Best Recipe for Weeknight Roast Pork Loin with Snap Pea and Radish Salad
Ingredients
- One 2 1/2 to 3-pound boneless skin on pork loin end roast (or without if skin is unavailable, see note below)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 5 radishes
- 12 ounces sugar snap peas
- Coarse sea salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. With a very sharp knife, cut a crosshatch pattern into the pork skin, being careful not to cut through the meat. Rub the pork all over with 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and place skin-side up in a small roasting pan or rimmed baking sheet.
- Roast until the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F, approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. Transfer the pork to a cutting board to rest. Cut off the skin and approximately 1/2-inch of fat and return to the roasting pan. Roast the skin in the oven until crispy, another 15 minutes.
- While pork rests and the skin is crisping, make the salad. Slice the radishes thinly and add to a bowl. Trim and string the snap peas and add to the bowl. Season with 1/4 teaspoon each coarse sea salt and pepper. Dress with the olive oil and lemon juice. Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Pull the cracklings from the oven and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Slice the pork roast and serve with the cracklings, salad and pan drippings from the roast.
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