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Pork Tenderloin with Lime Butter Sauce

pork tenderloin with lime butter sauceEarlier this week I shared with you about the great way to save on pork tenderloin at Costco.  Today I want to share with you one of MY favorite family recipes using pork tenderloin, and treat one of you to a Costco gift card so that you can try my recipe out (if you want)! Today, in celebration of National Pork Month, I’m sharing a recipe for Pork Tenderloin with Lime Butter Sauce.  Its so delicious and such a nice treat- and the kids even love the sauce.   Plus, we always make more than we need with recipes like this, because they taste amazing the next day as leftovers…Mr. Bargains loves bringing these meals for lunch!

 

Pork Tenderloin with Lime Butter Sauce
Recipe Type: Main
Author: QueenB 
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 20 mins
Serves: 6
We like to enjoy this with some rice and a simple vegetable, or some roasted baby potatoes.
Ingredients
  • 2 (12 oz) Pork Tenderloins
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons table salt
  • 3/4 Teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 Teaspoons vegetable oil
  • Sauce
  • 10 cloves of garlic peeled and pressed through a garlic press
  • 2 tablespoons of water
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons key lime juice
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 400 degrees with rack in middle position.
  2. Season the tenderloins with salt and pepper on all sides.
  3. Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat until smoking.
  4. Place the tenderloins in skillet and cook until well browned on one side ( 3 minutes), then rotate the tenderloins with tongs and cook until well browned (1 minute), continuing until all sides are browned.
  5. Place the tenderloins on a rimmed baking sheet and put into preheated oven for 15 minutes.
  6. Internal temperature should reach 145 degrees.
  7. While tenderloins are roasting, begin making your lime sauce.
  8. Mix the garlic and water in a small bowl.
  9. Add oil to the same hot skillet you cooked the meat it.
  10. Add garlic/water mixture and cook using the residual heat, scraping up browned bits on bottom of pan (2 minutes).
  11. Turn the heat on to low and continue to cook 10 more minutes until garlic is sticky. Remove pan from heat.
  12. When pork is done, take it out of oven and tent it with foil for 10 minutes.
  13. While pork is resting finish your sauce.
  14. Put skillet over medium heat, add red pepper flakes and brown sugar.
  15. Cook until sugar is dissolved (1 minute).
  16. Add the lime juice and simmer 2 more minutes.
  17. Add any pork juices that may have accumulated as the meat was resting and simmer 1 more minute.
  18. Take the pan off the heat and add butter one piece at a time, whisking until it is all incorporated.
  19. Season with salt and pepper.
  20. Cut the tenderloins crosswise on a diagonal to produce 1/2 inch thick medallions.
  21. Seve pork medallions immediately with sauce.
Notes

Cook times can vary on this- it depends on your tenderloins. The thicker they are, the longer they will take to cook, for example, when I prepared for this post and did my tenderloins, they took almost 40 minutes in the oven. You need for the internal temperature to reach 145 degrees with a tenderloin, allowing at least 3 minutes for juices to settle. These are worth every second of the wait!

One thing I love about pork is the versatility.  Its kind of like the “new” chicken.  Don’t get me wrong, I love chicken, but when I know there’s another option that is JUST AS LEAN as chicken can be, and can be used in so many different kinds of dishes, well, I want to find out more. I get so so bored with our “menu” options at the house- So hey, sometimes I change things up a bit and use pork where I might have used chicken, or vice versa.  Pork tenderloin is one of my favorite meats to buy in bulk because it can offer many meals for my family at a very reasonable price.  With the extra savings Costco offered this week I actually went back and grabbed two more tenderloins and after cutting them up, tucked them into my chest freezer downstairs (thank you, once again, Foodsaver!!).  Soups, casseroles, roasts, crock pot, stirfry, grill…there’s not much you can’t do with pork!!

I am working with Costco, the National Pork Board and TheMotherhood, and am receiving a stipend in exchange for this post. Opinions are, as always, my own.

About Brett

I'm a 40 something lifestyle blogger living in Connecticut with my husband and our 3 kids, plus our two rescue pups. We love to hike, travel, play games, watch movies, and just be outside together! Having 3 active kids makes for a hectic schedule and I try to share content, recipes and other things that can help to make today's busy family life simpler, easier, or just plain more fun!

I started working full time at a local middle school in fall 2021 and some of my students are insistent that I am mean.

Comments

  3. Gretchen Gerth says

    I’m not much for pork except in the form of bacon. I love some pancakes and bacon for dinner every once in a while.

  8. Mippy says

    Hi!
    I like pork tenderloin but the recipe you posted looks de-lish! 🙂
    Thanks so much for the chance!
    ~Mippy 🙂
    bunnysmip (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

  11. Michelle C says

    I love pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw. Thanks for the chance to win!
    mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

  17. Leslie Williams says

    My favorite pork dish to make is Stir fried pork strips with brussels sprouts, really easy and yummy!

  26. Wanda McHenry says

    Hmmmm, so many too chose from but one that jumped out is Country Style Ribs with Sauerkraut! Make sure to use dark beer!

  28. Michelle Wormley says

    I love to throw a pork butt roast in the crockpot with two brown gravy mixes, lots of carrots onions celery, potato and garlic. It is falling apart several hours later and you can make an awesome gravy from the juices!!

  30. Lisa Cal says

    Not all that healthy, but breaded pork tenderloin from scratch like mom used to make, is the best!

  38. Nicole Larsen says

    I make these baked pork chops that are delicious! You coat them in egg, bread crumbs and flour and then brown them on the stove. Then mix together some white wine and cream of mushroom soup. Put the pork chops in a pyrex dish and pour the mixture over them then baked covered in foil for about an hr. DELICIOUS!!

  47. Erin Collins says

    We tried a new recipe this week – pork chops with teriyaki sauce and sesame seeds. It was very yummy!

  48. Margarete Loghry says

    I love pork the good old fashioned way, fried up with mashed potato’s and gravy! I also use pork in green chili, and every once in a while a nice pork roast cooked all day in apple juice!!

  54. kng says

    I don’t eat pork, but my family does. Their favorites are chops baked and glazed with orange marmalade jelly.

  57. sarah says

    I love love pulled pork! We just made some in the crockpot the other day! Such an easy dish with easy cleanup!

  58. Gail Dickey says

    I like to slice the tenderloin longways and fill it with slice apples and “Craisons” Serve it with some rice, (the stuffing tastes good with the rice) and your favorite green vegetable. It feels like a special dinner but is really easy.

  61. Vickie Couturier says

    my favorite pork dish is bbq pork cooked in the slow cooker with chopped onions an honey bbq sause
    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

  65. kristyl galli says

    Yum!!! That sounds delicious, Thank you!..

    My favorite thing to make with pork is carnita’s, then after a day I take half the meat and put bbq sauce on it for pulled pork sandwiches and the other half I add spices and make tamales!!

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