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Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Onions

Juicy Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Onions begins in a skillet and is finished in the oven with apple cider sauce, making it the perfect cozy fall dinner.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 925 kcal

Equipment

  • Oven safe skillet or Dutch Oven

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 pork tenderloins 1.5 lbs each, ensure they are similar in size and weight
  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 2 onions sliced
  • 3-4 cooking apples sliced thick
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tsp thyme sage, or rosemary (optional)
  • ½ cup apple cider NOT vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp honey + more for drizzle if desired
  • 2 tsp prepared mustard
  • 2 Tbsp chopped toasted pecans optional
  • Dried red chili flakes optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • Pat pork dry with paper towels
    2 pork tenderloins
  • Season generously with salt, pepper, and smoked paprika.
    2 tsp kosher salt, 1 tsp black pepper, ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • Heat olive oil in a large oven-safe skillet.
    1 ½ Tbsp olive oil
  • Sear pork on all sides until browned, 2–3 minutes per side.
  • Remove to a plate (it will finish in the oven).
  • In the same skillet, melt 2 Tbsp butter, onions and apples. Cook 5-6 minutes.
    3 Tbsp butter, 2 onions, 3-4 cooking apples
  • Stir in garlic cloves. Add apple cider, mustard, honey and herbs if using; let it bubble for 1–2 minutes, scraping up browned bits.
    1 garlic clove, ½ cup apple cider, 2 Tbsp honey + more for drizzle, 2 tsp prepared mustard, 1 tsp thyme
  • Return pork tenderloin to skillet, nestling into the apples and onions.
  • Transfer skillet to oven. Roast until pork reaches 140–145°F internal temp, about 15 to 18 minutes.
  • Remove pork to rest on a cutting board, loosely tented with foil.
  • Place the skillet with apples/onions back on the stovetop, simmer 5 minutes, until thickened.
  • Off heat, swirl in 1–2 Tbsp cold butter. Taste and adjust salt and pepper.
  • Slice pork against the grain and serve it atop onions and apples.
  • Garnish with chopped toasted pecans, drizzled honey, and chili flakes, if desired.
    2 Tbsp chopped toasted pecans, Dried red chili flakes
Keyword pork tenderloin