Low Carb Pork Tenderloin is a quick, healthy, and easy way to prepare pork tenderloin with only 4 Weight Watchers SmartPoints and 1 carb per serving! It’s a simple keto friendly recipe with only a few ingredients: garlic, herbs and olive oil.
Keto Carbs
This keto pork tenderloin recipe features juicy, tender and delectable pork tenderloin that can be cooked in only 30 minutes. As a bonus, this pork tenderloin is also low in carbs and low in calories: only 1 gram of carbs per serving for a total of 4 per entire tenderloin!
All you need is a few cloves of garlic, dried and fresh herbs, coarse salt, olive oil and of course a pork tenderloin! And it wouldn’t hurt to have a meat thermometer either!
Weight Watchers Points
The pork tenderloin has virtually no fat and no carbs and is perfect for those on weight watchers diet. This lean pork tenderloin has a PointsPlus™ value of 4 per serving.
Pork recipes are staples at this blog, and some of them are quite popular. I guess it’s because pork is so easy to work with and there are thousands of different ways to prepare pork. But this low carb pork tenderloin recipe is possibly the easiest and juiciest way to make a quick weeknight meal with the family.
HERB AND GARLIC MIXTURE
In a small plate prepare the herb mixture by mixing chopped garlic, Herbs de Provence, Italian Seasoning and coarse sea salt.
Mix thoroughly with a fork.
Place the tenderloin in the oven safe dish, such as cast iron, dutch oven or on a baking sheet. Using a knife, make 5-6 small cuts across the tenderloin.
Stuff herb and garlic mixture into the cuts of the tenderloin:
Cover the tenderloin with the remaining mixture on top.
Gently pour olive oil over the tenderloin:
Bake at 350 F. for approximately 30 minutes until meat thermometer reads at least 145 F (for pink tenderloin) or 160 F (for white tenderloin).
Slice it and spoon juices from the pan over the tenderloin.
Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves and the low carb pork tenderloin is ready to be served!
Herb Garlic Roasted Pork Tenderloin
Ingredients
- 1/2 tbsp herbs de Provence
- 1/2 tbsp Italian Seasoning
- 3 - 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 1/2 tsp sea salt coarse
- 1.5 tbsp olive oil
- 2 sprigs Thyme fresh
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
Garlic & Herb Mixture:
- In a small plate prepare the herb mixture by mixing chopped garlic, Herbs de Provence, Italian seasoning and coarse salt.
Prepping Tenderloin:
- Place the tenderloin in the oven safe dish, such as cast iron, dutch oven or on a baking sheet. Using a knife, make 5-6 small cuts across the tenderloin.
- Stuff each cut with Garlic and Herb Mixture. This will ensure that the amazing flavors of garlic and herbs will be spread throughout the tenderloin.
- Cover the tenderloin with the remaining mixture on top and then gently pour olive oil on top of the tenderloin.
Roasting Tenderloin:
- Roast at 350 F for approximately 30 minutes, until internal cooking temperature reaches at least 145 F (for pink looking tenderloin) or 160 F (for white looking tenderloin).
- Remove from oven, slice it and cover with juices from the pan. Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
How about Keto pork chops that are cooked in creamy wine sauce (this recipe also contains information on keto friendly alcohol to use): Keto Pork Chops in Creamy Wine Sauce
Save this Low Carb Pork Tenderloin to your “Main Dishes” Pinterest board!
Hungry for more pork? How about boneless pork chop recipes? I have several tasty and quick recipes here:
Honey Balsamic Pork Chops
Pork Chops in Creamy Garlic and Herb Wine Sauce
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This was really delicious and the kids ate it all up as well! I really didn’t think they would with all that “stuff” on the top! Ha! Was fantastic served with sauteed kale and onions. I also made rice for the kids. There was a small piece leftover, and it was really nice just cold.
I made it in cast iron like your pictures, but I preheated the pan while I prepped the rest of the meal so the underside had a tasty sear on it.
I bought 2 tenderlions and froze one so we will be having this again next week.
Haha – I’m glad they liked it despite all that “stuff” on the top!
Just made this tonight. So easy and so delicious! The pork was so tender and juicy. Love the seasoning. I see this becoming a regular meal for me and bonus it is low carb! Thank you!
I’m glad you liked it Judy!
We enjoyed it with boiled green beans and cauliflower. Thank you for a healthy recipe!
We make this with mashed potatoes on weekends!
Is there a way to print this recipe? I see the sweet print button but nothing happens.
What browser are you using?
I use Chrome. I used that as a print option, found the page as #13 and printed just that page. We are cooking it tonight. The reason I had asked was because with the print thru browser option things are screwed and other things showed up such as a search drop down button over the ingredients so I just printed and wrote in what was blocked.
Thanks for responding.
I’ll test it on Chrome today. I also have a button at the very top of the post (under the title) that allows you to print without scrolling all the way to the bottom.
How big is the tenderloin?
It was about one pound, in term of the size – the skillet I used in the recipe is 9 inches, so it was pretty long, but thin.
This is absolutely the best pork roast that i have ever made!!!! It’s quick and easy to prepare and serve. And it keeps me within my dietary restrictions while allowing me to serve an incredible dinner for friends and family.
Thank you Linda!
SO. MUCH. YES. 💪
COOKING THIS THIS WEEKEND! LOVE YOUR STUFF!
Good plan and thank you!