Salt & Pepper Pork Cutlets Recipe

This Salt & Pepper Pork Cutlets Pork might be my favorite pork recipe ever, and that’s saying a lot! This meal is so simple and delicious that you’ll want to put it on your menu every week.

Salt & Pepper Pork Cutlets

Like many small families, we eat a lot of chicken and pork.

I am always having to come up with new and different ways to cooks. I do like to be creative in the kitchen. This recipe should not be confused with the Salt & Pepper Pork dinner that you find at most Asian restaurants. In fact, this recipe is much different. I just couldn’t come up with a common name for it. So it became known in our household as Salt & Pepper Pork Tenderloin.

Often I purchase a whole pork tenderloin because it is on sale and much cheaper than the in-store cut versions. Yes, I am frugal-minded. I love a good deal.  Savings, bring it on. 

What you can get with a whole tenderloin.  You can carve out many meals for your family.  I typically come home from shopping and start dividing my tenderloin. I usually get two roasts, 4 center-cut pork chop meals & 1 pork cutlet meal.  That is a lot for one family of four. 

I know that this simple dish will become an instant hit with your family and friends. The trick to a delicious Salt and Pepper Pork Chops is the brine. 

It is all in the Soy Sauce

Soy Sauces are not all brewed the same. In fact, my husband and I shop frequently at our local Asian food market. I honestly feel they offer a better product when it comes to soy sauce.

For this recipe, I used just that. I wish I could tell you the brand. I only know it by the bottle (all written in Chinese).  I don’t purchase in-store big brand soy sauces. They seem to lack flavor and contain a lot more (I mean a ton more)  salt than I want.

No one likes to downing a cup after cup of water after dinner, let alone having swollen fingers and toes.

On that note: If you test out this recipe using brand name soy sauce, please be aware that this may taste saltier than my version. 

Please note that I list a full list of ingredients as well as a printable version of this recipe below. Just scroll down. 

Ingredients needed

• Pork Tenderloin, cut into cutlets 1 – 2 lbs
• 1 cup Soy Sauce
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1 tsp Onion Powder
• 1 tsp Basil
• 1 cup Water
• 1/2 tsp Pepper
• 1/2 tsp Coriander
• 1 tsp Kosher Salt

For the Brine

You will need a one-gallon size sealable bag. Add soy sauce, sugar, water, onion powder, and basil.  Seal bag and mix your brine until the sugar is dissolved. 

After you add your pork cutlets to your bag, refrigerate and brine for 6 to 8 hours. Now it should be noted that if you brine too long, your pork will be too strong of a taste and too short the opposite. 

Salt & Pepper Pork Cutlets Recipe

If you’re looking for a family pleaser, look no further as this dish is so quick and easy to make and will have your kids asking for more!

If you have made this recipe, we would love to know. Leave us a comment below and tell us how your Salt & Pepper Tenderloin Cutlets came out? Will you be making them again? 

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