Since we don't eat grains, we'll serve this with a big salad. This is a delicious pork main meal. Use a meat thermometer so you don't over cook the medallions.
Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin Medallions - makes 4 servings - ready in 40 minutes
Ingredients
8 slices bacon
1 T garlic powder
1 t seasoned salt
1 t dried basil
1 t dried oregano
2 pounds pork tenderloin
2 T butter
2 T olive oil
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Place bacon in large oven safe skillet and cook over medium-high heat turning occasionally until light browned and still flexible ( 6-7 minutes). Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel lined plate. Remove an excess grease from the skillet. Combine garlic powder, seasoning salt, basil, and oregano in a small bowel. Set aside.
Wrap the tenderloin with the bacon strips securing with 1 or 2 toothpicks per strip of bacon. Slice the tenderloin between each bacon strip to create the medallions. Melt butter and oil together in the same skillet over medium-high heat. Cook each medallion for 4 minutes on each side.
Place skillet into oven and bake until the pork is no longer pink in the center (17-20 minutes) an instant reading thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees.
