Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin with Spiced Apples and Corn Salsa Recipe

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This is one of my favorite sous vide pork tenderloin recipes, and I pair perfectly cooked, juicy pork tenderloin with sweet and spicy glazed apples with a side of corn salsa and some fresh herbs. I love to serve it to my friends and family when I want something that looks really upscale, but I don't want to spend all day in the kitchen but still want to deliver great flavor.

It comes together very quickly, with the sous vide machine doing most of the work. Plus I can cook the apples ahead of time, leaving only the pork and salsa for the day of the gathering.

I prefer to use my sous vide machine for the sous vide apples as well, but if you want to cook them in a more traditional method you can toss them with the ingredients and bake them on a sheet pan with raised edges in a 400°F oven for 20 to 40 minutes, until they have softened.

And if you aren't a huge pork tenderloin fan, brace yourself, because the sous vide process is hands down the best way to cook one! It turns out the most flavorful pork you can make!

Why Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin?

I'm very excited to be working with the Ohio Pork Council because pork is one of my favorite things to cook and to eat!

It's also one of my favorite things to sous vide, and for years I've told people that one of the first things to sous vide when they get a sous vide circulator is a pork tenderloin because it is so much juicier than with traditional methods.

Juicier Pork Tenderloin with Sous Vide

When using traditional methods, you need to cook your pork to 145°F or above to make it safe, or 160°F for ground pork. Some places even suggest 160°F or more for any types of pork.

With sous vide, you can hold the pork tenderloin at a lower temperature, like 135°F or 140°F, for a long enough time to fully pasteurize it with sous vide. This lower temperature results in much, much juicier pork. It's basically the difference between a medium steak and a well-done pot roast, they are hardly the same meal!

Don't worry, if you prefer your pork with a more traditional coloring and texture, it's easy to sous vide it at a higher temperature like 150°F and it'll still turn out jucier than normal!

Pork Tenderloin is Flavorful and Full of Protein

Pork is also just one of my favorite things to eat, period! Even though it's really lean like chicken, I find it has a lot more flavor and is more forgiving to cook.

It's also a great source of protein. I learned from the Ohio Pork Council that every 3 ounces has more than 20 grams of protein in it. That makes it perfect post-workout meal. I just toss some pre-cooked pork in with some broccoli and carrots with a splash of olive oil and little bit of lemon juice and I have a great post-workout meal!

Sous Vide Makes Perfect Pork, Every Time!

With the sous vide method, it makes the cooking process turn out perfect every time.

Once you find the perfect temperature for you, you can hit the exact temperature in future cooks with no stress!

I love 140°F, the Ohio Pork Board recommends 145°F, and some people go as low as 135°F. But whatever you prefer, you can achieve it every single time.

Their temperatures work great for any tender pork roast, including a sous vide pork loin roast or even sous vide pork chops.

Sous Vide Pork Can be Safely Held for Several Hours

Also, because of the temperature precision of the water bath, you have a lot more leeway in the cooking time before it affects your food.

The tenderloin might usually have a 2 to 3 hour cook time, but it would be fine in the sous vide machine for another few hours with no negative affect on the meat! This makes it perfect for me and my busy schedule, because I never know exactly when dinner is going to be!

It's also been great working with the Ohio Pork Council. I learned that there are more than 3500 family farms in Ohio who raise enough pork to feed about 25 million people. So when you buy pork at the grocery store or the farmers market, you are supporting Ohio farm families that produce that pork. Which just blows my mind.

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