Yesterday I pulled a pork loin out of the freezer to thaw for dinner, even though I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with it. Typically, I toss it in a crockpot and shred it to make pulled pork but I was craving something more savory than sweet so I abandoned that plan. I decided to roast it for dinner with a combination of my favorite herbs.
The dish was a surprising hit with the family! I felt a little guilty accepting all the compliments since the dinner was ridiculously easy to prepare, but not so guilty that I told them that.
Because I was roasting the pork, I decided to roast the sides as well in order to make good use of the oven (and to avoid standing over the stove). The sweet potatoes brought the sweetness my kids were looking for, and the roasted broccoli rounded out the meal nicely.
- 1 2 1/2 lb pork loin
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 T rosemary
- 1 1/2 tsp sage
- 1 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp coarse salt
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
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Preheat oven to 400°. Line 9x13 in baking dish with aluminum foil.
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Place pork loin fat side down in baking dish.
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Combine remaining ingredients in small bowl. Rub pork loin with herb mixture.
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Roast pork for 30 minutes. Turn over and continue to bake for another 25-30 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 155°.
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Remove pork from oven and let stand for 10 minutes.
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Transfer pan drippings to small saucepan for gravy (see recipe below).
To make the gravy, combine the pan drippings with 1 T soy sauce and 1 T Worcestershire sauce in small saucepan over low heat. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup water with 1 T flour and mix well to break up any clumps. Slowly add flour mixture to sauce and stir until desired consistency.
Because I’m impatient, I start my sweet potatoes in the microwave. Wash them first, then pierce the skin on each potato several times with a fork. Microwave until tender, but not soft (you can pierce the skin easily but the sides don’t collapse when you press in on them. Transfer the sweet potatoes to a cookie sheet and roast in the oven for 20 minutes.
I put the broccoli in the oven when I took the pork out to rest so that the broccoli and sweet potatoes were fresh from the oven by the time the pork was rested and sliced.
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Corinne Schmitt
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Thao @ In Good Flavor says
March 23, 2015 at 9:23 amThis pork dinner looks delicious! I love making pork roast, because it is so easy to put together.
Wondermom Wannabe says
March 23, 2015 at 10:58 amI agree! Pork roast is such an easy way to get a hearty dinner on the table. Thanks for stopping by.
Made From Pinterest says
March 22, 2015 at 1:38 amThis looks absolutely amazing! I am going to be making this as soon as I possibly can. Yum! Please keep posting things like this so that I can keep making them! Once again… yum!
Jennie @ The Diary of a Real Housewife says
March 19, 2015 at 9:29 pmThis looks like a perfect dinner! I love pork loins and way you made it sounds great. I would love if you would stop by and share on my Friday Favorites linkup!
Wondermom Wannabe says
March 20, 2015 at 7:40 amThank you! I’d love to come share and find some new friends too. Thanks for stopping by.
Deb@SimplePlate says
March 19, 2015 at 8:39 amso yummy! One of our go to dinners! Thanks for linking up at #SimplySundays on Simpleplate.net
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christina says
March 16, 2015 at 10:08 amYUM. enough said. (other than thanks for sharing!!)
Mariet - Practicingnormal says
March 12, 2015 at 6:03 amThis looks amazingly good and really easy to make. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Wondermom Wannabe says
March 12, 2015 at 7:10 amI hope other people enjoy it as much as we did. It was definitely easy (I only do easy!). 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Mila says
March 10, 2015 at 3:51 pmThis pork looks really tasty! Seems it was a super and tasty dinner! 🙂
Susan says
March 10, 2015 at 3:20 pmCorinne, you’ve got me drooling here. I had other (boring) plans for dinner, but now I want this pork loin and a baked sweet potato!