Spiced Pork Tenderloin and Avocado Salsa Recipe

Spiced Pork Tenderloin and Avocado Salsa Recipe

  • 2 1/2 tablespoons coarse salt
  • 1 tablespoon ground allspice
  • 1 tablespoon cayenne
  • 3 (3/4-pound) pork tenderloins
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • Accompaniment:Pineapple-Avocado Salsa
  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
  2. Stir together salt, allspice, and cayenne. Pat pork dry and sprinkle spice rub all over pork, pressing to adhere.
  3. Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown pork, 1 tenderloin at a time, on all sides, about 1 minute each. Transfer as browned to a large roasting pan and arrange 2 inches apart.
  4. Roast in middle of oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted diagonally 2 inches into center of each tenderloin registers 155°F, 20 to 25 minutes. Let pork stand 5 minutes before slicing.