Name: Smoked Pork Tenderloin Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Brine:; 2 cups apple cider; 4 cups water; 3 tbsp kosher salt; ¼ cup sugar; 2 garlic cloves; 2 tsp peppercorns; 1 orange; 1 lemon; 2 rosemary sprigs; 2 bay leaves; For Pork:; 2½ lbs pork tenderloin; ¼ cup BBQ spice rub; ⅔ cup BBQ sauce

How To Make Smoked Pork Tenderloin

Indulge your taste buds with a savory and juicy smoked pork! It’s brined in a tangy herb mix, then smoked to tender perfection for a hearty dish.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour 30 minutes

Brine Time: 2 hours

Total: 3 hours 40 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Brine:

2cupsapple cider
4cupswater
3tbspkosher salt
¼cupsugar
2garlic cloves,smashed
2tsppeppercorns
1orange,thinly sliced
1lemon,thinly sliced
2rosemary sprigs
2bay leaves

For Pork:

2½lbspork tenderloin
¼cupBBQ spice rub
⅔cupBBQ sauce

Instructions

Brine:

Combine the apple cider, water, salt, sugar, garlic, peppercorns, orange, lemon, rosemary, and bay leaves in a pot. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes over medium heat or until salt and sugar is dissolved. Cool.
Pour the brine into a large bowl, then add the pork and cover. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

Cook:

Preheat an electric smoker to 250 degrees F. Load the smoker with apple wood, cherry wood or hickory chips.
Remove the pork from the brine, then pat dry. Rub the BBQ seasoning all over the meat.
Place the meat either on the smoker rack or in a disposable foil pan.
Smoke for 1½ hours or until a thermometer inserted into the center of the meat registers 145 degrees F.
Brush the BBQ sauce all over the pork. Lower the smoker temperature to 175 degrees F, then smoke for an additional 30 minutes.
Let the pork sit for 5 minutes, then slice and serve!