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    Stuffed Pork Tenderloin Recipe

    Last Modified: Jan 18, 2023 by Paleo Leaper · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    I have a confession to make: I don't always enjoy cooking pork. It is extremely temper-mental meat to cook, mainly because it's so easy to ruin a dish by overcooking it. This results in very dry and tasteless meat. Pork, like chicken, can also be somewhat of a tasteless meat when enjoyed on its own.

    This is why I often prefer cooking with red meat from ruminants like beef, lamb, or bison, which is not only much tastier on its own but is also much more nutritious and higher in healthy saturated fat.

    Stuffed pork tenderloin

    With that being said, however, both chicken and pork can be absolutely delicious when prepared properly and with good care. This is easier to achieve, of course, if you source your meat from a local farmer who treats and feeds its animals in a proper way.

    Pasture-raised pigs produce meat that's so much tastier; it's sometimes as if it's not even the same kind of meat.

    Pork tenderloin is a very popular cut to prepare because it's very tender and quick to prepare. It's, unfortunately, also a cut that's pretty lean, which makes it easy to overcook.

    Here I chose to prepare to stuff for the tenderloin because this allows for the flavors to cook from the inside out, with only half the thickness of the meat for the juices to travel through. This may be difficult to understand, but the pictures of the preparation work should help you get this a little better.

    When I decided to cook this dish, I had no time at all for marinating, so I stuffed the pork with some really oily ingredients, like artichoke hearts and sun-dried tomatoes, which are most often sold packed in a mixture of spices and olive oil.

    Make sure, though, that both the sun-dried tomatoes and the artichokes hearts are packed only with good ingredients and without any vegetable seed oils.

    My hope was that this would help prevent the pork from drying out, and it worked very well. Make sure that the butcher you see doesn't provide you with a cut of meat that's too lean either. The more fat left on the meat, the more flavor it will have in the end.

    Stuffed pork tenderloin recipe

    Serves: 4

    Ingredients

    • 1 2lbs pork tenderloin;
    • 1 egg;
    • ½ medium onion, chopped;
    • 6 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped;
    • 2 large artichoke hearts, chopped;
    • ½ teaspoon fresh sage, finely chopped;
    • ⅛ teaspoon fresh thyme, finely chopped;
    • ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg;
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced;
    • A few tablespoon paleo cooking fat like lard, coconut oil, or clarified butter;
    • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste;
    Stuffed pork tenderloin Recipe Preparation

    Preparation

    1. In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, saute the onion, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, sage, thyme, nutmeg, and garlic in a few tablespoons of paleo cooking fat. You can also add the olive oil that the sun-dried tomatoes come in if you are using jarred sun-dried tomatoes. This oil provided it's only olive oil and not another vegetable seed oil, is healthy and full of delicious spices and flavor. Saute everything for about 3 to 4 minutes, just until the onions become slightly translucent, and the tomatoes and artichokes begin to become tender. Remove the skillet from the heat and set aside for later use.
    2. Place the pork tenderloin in a 9x13 baking dish, rub some cooking fat all over and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. In order to stuff the loin, create a seam in the meat by cutting it down the center lengthwise; essentially, you want to be able to unfold the meat. Set the meat aside until the stuffing has been prepared.
    3. Preheat your oven to 450F.
    4. Turn your attention back to the stuffing. Once the ingredients from the skillet have completely cooled, whisk in an egg. The egg is essential to the stuffing, as this is what replaces the usual “breadcrumbs” and works to hold everything together. However, to make this work best, the sun-dried tomato/artichoke mixture must be cool. Otherwise, it will cook the egg before it is even stuffed in the meat, and the egg will no longer act as glue since it cannot be cooked twice.
    5. Take the stuffing and begin spreading it across the seam of the meat. Avoid filling the meat too much, as you will not be able to fold the pork closed. Use some toothpicks to ensure the tenderloin does not pop open while cooking.
    6. Cook, uncovered, at 450 F for 30 minutes. Once the first 30 minutes have passed, reduce the heat to 300 F and cook for another 20 minutes. When the time is up, turn off the oven, but allow the meat to remain in it for at least 15 minutes. This cooking method is perfect for keeping the meat from overcooking and becoming dry. Bon appétit!

