Pork tenderloin stuffed with turkey bacon, wild rice, jalapeño goat cheese, and chopped apples. There’s so much flavor going on here and it’s a perfect “date night in” kind of meal.
You ready for the best stuffed pork tenderloin of your life?! Tie on those aprons friends and let’s get down to business cuz you won’t want to pass up a meal like this.
Let me get something out of the way right now. Stuffed anything can cause me to get frazzled. You feel the same? Like will I cook it long enough? Too long? How does all that “stuff” stay in there just right and will the meat get dried out? Do you guys think like this?? Maybe it’s just me. Well to answer the previous questions in one simple statement, “YOU CAN DO THIS!!” It’s not complicated, it’s absolutely delicious, and the only regret you will have is that you didn’t do it sooner.
To get a glimpse of the process of stuffing the pork tenderloin, scroll down past the recipe and I have a nice little picture of each step.
A quick little recap of what’s been going on with 3 Scoops of Sugar lately: so I have started putting together meal plans and will be putting out a weekly (M-F) meal plan once a month. There is certainly nothing wrong with flying by the seat of your pants and whipping up a quick meal as the evening comes. Hey, that was me for a good 2+ years after we had our third child and it’s what worked. But if you are looking for some variety in your meals and need a quick and efficient way (AND FREE) to get it done, then you should follow along because I am providing grocery lists that can be printed off and your weekly meal planning just went from STRESSFUL to WOOHOO! Here is the first meal plan. And this recipe is included in it.
Umm…this wild rice is beyond compare. I used a little of the rice to stuff the pork tenderloin and then seasoned it, added a little butter, parmesan cheese, fresh basil and WOW!
When I was getting this recipe together, I went out on a limb and decided to use jalapeño goat cheese. I love spiciness and my husband loves it even MORE. This stuffed pork tenderloin was definitely spicy but we both absolutely loved it. If you are uncertain about it being too spicy for you I would definitely go with a different flavor of goat cheese to keep things more on the mild side. Otherwise, go for it!!
Stuffing Ingredients:
Salt/Pepper
Turkey Bacon
Goat Cheese
Wild Rice
Golden Delicious Apple
Hope you love this stuffed pork tenderloin as much as we do!!
Bacon, Wild Rice, and Goat Cheese Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Ingredients
- 1-2 pound boneless pork tenderloin
- Salt/Pepper
- 4 strips bacon I used turkey bacon
- 4 oz goat cheese I used jalapeño: was very spicy!
- 1 cup wild rice uncooked
- 1 golden delicious apple cored and chopped
Side of Wild Rice
- Cooked rice minus ¼ cup used to stuff tenderloin
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 fresh basil leaves chopped
- 1 cup shredded parmesan
Instructions
Cook Rice
- In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add wild rice, reduce heat to a simmer and cook covered for about 45 minutes or per package instructions.
Cook Bacon
- Meanwhile, in a large pan add bacon without overlapping. Cook over medium low heat until crispy and fat is rendered. Remove from heat and set aside on a paper towel lined plate.
Make Filling
- In the same pan used for the bacon, add the chopped apple and cook on low for 5-6 minutes. Add goat cheese, chop up bacon and add to pan and stir often until cheese melts. Remove from heat
Prep Pork Tenderloin
- Preheat oven to 450℉. Set tenderloin on a cutting board and cut lengthwise to about ¼ inch thick being careful not to cut all the way through. Flatten the pork tenderloin with a meat tenderizer or place plastic wrap over the meat and use your fist like I did! Season with salt and pepper.
- Leaving a clean border around all the edges sprinkle about ¼ cup wild rice followed by the cheese mixture. Roll pork tenderloin up the long way and tie with kitchen string every 1½ - 2 inches. Season outside with a bit more salt and pepper, place on baking sheet and bake 30-35 minutes or until thermometer reads 160℉ with a 3 minute rest.
Side of Cheesy Wild Rice
- Over medium low heat, add 2 tablespoons butter, salt, pepper, garlic powder to wild rice. Continue stirring until butter melts. Add chopped basil leaves and parmesan cheese, stirring occasionally. Serve with pork.
Notes
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