Grilled Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Grilled Rosemary Pork Tenderloin
Michael Kraus for The New York Times
Total Time
15 minutes
Rating
4(1,698)
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This easy recipe was brought to The Times in a 1994 article about winter grilling, but many readers love this dish year round. Marian Burros called for cutting the pork tenderloin into slices before marinating it in a simple mixture of garlic, red wine and fresh rosemary before grilling, but it works just as well with whole tenderloins and dried rosemary.

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Ingredients

Yield:2 servings
  • 8ounces pork tenderloin
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1clove garlic
  • 1tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped (or 2 teaspoons dried rosemary)
  • ½cup dry red wine
  • Nonstick spray or neutral oil for the pan
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Nutritional analysis per serving (2 servings)

212 calories; 6 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 3 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 3 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 0 grams sugars; 24 grams protein; 413 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Wash and dry tenderloin, and cut into ¼-inch-thick pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Place in small bowl.

  2. Step 2

    Crush garlic; rinse and remove leaves from rosemary stems, and chop. Combine garlic and rosemary with wine, and pour over pork. Turn pork to marinate well.

  3. Step 3

    When ready to cook pork, spray stove-top grill with pan spray, and heat. Place pork slices on grill. Cook for about 5 minutes total, turning once and basting once or twice with marinade.

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How long should you marinate the pork for?

We let the pork marinate about 7 hours. Doubled the garlic. Cooked it whole on the Weber. Took the marinate and reduced it. Threw in a big slice of butter. Came together perfect. This is a keeper. Remember not to overcook the pork. 145 o Be well.

Marinate is really good. Marinate the whole tenderloin, then do the 'perfect grilled tenderloin' method: hot grill, 7 minutes the first side, 6 minutes the second, then turn off the grill and let it sit for 5 minutes. if the tenderloin is really thick, or you are using a small grill like a Weber Q grill, increase the time 1 minute per side - 8-7-6 Works like a charm.

Used the marinade on whole pork tenderloin before grilling it. Lovely.

Must be an old recipe. Don't baste with used marinade.

I sliced thicker and pan fried. Served w polenta with feta. Very good.

8 oz pork tenderloin 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper 2 tbsp garlic 2 tbsp honey 1 tbsp + 1 tsp rosemary (dried) 1 C dry red wine 1/2 C neutral oil Mix all ingredients together. Rinse the pork tenderloin and dry it to remove any excess juice from bag. Put pork tenderloin in a 1-gallon freezer bag (w pleated bottom). Marinade 2 hours Make sure to baste the tenderloin well by squishing the ingredients well around the tenderloin at least 3 times.

Made with 2 pork tenderloins and doubled marinade. I browned the pork on all sides in 1 T of oil, then finished it in a 425 convection oven for seven minutes. I reduced the marinade and added a shallot at the beginning. So, so tasty and relatively healthy.

How about butterflying the tenderloin? Then, either broil, use grill pan or outdoor grill. On my Weber, I'd probably cook it 6-8 minutes total. It's a crime to overcook pork tenderloin. Slice the meat on an angle. Marinade sounds divine. I have a small tenderloin in my freezer and will make this next week.

So easy and outstanding! Will save the marinade and make a pan sauce next time. Many thanks!!

This was the nicest pork tenderloin I’ve ever had! Slicing the pork before marinating gave each piece much more flavor than marinating whole, and the pork was incredibly tender. I used an Australian Shiraz for wine and paired it with roasted zucchini with fried breadcrumbs. A winner.

Marinade has alcohol in it. Pretty safe.

Tried this marinade with thin-sliced bone-in pork chops. Marinated them for 2 hr in the fridge, then grilled them 2-3 min per side. Turned out well; pork was tender, moist and flavorful. Might add a tsp or two of mustard to the marinade next time, but will definitely use this recipe again.

