlic, orange and coriander—inspired this weeknight-friendly dish. We first season pork with a mixture of grated garlic, orange zest and crushed coriander seeds. To ensure good caramelization on the outsi

By Courtney HillOctober 27, 2023

Honey and Soy-Glazed Stir-Fried Pork

Tossed with a cornstarch slurry that also includes soy sauce, thin slices of pork tenderloin absorb tons of salty-savory flavor. For contrasting texture, we pair the juicy meat with tender-crisp bell pepper strips. The dish is finished with a sauce ma

By Rose HattabaughOctober 27, 2023

Suya-Spiced Pan-Roasted Pork Tenderloins

This recipe was inspired by Nigerian beef suya, or beef skewers seasoned with chili and peanuts. The pan sauce has a simple base, but gets lots of character from the lime juice and chopped peanuts that are stirred in at the end. Warmed flatbread or st

Caraway-Dill Pan-Roasted Pork Tenderloins

For these pork tenderloins, we looked to the flavors of Eastern Europe. Crushing the caraway seeds releases their essential oils for bigger, bolder flavor. Use a mortar and pestle or the back of a heavy pan to break them up, or pulse them a few times

Pork Tenderloins with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Green Olives

“Double the topping; you won't be sorry,” a reader writes of these pork tenderloins, topped with a relish-like pan sauce of sun-dried tomatoes and olives.

By Courtney HillApril 6, 2021

Fennel-Crusted Pork Tenderloins with Orange and Arugula Salad

With this recipe, we intended to evoke the flavor and aroma of Italian porchetta. But pork tenderloin is remarkably lean and mild, so to compensate for the lack of fat (and therefore flavor), we introduce complexity with a bright, citrusy sauce and sa

By Rose HattabaughApril 14, 2022

Pork Tenderloin with Salsa Verde and Roasted Pepper Sauce

How Spain's fiery red and deep green condiments create a juicer, brighter, punchier pork tenderloin.

By Courtney HillNovember 8, 2022

Spice-Crusted Pork Tenderloin Bites (Pinchos Morunos)

Loosely translated as “Moorish bites impaled on thorns or small pointed sticks,” pinchos morunos is a Basque dish of seared pork rubbed with a blend of spices, garlic, herbs and olive oil. The recipe dates back generations, boasting influences from Sp

Sesame Stir-Fried Pork with Shiitakes

Pork tenderloin and kimchi headline this stir-fry, but fresh shiitake mushrooms and a full bunch of scallions add to its umami-rich appeal. For a meatless alternative, substitute a 14-ounce container of extra-firm tofu, drained and cut in 1-inch cubes

By Dawn YanagiharaApril 2, 2018

Spice-Crusted Pork Tenderloin Bites

We get rave reviews for our no-skewer riff on pinchos morunos—juicy pork tenderloin bites, in 20 minutes.

Pan-Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apple and Cherry Mostarda

Tangy, spicy, savory-sweet mostarda is a classic Italian fruit and mustard condiment. It’s an ideal accompaniment to pork tenderloin, as it brings bold, punchy flavor to the lean, mild cut. We make a non-traditional mostarda, with both prepared mustar

By Courtney HillApril 27, 2022

Paprika-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin

“I found myself wanting to lick my plate to get every last bit of sauce." OR A quick yet decadent-looking platter of pork gets smoke, spice, and color from smoked and sweet paprika.

By Sandra Rose GluckFebruary 5, 2018

Japanese Ginger Pork (Shogayaki)

Shoga means “ginger” in Japanese, and yaki translates as “grilled,” though the term is sometimes applied to foods that are fried or griddled. In the popular dish known as shogayaki, thinly sliced pork is cooked with a lightly sweetened, very gingery s

By Courtney HillOctober 15, 2019

Grilled Tacos al Pastor

We figured out how to get dripping, fall-apart tender meat for the best shortcut tacos al pastor.

Pork Tenderloin in Tomato-Chipotle Sauce

Classic Mexican tinga poblana is slow-cooked shredded pork in a sauce of tomatoes and smoky, spicy chipotle chilies. For this one-pan dish, we borrow that flavor profile but instead of braising a tough cut of pork until tender, we start with an alread

By Courtney HillApril 20, 2022

Caramelized Pork with Orange and Sage

Succulent pork tenderloin gets a shatteringly crisp orange crust, inspired by Argentine chef Francis Mallmann.

By Diane UngerApril 10, 2017

Pork Tenderloins with Fig-Olive Relish

Classic Provençal tapenade is briny and umami-packed, and it inspired this recipe. To create a savory-sweet flavor profile that pairs well with lean, mild-tasting pork tenderloin, we use fig jam as a base and stir into it some of the ingredients that

By Rose HattabaughApril 6, 2021