Best Damn Air Fryer Pork Tenderloin

Dinner is unchangingly easier in the air fryer and this tender and juicy air fryer pork tenderloin will be the hero of your next weeknight meal. Lean tenderloin marinated in a succulent spice tousle that gives your pork an wondrous flavor.

I love how fast this tenderloin cooks in the air fryer and that I don’t have to fire up the grill or heat up my oven. A few of my other favorite recipes to melt in the air fryer include this wondrous chicken, these drumsticks, or this juicy steak.

Air Fryer Pork Tenderloin Recipe

It doesn’t get easier than using the air fryer to melt your marinated tenderloin! The marinade comes together quickly and is rubbed all over the tenderloin to requite it tons of flavor. I love how lean pork tenderloin is and once it is cooked to perfection, it is tender and juicy and ready for any way I segregate to serve it.

I love to impress my guests with this recipe! Like I said before, it’s so user-friendly to pop it in the air fryer and then focus on the side dishes I want to serve with it. This recipe is perfect for those nights you don’t have a lot of time to prepare dinner. Cooking air fryer recipes as the main undertow allows me to walk yonder and focus on the rest of the meal. Some of my favorite sides to serve this tenderloin with are these potatoes, this popular asparagus recipe, or this pasta salad in the summertime.

What Ingredients Do I Need to Make Air Fryer Pork Tenderloin?

All you need for this recipe is the pork tenderloin and the marinade ingredients. The pork can be found at most grocery stores, and the marinade ingredients are staple items in your pantry. It’s as easy as that! Trammels out the recipe vellum at the marrow of the post for word-for-word measurements.

• Pork Tenderloin: All you need is one pork tenderloin that is well-nigh 2 pounds.
• Olive Oil: This adds helps add moisture and swizzle the succulent spice tousle into the meat.
• Garlic: Minced garlic adds the weightier flavor!
• Brown Sugar: The sweet compliments the savory.
• Chili Powder: I love the kick this adds.
• Cumin: The warm earthy savor of cumin is succulent on meat.
• Onion Powder: In my opinion, onion powder should be in everything!
• Dried Thyme: A succulent herb that highlights pork.
• Kosher Salt: The salt will enhance all the flavors in the recipe.
• Pepper: Salt should never be without pepper! The pepper enhances the flavors as well.

How to Make Air Fryer Pork Tenderloin

This pork tenderloin is ready and on the table in less than 30 minutes! It’s quite impressive to serve to guests as well. Follow withal on the recipe vellum for all the detailed instructions.

1. Prepare the pork tenderloin: Remove the silver skin from the pork loin by slipping a pocketknife under it. Then gently pull the silver zone off while wearing with the knife.
2. Make the spice rub: Combine the brown sugar, chili powder, cumin, thyme, onion powder, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. 
3. Combine: Add olive oil and garlic and then stir until combined. Rub the mixture over the unshortened tenderloin. 
4. Preheat: Preheat the air fryer to 400° Fahrenheit.
5. Cook: Place the pork tenderloin in the air fryer basket and melt for 16-17 minutes or until the pork reaches 145 degrees Fahrenheit (use a meat thermometer to trammels the internal temperature). I remove the pork from the air fryer a few degrees surpassing considering it will protract to rise while resting.
6. Let it rest: Let pork rest at least 5 minutes surpassing slicing and serving.

Try Increasingly Pork Recipes

The increasingly I melt with pork, the increasingly I am reminded how succulent it is.  It’s so similar to yellow that my family can’t plane tell the difference.  Everyone needs to add increasingly pork dishes into their weeknight meals.  Give these a try!