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Healthy Pork Loin Steaks with Spicy Salsa Recipe

February 25, 2018 By Joe Boyle 1 Comment

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Perfect pork loin steaks are melt in your mouth juicy using this 2 step, baking and frying method.  Add a spicy mango salsa for a wonderful combination of flavors.

Overhead view of pork loin steaks with mango salsa.

Tough and chewy is not how you want your pork, but often enough it seems that’s what happens. It just gets overcooked. In the recent Cook’s Illustrated magazine, they presented a cooking method to avoid overdone, tough pork.

What you do is cut pork loin into portions, then pound the portions into 1″ steaks. This allows the meat to heat more evenly. The pork then is slow baked in a 275° oven until the internal temperature is 135 to 140 degrees. For me, this took 30 minutes.

Pork and salsa on a cutting board.

You then remove the pork and let it rest on paper toweling. This rest period stops the cooking at a favorable internal temperature which in turn, allows the meat to retain its juiciness. 

To finish off the pork, you give it a nice quick seer in a very hot skillet to brown the exterior but not affect the internal temperature too much.

The salsa I made to go with this is similar to the salsa in Bacon Wrapped Scallops with Mango Salsa.  I wanted to spice it up a bit and added a minced jalapeno pepper.  This combination is very tasty.  If you wanted to, you could substitute diced pineapple for the mango. Pineapple is a natural with pork.

Close up view of browned pork loin and salsa.

Next time you cook up a pork loin, use this baking/frying method for super juicy, tender pork steaks.

Here are some more tasty recipes to try:

  • Broiled spinach stuffed pork chops
  • Electric pressure cooker pulled pork sandwiches
  • Tasty grilled pork loin kabobs
  • Stir-fried pork with rice noodles
  • Breaded pork tenderloin sandwich

 

Healthy pork tenderloin steaks with spicy salsa. | joeshealthymeals.com

Pork Loin Steaks with Spicy Salsa

Delicious, juicy pork loin melts in your mouth. Add the spicy salsa for a perfect combination of flavors.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: pork loin steaks
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 servings
Calories: 307kcal
Author: Joe Boyle

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lbs pork loin, cut vertically into thirds and each pounded to about 1" thickness
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • cooking spray

Salsa

  • 1 ripe mango, diced
  • 1/2 red onion, diced
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeds removed and minced
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro
  • salt, to your taste
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Instructions

  • Heat oven to 275°.
  • Trim the loin of fat, slice vertically into 3 portions, and pound to 1" thickness. 
  • Place a rack in a  rimmed baking sheet and spray with cooking oil.
  • Salt and pepper all sides of the pork and place on the rack and put into oven. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes until the pork temperature is 135 to 140 degrees. (Mine took 30 minutes).
  • Remove from the oven and place the pork on doubled up paper towels. Also place a doubled up paper towel over the pork. Let the pork rest for 10 minutes, then pat dry before frying.
  • Add vegetable oil to a high temperature skillet, (not non-stick), and put on medium high heat until the oil just starts to smoke. Add the pork steaks and fry both sides until browned, 1 to 2 minutes per side.

Salsa

  • While the pork bakes, prepare the salsa. Chop the ingredients and combine in a medium sized bowl. Taste and season with salt, (1/4 to 1/2 tsp).
  • Serve the pork hot from the skillet with the salsa garnish.

Notes

Pork baking/frying technique from Cook's Illustrated.

Nutrition

Calories: 307kcal
 

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  1. Joe

    January 28, 2022 at 3:22 pm

    5 stars
    The salsa and pork loin combination is perfect. Give it a try.

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