Ummm.... Pork Loin looking (and smelling) really good!

15 years ago

I've got a whole pork loin in the electric roaster, cooking for supper and it sure does look and smell great! I'm making the 'recipe' up as I go along. First I sprayed the roaster inside with cooking spray. Then I put in the pork loin, fatty side down. Then I drizzled the whole thing with extra virgin olive oil (shades of Rachel Ray). Then I sliced two good sized onions (very thin) and spread them on either side of the pork loin. Then I spread the whole top of the loin with garlic (the kind you buy all diced up and in a jar). Then sprinkled on coarse ground black pepper. I'm letting it brown at a high temp (and hopefully kind of carmelize the onions). I'll brown the meat on top and bottom (and maybe sides) then will add worchestershire sauce and pot roast type veggies (potatoes, carrots, rutabega, celery) and let cook til done. Not sure whether I'll put any other seasoning in yet or not. Maybe just a little seasoned salt.

How does that sound? Any other suggestons, while it's still early enough?

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chaplainkent
15 years ago
I use a package of stove top dressing any flavor. Spread it around the roast and allow the juices to soak up into the dressing mix. Take your onions from the roast and mix with the dressing for serving.

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hale_bopp
15 years ago
Pork can be very bland (to me) if it's not seasoned enough. I'd add a tsp of each:

Garlic salt
Onion powder
Ground pepper
Paprika
Thyme
Dried mustard

Since it's in the oven already, I'd melt half a stick of butter and mix in all the above ingredients. Open the oven and brush/pour over the pork roast. But that's just me. :)

Blessings!
Haley
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angelaid
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Dressing sounds good. Or Au Gratin potatoes.
lydia1959
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I just put a pork loin in my crockpot a bit ago! It won't be done until late tonight, but I just noticed the last sale date was yesterday... so thought I should cook it.

I stab mine with a fork, then drizzle liquid smoke over it and then some sea salt. Serve on sandwiches with BBQ or horseradish sauce.

Yours sounds good! Let us know how it turns out.
ruthieg__tx
15 years ago
I love pork loin.....I usually open mine with a knife and make 3 cuts making the loin four sided then I season it thoroughly on all sides....roll it up jelly roll style and tie it..fabulous...
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earthlydelights
15 years ago
the way you are cooking it sounds just fine. the only other thing i would do is add some rosemary. i wouldn't have thought to use worchestershire though.

enjoy!
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glenda_al
15 years ago
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socks
15 years ago
Sounds good to me. Go light on the W sauce. Are you the one practicing pork roasts to serve to company?
tinainky
15 years ago
Sounds great, I can almost smell it cooking. We love pork loin, there are so many things you can do it.
roseluver
15 years ago
We love pork loin, I cooked one Monday, it was so tough we couldn't eat it, I had to throw it away. I cook them all the time and never have had one come out like this one. That was $15 down the drain!!! I am still sick and don't want to try another one anytime soon.
chaplainkent
15 years ago
The problem with pork today is that they have manufactured the pig to be too lean. The modern assembly line birth to processing without ever seeing grass or dirt pig filled with chemicals to make it grow faster animal just does not taste good. I buy my meats at a butcher and he saves out the cuts for me with good marbling and fat content. This is where the flavor is and since fat is not tied together with fibers it makes the meat tender. The insistence on a lean fat-less chunk of meat is like buying a piece of cardboard and throwing $15.00 away.

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socks
15 years ago
So.....how was it?

Ummm.... Pork Loin looking (and smelling) really good!

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