Baked Pork Loin Roast (Beginner Friendly)

Servings: 8

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 50

Total Time: 1

Follow this simple recipe and let the oven yield a juicy and tender pork loin roast with baked sweet potatoes in one sheet pan.

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Ingredients

3 pound pork loin roast
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, divided
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
1 pound carrots, coarsely chopped
2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into wedges
3 Granny Smith apples, cored and cut into thick wedges

Instructions

Prep:

Preheat the oven to 375F and grease a baking sheet or 13×9-inch roasting pan.
Trim the ends of the carrots, peel them, and coarsely chop them into 3 to 4 pieces per carrot. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into ½-inch wedges. Core the apples and slice each apple into 6-8 thick wedges.

Prepare the roast:

Season both sides of the pork loin generously with salt and pepper and 2 teaspoons of the Italian seasoning.
Place it fat side up in the center of the sheet pan or baking dish. Spread the Dijon mustard over the top (fat side) and sprinkle ⅓ cup of the brown sugar over the mustard to create a crust.
In a large bowl, combine the olive oil, ½ teaspoon salt, and the remaining 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, and mix to combine. Add the carrots and sweet potatoes to the bowl and toss around to coat with the seasoning. Distribute sweet potatoes and carrots around the pork loin.

Bake:

Bake the pork loin roast and sweet potatoes in the preheated oven -the total bake time will be about 50 minutes (see note below).
After 30 minutes of roasting, remove the tray from the oven and add the apples. Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon of brown sugar over the apples and place the pan back in the oven for an additional 20 minutes.
At this point, check the pork’s internal temperature in the middle of the roast with a digital thermometer, which should read 145F. Once the pork is cooked and the vegetables are tender, remove from the oven, cover with foil for 5 minutes, and serve.

Notes

At 375F, cooking time for the pork is about 20 minutes per pound. Cut sizes will vary so calculate roasting time accordingly. At this temperature, vegetables will take about 45 minutes to roast.

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