Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin

sous vide pork tenderloin

We’ve been seeing lots of succulent sous vide pork successes lately so we thought we’d dedicate an article to it. Everyone knows that overcooking pork makes it tough and quite frankly, a drag to eat. And although pork tenderloin is one of the most tender pork cuts, it is just one of those meats that you get nervous about cooking with traditional methods.

Just in case you need a reminder about why pork is a “feel good” meat, here’s is a quick infographic:

Put Pork On Your Fork

From Visually.

Credit: Anova Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin Recipe

Many think that the best way to cook pork tenderloin is to sauté, oven roast and grill it for the best results. But it can be a difficult meat to nail. So much so, that some people tend to steer clear of cooking it altogether.  But worry no more.  As many of you already know, sous vide is the answer to pork tenderloin succulence!

A Guide to cooking a succulent sous vide pork tenderloin masterpiece

Serious Eats has a brilliant guide called “The Food Lab’s Complete Guide to Extra-Juicy Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin” and we highly recommend you read it if you are have not cooked pork tenderloin sous vide before (there is a link in Further Reading at the bottom of this article).

Recommended Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin Temperatures

Depending on how you like your pork tenderloin, Serious Eats recommend the following times and temperatures for cooking sous vide pork tenderloin:

Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin

Credit: Serious Eats/The Food Lab’s Sous Vide Pork Guide

Don’t confuse pork tenderloin with pork loin

While pork tenderloin and pork loin cuts do share a few similarities, they are quite different. Pork tenderloin is considerably smaller than the loin. Because they vary in size and cooking method, pork tenderloin should not be substituted for pork loin, and vice versa.

So what are you waiting for? Grab yourself some pork tenderloin and experiment with some sous vide cooking.


Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin

Credit: Pork Tenderloin with Beans and Bacon by Sprinkles and Sprouts

Finding the best sous vide pork tenderloin recipe

Many sous vide cookbooks are sure to contain sous vide pork tenderloin recipes. Click here to see the most popular sous vide cookbooks.

Sous vide pork tenderloin recipes are also available readily on a range of websites. These websites are either focused exclusively on sous vide cooking or have a sous vide recipe section. We have outlined many of those websites on our Resources page. The best sous vide recipe for you will depend on which sous vide immersion circulator or water oven you have. Here are links to popular cooking websites with sous vide pork tenderloin recipes:

Anova Culinary Sous Vide Pork Recipes page

ChefSteps Sous Vide Pork Recipes page

SousVide Supreme Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin recipes page

Don’t forget to check our curated sous vide recipe page that features over 200 delicious recipes to try.

Other sources of scrumptious sous vide pork tenderloin recipes

If you are an Instagram fan, consider using hashtags such as #sousvidepork and #sousvideporktenderloin to get inspiration from other sous viders who have cooked up some deliciousness. More generic hashtags such as #sousvide and #sousvidecooking will bring up a range of recipe inspiration too – but it won’t all be sous vide pork tenderloin. If you are happy to look through a few images (and let’s face it, pics of tasty food is certainly not a drag), then you will stumble across some sous vide pork tenderloin goodness that way too.

We’ve rounded up 3 sous vide pork tenderloin recipes here to get you started:

Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin

Credit: SOUS VIDE PORK TENDERLOIN Recipe by Rachel the Riveter

Sous Vide Maple Rosemary Pork Tenderloin with Apples

Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin stuffed with apple, brie and bacon onion jam

Tender Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin with Beans and Bacon from Sprinkles and Sprouts

Still got questions about cooking sous vide pork tenderloin?

Online cooking forums are a brilliant way to get more in-depth answers to your pressing sous vide cooking questions. Here’s a conversation thread focussed on cooking sous vide pork tenderloin:

Reddit thread from a newbie to cooking sous vide pork tenderloin

We recommend a range of online forums that specifically discuss sous vide cooking in a lot of detail. Check them out on our Resources page. You will be amazed by the wealth of knowledge other sous viders have and are willing to share.

Want to see it, not read it?

The every capable Sous Vide Everything have pulled together a Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin YouTube clip to help you nail your next sous vide pork tenderloin dish:

Further Reading

Food Lab’s Complete Guide to Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin

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