Agree with most comments... Marinate loins (about 5 hrs). Double garlic (same qty fresh rosemary and wine). That’s enough for 4 pork tenderloins, serves 8-10. Grill whole - high for 7-8 min/side til medium rare. Rest before slicing. Reduce marinade, add knob of butter. was enough sauce for 4 tenderloins. Very tender and juicy!

Simple and delicious. Used sliced pork loin. Added a tiny dash of Carolina Reaper powder (can use cayenne or your preferred hot pepper) for a taste zing, and doubled garlic. Brushed lightly with garlic infused olive oil before placing over charcoal. Family loved this! Cooking time less than you think, so be careful not to overcook.

Marinated 2.5lbs whole tenderloins, grilled over indirect heat until medium rare. Reduced the marinade and added butter. Guests raved!

Good flavor. Less red wine. Hotter grill. Singe for Svetlana.

Really good. I marinated the pork for about six hours and kept the tenderloins whole. Grilled on each side for 4-5 minutes than turned two burners off and cooked on indirect heat covered for 12 minutes. It was perfect medium rare after resting covered with foil for another 10. Would recommend checkmate the temp a few times

Too much rosemary!

I cut my tenderloin into 3/4" slices then pounded it as my tenderloin was vary small. I also thought the red wine gave the dish a strange color so next time I'd use a dry white wine instead, or possibly sherry. I also up'd the garlic but then that's to personal taste

Does photo actually represent 8 ounces tenderloin cut quarter inch thick? Looks like at least twice of much meat. Misleading?

I have made this recipe several times. I have never made it on the grill, but will at some point. I usually use a cast iron pan. Get pan hot and pat meat dry before cooking. I don’t baste. Turns out great. We prefer to doing whole tenderloin. Particularly good when u want to cook quickly.

Tasty! But did anyone else end up with purple meat? The marinade (marinated for about 4 hours which is maybe the problem) saturated the meat so much that it turned it completely purple. Flavours were good but a very odd colour for pork tenderloin.

Quick, easy, and delicious! I had a 1# tenderloin and 1/2 cup Montepulciano that we somehow hadn't drunk. Used about 6 cloves garlic (they were smaller and we love the Stinking Rose), a couple TBS of minced, fresh rosemary from the garden, and added a couple glugs of olive oil to the marinade. Sliced the rounds about 1" thick, marinated for about an hour in a small, shallow dish, pan fried them, reduced the marinade and added a knob of butter. Served with mashed potatoes.

Quick easy …. Was very Tender!

Delicious. Such an easy marinade from things I always have on hand. I made the full marinade recipe, and then since my pork tenderloin was 16 oz instead of the recipe's 8 oz., I added more dried rosemary and garlic. The pork marinated for about 7 hours. We cooked it whole on the BBQ using the directions given by Anne Clark below.

Wine marinade too strong. Would not make again. 11/25/2022

If you really slice this 1/4" thick and cook it for 5 minutes, the results are akin to shoe leather. So, you really need to either leave the tenderloin in one piece while marinating and grilling it, or slice it thicker, or cook it for a maximum of 3 minutes if it is sliced to the specified 1/4" before cooking. If the center isn't pinkish, it's overcooked.

I took Marjorie’s lead and marinated the whole tenderloin in double the marinade, seared all sides and then in the cast iron pan I was using, roasted the tenderloin at 425 for 7 minutes. Before putting the pan in the oven, I added whole fresh green beans and put some butter on top of them. I took the tenderloins out of the oven and moved them to a cutting board to rest, and stirred the semi-charred but still a little crunchy green beans in the pan scrapings (they might have stolen the show)

Unlike some others I usually try to make an NYT cooking recipe verbatim the first time. I have a Weber charcoal and gas grills outside but I’d did this inside . Slicing the tenderloin and using fresh rosemary got the flavor into the meat I under and hour. I used a grill pan on gas 1 on my Cafe range. I would do for 4 minutes not 5 . Perfect

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