Rosemary Garlic Citrus Pork Loin
I love to find a pork loin roast on sale. It’s like hitting the jackpot! I like the little tenderloins, too, that usually come in pairs, but the pork loin roast is probably my favorite cut of pork. The pork loin is lean, tender, and always feeds my family twice! I conjured up this Rosemary garlic citrus pork loin this past week, and we enjoyed it thoroughly for two nights in a row!
Sometimes I’m lazy and I cook my pork loin in the crockpot. I decided to be too lazy to drag out my crockpot this time, and to procrastinate instead. I had to then cook my pork loin in the oven, and I had to figure out how to flavor it. I love to slow cook these with Coach’s homemade barbecue sauce, and since I didn’t think to ask him to make me some, I couldn’t motivate myself to come up with something else.
Then I remembered! How can I forget? Madre’s Rosemary bush! It’s a beaut, I tell ya.
Am I wrong? Oh man, this thing smells heavenly! There’s nothing like fresh Rosemary! I cut a couple of sprigs and headed back to the house to get started!
I literally just started grabbing stuff. This was my thought process. Garlic goes with Rosemary. MMM, an orange! Orange is so sweet…let me grab a lemon! I wonder what temperature I should cook it at? How much should I get Shuh-Wanda to cut off of my hair next week? Aw, look at Rocky on his back with his legs in the air! Did I pay the pest control bill? Oh, yeah, dinner… I ended up with this pile of deliciousness.
I needed liquids, stat! I dumped all that good stuff above into a glass measuring cup and juiced both the lemon and the orange into the cup, then added some olive oil.
I had already strategically placed some celery stalks in the bottom of a 9″ x 13″ pan, because celery makes a lovely rack to cook your meat on. I seasoned the roast on both sides with salt and pepper, put it up on my celery rack, surrounded it with my favorite roasting veggies (potatoes, carrots and onions, also seasoned with salt and pepper), and then poured all that heavenly stuff on top. Rosemary Garlic Citrus Pork Loin was born!
It hit me then how good it would have been to have made that Rosemary garlic citrus stuff hours earlier and marinate my roast in it! I tell you what, I ‘m not sure it could have been any better if I had. This was freakin’ AWESOME! It was tender, juicy, and absolutely full of flavor.
Rosemary Garlic Citrus Pork Loin
We did have enough for two nights, but we had to show some serious restraint to not devour the whole thing in one night. The potatoes and carrots took on the flavors from the roast, and my kids were stabbing their potatoes and carrots and dipping them in the juices on the platter! They were also dipping their meat and bread. They were making noises like mmmm and momfisgood, but not really talking.
Click here for a printable version of my impromptu recipe. I can’t promise I did it exactly this way, but I bet it will yield the same delicious results! Just be sure to not undercook it, because that’s a no-no with pork. {Here’s a little pork cooking guide.} I served my Rosemary Garlic Citrus Pork Loin with green beans, long grain and wild rice, and French bread. The next night I served it with macaroni and cheese, pinto beans and corn bread. I think you could serve it with a slice of raw turnip and no one would notice.
Although, some weirdos like raw turnips.
Also, I highly recommend that you grow your own Rosemary. Madre’s plant is in the ground, right in front of the barn. As you saw in the above photo, it’s huge. I’ve pulled sprigs off all winter, so it’s like it’s never out of season! It’s so delicious on so many things, so it’s just worth having your own fresh Rosemary. It’s also good for you! The best reason I can give you, though, is right here.
If you try this Rosemary Garlic Citrus Pork Loin, please come back and let me know what you think! This is a recipe that I will return to again and again, because even Tigger, my picky eater, fell in love with it. As she was watching me write this post, she said, “I miss that meat!” Out of the mouths of babes…
Happy Monday!
X,O,X,O, Martie
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April 11, 2016 @ 12:51 pm
Two things:
1. Daddy-o likes raw turnip.
2. I NEED some Rosemary. I think a plant is a great birthday present . . .
April 11, 2016 @ 1:31 pm
Yeah, Coach likes it, too. Weirdos! I’ll take your request into consideration! ❤️
April 12, 2016 @ 8:40 am
I know they love you.
April 12, 2016 @ 10:55 am
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April 12, 2016 @ 9:20 am
Printed and in my recipe book!!
April 12, 2016 @ 10:56 am
Thanks! Feel free to share on social media, as well! ?
April 14, 2016 @ 6:59 pm
I love cooking meat in the crock pot. No matter what the cut it is juicy and tender. Thanks for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared!
April 14, 2016 @ 8:11 pm
I do, too. I would’ve cooked this in the crock pot if I hadn’t been such a procrastinator that day!
April 16, 2016 @ 8:59 am
I just read the name of your dish to my guys and they both sounded interested. It does look really flavorful and I can’t wait to try it. You are my choice for featured blog post for this week’s Over the Moon Link Party. Come back after Sunday evening and grab your badge. Thanks for visiting!
April 16, 2016 @ 2:42 pm
Wow, thank you so much!!! That’s so exciting….my first feature pick! ?
April 16, 2016 @ 8:46 pm
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April 17, 2016 @ 12:50 pm
Wow!! I’m so excited! ? Thanks so much!!
April 18, 2016 @ 2:08 am
This looks delish! Thanks for sharing at You’re Gonna Love it! Pinning!
April 18, 2016 @ 5:52 am
Thanks for having me! I hope you can try it out, and let me know what you think! 🙂
April 19, 2016 @ 12:54 am
Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop
April 20, 2016 @ 2:49 am
Thanks for sharing this recipe with Pin Worthy Wednesday Martie
April 20, 2016 @ 6:08 am
Glad you take the time to host, thanks!
April 21, 2016 @ 7:11 am
That pork loin sounds really good! I love impromptu recipes…we do them a lot when there is no food in the house (no food according the kids…Mom and Dad can always find something to make. LOL)
April 21, 2016 @ 7:26 am
They usually turn out the best for me! Although, I’ve had some fails….
April 24, 2016 @ 8:10 pm
Yum! This looks delicious. I can always use new ways to make pork loin.
April 25, 2016 @ 6:38 am
Yes, it’s a staple at my house, too! 🙂