Pork Loin Cooking Time

The time it takes to cook pork loin is something that a lot of people aren't too clear about. To aid you in that endeavor, here are a few recipes with the precise cooking time.

Cooking Times for Pork Loin

The pork loin is undoubtedly one of the most popular and delicious pork dishes. Pork loin is also quite healthy as it contains very low saturated fat content. So if you want to make a delicious meal for a special occasion, then pork loin is undoubtedly one of the best options available to you.

Now the cooking time for pork loin varies based on whether you cook it in a crock pot or an oven. The oven helps you cook the pork loin a lot faster than the crock pot. The pork loin roast cooking time is about 45 minutes to an hour in an oven.

The cooking time in the crock pot, on the other hand is a lot more. Cooking pork loin in a crock pot can take anywhere from 6-8 hours! So if you have to cook your pork tenderloin really quickly, and you have an oven, then you know where to cook it!

Pork Loin Cooking Instructions

Before I start off with the recipe, here's one of the good pork loin cooking tips. There is really no set, traditional way of cooking the pork loin. You can mix a lot of different combinations of spices and make different marinades for your pork loin recipe.

Oven Based Southern Pork Loin

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs pork loin
• cup chopped onions
• cup chopped celery
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp cider vinegar
• 3 tbsp tomato puree
• 2 tbsp molasses

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350F. To prepare the sauce, saute onions and garlic in the butter. Now add the vinegar, the puree and the molasses. Stir the mix well. Brush this sauce well over the pork loins before putting it in the oven.

Let the pork loins sit in the oven for about 45 minutes to an hour. You can tell that your dish is ready when the pork looks tender and juicy.

Pork Loin Roast Recipe with Brown Sugar Glaze

Ingredients

• 2 lbs pork loin
• cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp flour
• tsp cloves
• tsp dry mustard
• cup vinegar

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350F. Mix together the sugar, flour, cloves, and mustard well. Add the vinegar to the mixture and stir well.

Now pat this marinade liberally on your pork loin. Rub the mixture in so that the spices seep right into the meat. Make sure that the meat is completely covered by the marinade. Now put the meat in the preheated oven and let it cook for about 45 minutes. And your roast pork tenderloin is ready.

As you can see, pork loin doesn't take too long to cook (at least in the oven it doesn't!) and can be made in several ways. You too can try a mix of your own favorite spices to make your own marinade. These pork loin recipe gives you plenty of opportunities to experiment and make a pork loin recipe which is completely your own.