Island Glazed Pork Tenderloin

glazed pork tenderloin sliced on a large platter

5 from 2 votes

This glazed pork tenderloin is coated in a flavorful spiced brown sugar rub, then seared to perfection in the same pan it’s baked in. A delicious and easy weeknight dinner!

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Resting Time10

Total Time40

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: glazed pork tenderloin

Servings: servings

Calories: 415kcal

Author: Nikki Gladd

Ingredients

For Spice Rub:

2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2.5 lb pork tenderloin (2 tenderloins between 2 ¼ to 2 ⅕ lb total)
2 tablespoons olive oil

For Glaze:

1 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon Tabasco , or favorite hot sauce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Prepare the Pork:

Stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Coat pork with spice rub.
Heat oil in an ovenproof 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until just beginning to smoke. Brown pork on all sides, turning occasionally, about 4 minutes total. Remove from heat; leave pork in skillet.**

Make the Glaze and Roast the Pork:

Stir together brown sugar, garlic and Tabasco in a small bowl. Pat the mixture on top of the tenderloins.
Place the skillet in the preheated oven. Roast until thermometer inserted diagonally into the center of each tenderloin registers 140°F, about 20 minutes.
Remove from oven. Let pork stand in skillet, loosely covered with foil for 10 minutes. Slice and serve with glaze from pan.

Notes

**If you do not have an oven-proof skillet, or are doubling the batch and browning in stages, you can transfer the browned pork to a baking dish.
I like to pour the juice/glaze into a little bowl with a miniature ladle for serving.
Recipe from The Gourmet Cookbook
Nutrition information is an estimate only.

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