If you love pork, this recipe will surely nail it for you. This pork tenderloin recipe is ideal for serving at any time of year, and it’s so simple to prepare that you can have supper ready in under half an hour. Also, cooking tenderloin becomes 80% easier when using an air fryer.
The air fryer bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin is a recipe that goes easy on ingredients. You just need 3 ingredients to make the whole meal.
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Which Cut of Meat Will Go Best in This Recipe?
Pork meat that is incredibly juicy and tender is required to make this recipe successful. Therefore, choose tenderloin as it is a lean cut of pig meat, and it cooks to perfection because it benefits from the bacon fat. And for bacon, choose center-cut (cut from the belly) because it is slimmer than other cuts.
What Is the Cooking Temp for Pork Tenderloin?
In an air fryer, cook pork tenderloin for 10 minutes at 400°F. Flip and cook for another 8-10 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 145-150 degrees.
What Is the Best Way to Wrap Meat in Bacon?
You’ll need kitchen string to wrap the pork in bacon, but toothpicks will suffice if you don’t have any.
- Cut two bacon strips in half and arrange two halves next to each other, followed by four entire strips and the remaining two halves.
- After coating the tenderloin with mustard, arrange it on top of the bacon.
- Starting with a long side, tightly roll up the pork jelly-roll manner.
- To avoid the bacon shrinking and coming off, tie the roast with kitchen string at 2-inch intervals, each about 12-inches long.
What to Serve with Pork Tenderloin Wrapped in Bacon?
This bacon-wrapped pork would be fantastic with almost anything. If you want to serve it with something sweet, apricot jam or sweet Chile sauce on the side would be perfect.
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Air Fryer Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin
Ingredients
- non stick cooking spray
- 1 (1½ pound) pork tenderloin
- 4 bacon strips
- 2 tbsp Dijon Mustard
Instructions
- Grease the Air Fryer Basket with cooking spray and then slide inside.
- Grease the Air Fryer Basket with cooking spray and then slide inside.
- Coat the tenderloin with mustard evenly.
- Wrap the tenderloin with bacon strips.
- After preheating, arrange the tenderloin into the greased Air Fryer Basket.
- Slide the basket into Air Fryer and set the time for 25-30 minutes.
- After 15 minutes of cooking, flip the tenderloin.
- After cooking time is finished, remove the tenderloin from Air Fryer and place onto a platter for about 10 minutes before slicing.
- Cut the tenderloin into desired-sized slices and serve.