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Delicious Roast Pork Loin served with mashed potatoes and applesauce.

Delicious Roast Pork Loin

Bree Hester
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Additional Time 12 hours 45 minutes
Total Time 12 hours 50 minutes
Course dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 4 to 6 servings
Calories 405 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup and 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 8 garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 bunch rosemary chopped
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 2 lb center-cut pork loin

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl combine 1/4 cup olive oil, chopped garlic, rosemary, salt, and pepper.
    Combining olive oil, chopped garlic, rosemary, salt, and pepper in a glass measuring cup for Delicious Roast Pork Loin.
  • Rub all over the pork, including the top, bottom, and sides.
    Rubbing garlic and rosemary seasoning onto a raw Delicious Roast Pork Loin.
  • Put the pork in a plastic bag. Marinate overnight in the fridge.
    Marinating Delicious Roast Pork Loin with garlic and rosemary in a plastic bag.
  • Take the pork out of the fridge and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Brush off as much marinade as you can.
    Brushing excess marinade off a Delicious Roast Pork Loin seasoned with garlic and rosemary.
  • Heat a large oven proof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil and heat until it begins to shimmer. Add the pork and cook until brown on all sides. This takes about 10 minutes total.
    Browning the Delicious Roast Pork Loin in a blue Dutch oven on the stovetop.
  • Transfer to preheated 400° F oven and roast for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a thermometer registers 135° F.
    Roasting the browned Delicious Roast Pork Loin in a blue Dutch oven.
  • Transfer to a board and let rest for 15 minutes before serving. Slice into thin pieces.
    Sliced Delicious Roast Pork Loin resting on a wooden cutting board with a knife.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 405kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 48gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 588mg
Keyword pork loin in oven, roast pork loin
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