Ingredients
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- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons packed light brown sugar
- 1 heaping teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 heaping teaspoon onion powder
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3/8 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 (1 1/4 to 1 1/2-pound) pork tenderloin
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, or as needed
- chopped Italian parsley, for garnish
Instructions
Preparing spicy rub and Tenderloin
- In a small bowl, whisk together the paprika, salt, brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, black pepper and white pepper until well mixed.
- Rub tenderloin all over with olive oil.
- Rub with spice mixture to coat all sides – you’ll need around 2 tablespoons, so you’re likely to have some rub leftover, which you can save for the next time. Set rubbed pork aside.
Cooking on the grill
- Prepare a medium-hot fire in a charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill on medium.
- Once hot, carefully oil grill rack (I use long tongs holding a paper towel lightly soaked with canola or other high heat oil.)
- Grill tenderloin, covered, for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Turn over and continue cooking, covered, for another 5 to 10 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 140 to 150 degrees.
- Let rest at room temperature for 10 minutes before slicing and serving. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.
Cooking in the oven
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
- Sear the outside of tenderloin on a grill (or in an oiled grill pan or cast iron skillet) over high heat; it usually takes about 5 minutes.
- Place tenderloin on prepared baking sheet and roast for around 10 to 15 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 140 to 150 degrees.
- Let rest at room temperature for 10 minutes before slicing and serving. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.
Cooking in a sous vide
- Place rubbed pork in a vacuum-sealable bag, or in a zip top baggie and seal. If using zip top baggie, remove all the air from the bag (follow directions for your sous vide machine).
- Set your sous vide cooker to 140 to 145 degrees.
- Once preheated, add sealed bag to the water and cook for 2 hours.
- Around 10 to 15 minutes before you plan to take the pork out of the water bath, preheat a grill to high. Alternatively, just a few minutes before taking out of the water bath, preheat a grill pan or cast iron skillet on high.
- Remove pork from bag. Oil grill grate/pan/skillet. Quickly grill pork on all sides, just until golden brown.
- Let rest at room temperature for 10 minutes before slicing and serving. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.
- Category: Pork, main dish, quick and easy
- Method: Grilling (or Roasting)
- Cuisine: American