Honey-Lime Glazed Pork Tenderloin

Honey-Lime Glazed Pork Tenderloin gets a sweet and zesty glaze loaded with honey, lime juice, zest, and ground cumin.  A wonderful combination of flavors and spices to make any pork tenderloin tasteful and delicious!

Honey-Lime Glazed Pork Tenderloin

This honey-lime glazed pork tenderloin is just the thing to make for some warm and comforting food during this cool season. This is the kind of weather we enjoy staying home in and cooking together; making roasts, stews, soups and even baking some delicious chocolate chip cookies.

And it’s easily made and ready in 30 minutes! This Honey-Lime Glazed Pork Tenderloin turned out to be delicious, juicy, super moist, and tender. 

You can serve it with just about anything. We served it last night with a side of our Easy Garlic Mashed Potatoes and a green salad.

 

The Glaze for This Pork Tenderloin

The glaze is made with extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, fresh garlic, ground cumin, fresh lime juice, zest, and honey. 

While the recipe makes enough to glaze the tenderloin, there is plenty extra to pour on the pork after it’s been sliced.

This Honey-Lime Glazed Pork Tenderloin turned out to be delicious, juicy, super moist, and tender.  You can serve it with just about anything. We served it last night with a side of our Easy Garlic Mashed Potatoes and a green salad.

Ok, let’s make it!

How to Make Honey-Lime Glazed Pork Tenderloin?

For this recipe, first gather all the ingredients. Make the glaze for the pork. Then season the pork

Ingredients for Honey-Lime Glazed Pork Tenderloin:

For this recipe, here are the following ingredients you will need:

Ingredients for the Glaze:

• 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
• 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 3 garlic cloves – minced
• juice and zest of 4 small limes
• 3 Tbsp. honey
• 2 Tbsp. ground cumin
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

Whisk together all ingredients for the glaze into a small bowl and set it aside.

For the Pork Tenderloin:

For the pork tenderloin, you will need the following ingredients:

• 2 or 3-pound pork tenderloin
• salt and black pepper
• 1 onion- sliced
• 1 to 2 cups of water
• 1 lime – sliced into wedges to garnish
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley or cilantro, as a garnish

Directions to Cook the Pork Tenderloin:

Our full printable recipe card is located at the bottom. But first, let’s run through our steps so you can understand what’s involve before you start.

1.  Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (204 C).  Cover the bottom of the roasting pan with a sheet of foil wrap (for easy cleaning).  Scatter the sliced onion, and add a cup of water to the roasting pan.

2.  Place tenderloin on a roasting rack, inside the prepared roasting pan.
Season the tenderloin with salt and black pepper. Brush or spoon the pork with some of the glazes.

3.  Roast the pork for 10 minutes, carefully remove it from the oven, and brush more glaze onto the tenderloin.  Do this 2 more times (every 10 minutes) turning over the tenderloin and adding more glaze until fully cooked, about 15 minutes per pound (if you have a meat thermometer, it should read 145 F).

Helpful Tip! If you notice the glaze on the bottom of the pan is starting to burn and making too much smoke, add another cup of water to prevent that from happening.

4.  Transfer the tenderloin onto a cutting board and allow it to rest for 10 minutes before carving. 

5. Carve and transfer sliced pork to a serving platter, garnish with lime wedges on the side, sprinkle parsley or cilantro on top, and spoon some of the remaining glazes over the tenderloin slices.  Serve immediately.

Storing and Leftovers Ideas

Store any leftover pork in a sealed container and keep it chilled in the refrigerator. It will stay fresh for up to 3 days. You can make sandwiches with the leftover for lunch the next day. Also, we do not prefer to freeze leftover pork. We prefer consuming it within the 3 days, and adding leftover pork to soups, reheat and serve it with a side of rice or quinoa.

More Delicious Pork Recipes 

• Cranberry Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry Salsa.
• Pork Tenderloins with Balsamic Strawberries.
• Classic Pork Chop Marsala
• Sicilian Sausage and Peppers

If you make this delicious Honey-Lime Glazed Pork Tenderloin, please tell us and leave a comment and a star rating below!

Recipe slightly adapted from Purewow.

Happy Cooking!  😉

Thanks for stopping by! 

xo anna and liz