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Quick & Easy Pork Tenderloin (Cuban Style)

An amazingly flavorful and easy pork tenderloin that transports you to the Caribbean! Quick and easy for week night meals, but delicious enough for company.

Course Main Course, Main Entrée, Meat
Cuisine American, Caribbean, Cuban
Keyword 30 Minute Meals, Caribbean, Caribbean Food, Pork Tenderloin, Quick and Easy Meals
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 5 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Author The Tiny Fairy

Ingredients

  • 1 small 1.15 pound pork tenderloin, remove silver skin and fatty tissue found at local supermarket meat section
  • 1 Tablespoon Sabrinelli's Groovin' Cuban Adobo Style Seasoning
  • ¼ - ½ teaspoon kosher salt prefer Diamond brand
  • ½ large onion, sliced
  • juice of ½ fresh lemon
  • extra virgin olive oil to coat the skillet

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F and place oven rack in the center position.

  2. Combine 1 Tablespoon of Sabrinelli Groovin' Cuban seasoning mix with kosher salt.

  3. Dry the pork tenderloin with paper towels and rub the seasoning mix evenly over pork tenderloin.

  4. Coat the bottom of a skillet with extra virgin olive oil and when the oil is shimmering lightly sear the tenderloin on all sides, about 5 minutes.

  5. Add sliced onions and lemon juice.

  6. Transfer to preheated oven and roast meat for 20 minutes, uncovered.

  7. Remove from oven, tent with foil and allow meat to rest for 5 minutes.

  8. Cut pork into 1 inch slices and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

The meat will continue to cook while resting.  Using a meat thermometer to check for doneness:

150°F will increase to about 155°F resulting in a pink center and extremely juice pork
155°F will increase to about 160°F resulting in a juicy pork tenderloin without a pink center.