Cast Iron Skillet Pork Loin Recipes

CAST IRON PORK TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius/ 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Remove silverskin: Cut the tenderloin into two equal pieces. Remove the fat and the silverskin using a small, sharp knife. Place the blade under the silverskin and cut a little piece of skin that you can hold on to. Holding this piece with one hand, run the knife under the skin, working at an angle. Remove the skin in a long strip without cutting away the meat underneath it.
• Season: Mix all the spices and rub the pork with the mixture.
• Sear: Heat a large cast iron skillet on high heat. Add the oil, the two tenderloin pieces, and the rosemary sprig. Sear on all sides for about 5 minutes, turning the meat regularly using tongs.
• Roast: Place the skillet into the hot oven and roast the meat for 10 minutes or until the required internal temperature of 63 - 66 degrees Celsius/ 145 - 150 degrees Fahrenheit is reached (Note). If the pieces of pork you are using are larger and thus thicker, you might need to increase the roasting time to achieve this temperature.
• Rest: Remove the meat from the skillet, cover loosely with aluminum foil and let rest for 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

EASY ONE-PAN PORK TENDERLOIN DINNER WITH APPLES AND ONION RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Pat the pork tenderloin dry and generously season with salt and pepper on all sides.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of canola oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat, until the oil is shimmering and just starting to smoke.
• Place pork in the hot skillet and sear until well browned, about 1½-2 minutes. Flip and repeat searing on all sides.
• Remove the pork from the skillet and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 375˚F (190˚C).
• Heat the remaining tablespoon of oil in the skillet.
• Add the onion to hot skillet and toss to coat in the oil. Add the garlic and apples and cook until the apples and onion begin to soften.
• Pour the cider over apples and onion and bring to a simmer.
• Return the pork to the skillet, on top of the apple and onion mixture. Spoon the cooking liquid over the pork and transfer the entire skillet to the oven.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the internal temperature of the pork reaches 145˚F (62˚C.)
• Remove the skillet from the oven and let the pork rest for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve the sliced pork over a bed of the apples and onions.
• Enjoy!

PORK ROAST THE OLD-FASHION WAY (CAST IRON DUTCH OVEN)

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
• Melt lard in cast iron dutch oven, or very heavy bottomed pot with lid, over medium high heat.
• Salt and pepper all sides of pork roast.
• When lard just begins to give off smell of being hot, place roast in pot.
• DO NOT move it for a minute or so, then rotate it to brown all sides.
• Lay garlic cloves and onion slices around the roast and stir to brown them a bit.
• Mix Kitchen Bouquet into the 2 cups of water.
• Pour in the water mixture.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cover tightly and place in lower portion of the oven.
• Roast 1 hour for boneless roast; 1-3/4 hours for bone-in roast.
• Half-way through roasting time turn the roast over.
• Remove roast from pan and cover to keep hot.
• Mix 2 Tablespoons cornstarch into 1/2 cup water.
• Using a whisk, stir the cornstarch mixture into the pot drippings, breaking up the garlic cloves as you mix.
• Bring to a boil, taste and season if needed with salt and/or pepper.
• NOTE: Pork roast made this way is ALWAYS tender.
• It makes wonderful hot pork sandwiches!
• The gravy is out of this world!

CAST IRON SKILLET PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375°F.
• Season loin with salt and peper.
• Roll loin in flour and coat well (you might need more than 1 cup).
• Heat olive oil in cast iron skillet. Brown all sides of the pork loin. Remove from skillet.
• Add butter, onion, garlic, and mushrooms and saute till mushrooms are golden brown. Remove from heat and return loin to skillet.
• In a bowl, mix the soup, soup mix, and hot water then pour over the loin being careful to leave bits from the onion soup mix on top.
• Insert meat probe and cover skillet.
• Bake till internal temperature is 170 degrees (approximately 1 hour).