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    Stuffed pork tenderloin Recipe

    Stuffed pork tenderloin recipe

    A simple recipe for a pork tenderloin stuffed with a delicious mixture of sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, herbs and spices.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4 people
    Calories 442 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 2 lbs pork tenderloin
    • 1 egg
    • ½ medium onion chopped
    • 6 sun-dried tomatoes chopped
    • 2 large artichoke hearts chopped
    • ½ teaspoon fresh sage finely chopped
    • ⅛ teaspoon fresh thyme finely chopped
    • ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
    • 2 cloves garlic minced
    • A few tablespoon paleo cooking fat like lard coconut oil, or clarified butter
    • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

    Instructions
     

    • In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, saute the onion, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, sage, thyme, nutmeg, and garlic in a few tablespoons of paleo cooking fat. You can also add the olive oil that the sun-dried tomatoes come in if you are using jarred sun-dried tomatoes. This oil provided it’s only olive oil and not another vegetable seed oil, is healthy and full of delicious spices and flavor. Saute everything for about 3 to 4 minutes, just until the onions become slightly translucent, and the tomatoes and artichokes begin to become tender. Remove the skillet from the heat and set aside for later use.
      ½ medium onion, 6 sun-dried tomatoes, ½ teaspoon fresh sage, ⅛ teaspoon fresh thyme, ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg, 2 cloves garlic, 2 large artichoke hearts
    • Place the pork tenderloin in a 9×13 baking dish, rub some cooking fat all over and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. In order to stuff the loin, create a seam in the meat by cutting it down the center lengthwise essentially, you want to be able to unfold the meat. Set the meat aside until the stuffing has been prepared.
      1 2 lbs pork tenderloin, A few tablespoon paleo cooking fat like lard, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
    • Preheat your oven to 450F.
    • Turn your attention back to the stuffing. Once the ingredients from the skillet have completely cooled, whisk in an egg. The egg is essential to the stuffing, as this is what replaces the usual “breadcrumbs” and works to hold everything together. However, to make this work best, the sun-dried tomato/artichoke mixture must be cool. Otherwise, it will cook the egg before it is even stuffed in the meat, and the egg will no longer act as glue since it cannot be cooked twice.
      1 egg
    • Take the stuffing and begin spreading it across the seam of the meat. Avoid filling the meat too much, as you will not be able to fold the pork closed. Use some toothpicks to ensure the tenderloin does not pop open while cooking.
    • Cook, uncovered, at 450 F for 30 minutes. Once the first 30 minutes have passed, reduce the heat to 300 F and cook for another 20 minutes. When the time is up, turn off the oven, but allow the meat to remain in it for at least 15 minutes. This cooking method is perfect for keeping the meat from overcooking and becoming dry. Bon appétit!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 442kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 72gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 262mgSodium: 198mgPotassium: 1477mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 96IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 4mg
    Keyword pork tenderloin, stuffed
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    Filed Under: Paleo Pork Recipes, Paleo Recipes Tagged With: cooking: oven, cooking: stovetop, diet: dairy-free, diet: no sweeteners, diet: shellfish-free, good for leftovers, Paleo Dinner Recipes, Paleo Low-Carb Recipes

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    1. Cher

      March 30, 2024 at 8:22 pm

      5 stars
      I found this recipe here at least 10 years ago, and I go back to it all the time. It’s incredible. I’m making it for Easter tomorrow.
      One piece of criticism, the photo is not good and should be updated…. I tell my friends to ignore the photo!
      Thank you for a fabulous recipe!

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      • Paleo Leaper

        April 03, 2024 at 11:46 pm

        Thanks for the great review Cher!

        Reply
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