Bake a basic pork loin topped with a mixture of sun-dried tomato butter and capers to make a delicious tomato caper pork dinner.
Jump to RecipeTomato Caper Pork doesn’t look the most appetizing, but it is one of our favorite ways to make a pork loin. We got the recipe many years ago from one of the stands at a Publix store.
One of the original ingredients is something only available from a Publix store. Now that we are in Texas and there aren’t Publix stores, we have had to improvise. The recipe calls for a sun-dried tomato butter that they sell, so we made our own.
It’s not exactly the same, but I made my own sun-dried tomato butter. I also purchase a plain pork loin since we are adding our own flavors to the meat. Tomato caper pork is an easy recipe to make and comes together quickly. As long as you have an oven-proof skillet, it can be made in one pan. This means easy cleanup as well!
Step by Step
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter (softened)
- 1 tbsp sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 tbsp capers
- 1 lb pork tenderloin
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp parsley (chopped)
Preparation
Take the pork loin and chop it into slices that are about 1/2″ thick. Coat the pork with some oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Preheat the oven to 375F and heat a saute pan over medium-high heat with a bit of oil. Cook the pork on each side for about 2-3 minutes. The pork will not be cooked through, you are just searing it on each side.
Add the softened butter and sun-dried tomatoes to a food processor. Pulse until the tomatoes are chopped and combined with the butter. Then add the capers to chop and combine those with the butter mixture.
Cover the pork with half of the tomato butter.
Bake it for about 10-12 minutes, or until the pork is cooked all the way through.
Remove the pork from the oven and top with the remaining butter mixture and sprinkle with parsley. I like to serve this with Sun-Dried Tomato Basil Orzo as a side dish.
Recipe
Originally Published On: December 19, 2017
Last Updated On: July 22, 2021
Tomato Caper Pork
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter (softened)
- 1 tbsp sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 tbsp capers
- 1 lb pork tenderloin
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp parsley (chopped)
Recommended Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F
- In a food processor, combine butter, tomatoes, and capers
- Heat large sauté pan over medium-high heat
- Cut pork into slices
- Coat pork with oil, salt, and pepper
- Place pork in pan and cook 2-3 minutes on each side
- Transfer pork to baking skeet
- Coat pork with half of butter mixture
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until pork is cooked through
- Top pork with remaining butter mixture and sprinkle with parsley
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutrition content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
Sundried tomato butter sounds amazing. I love making different styles and flavors of better and serving it up. I have never done pork loin. I might have to try!
It’s so good! This is the only time I have ever tried flavored butter, but I bet different ones are also just as yummy!
Oh my goodness! You had me at “tomato and capers,” one of my favorite flavor combo’s. I made a lot of pork tenderloin but it never occurred to me to put this sort of recipe together. I think my family will love it.
This is the only time I ever use capers, but I want to find a few more recipes that use them.
We eat pork here weekly so this recipe has my attention. My husband likes capers so he may enjoy this recipe too.
My husband loves capers, this is the only time I use capers but I need to find more recipes with it.
This looks so yummy! I love pork.
Me too! And it’s one of the things that my boys will eat consistently.
The tomato and caper topping sounds delicious.
It’s so yummy!
This looks really delicious. I really like the slightly sweet from the tomatoes and the saltiness from the capers. Great balance.
You’re right, they balance each other out so well in this meal.
This looks very delicious and I am pretty sure the sundried tomatoes bring a special flavor. I am always trying new recipe and this one, I have to try it. Hopefully, it will look as pretty as yours. Bon appetit.
Yes, the sundried tomatoes are what makes this recipe. If you make it, don’t worry about how pretty, as long as it tastes good!
this looks good, i would love to try it
thank you for sharing
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
I’ve never tried capers in my food before. I guess I should pass this along to my friend so she could make it for me.
This is the only thing we have tried with capers before, so I am on the hunt for other recipes with them as well.
This is another great way of making pork loin. I love pork and tomatoes!
There’s really so much you can do with a pork loin. It’s almost as versatile as chicken!
This reminds me a lot of a dish we use to make at an italian restaurant that I used to work at a few years ago. You can’t go wrong with tomatoes and caper, they pretty much go with everything and elevate a dish in the most elegant way!
I didn’t think about it, but this does lean towards an Italian meal. And yes, they both are great ways to add so much to an otherwise plain meal.
Wow you have so many amazing recipes that I think my daughter would LOVE to try. This is one of those.
Awesome, I hope your daughter enjoys the meal!
I don’t eat too much pork but if a recipe involves tomato I have to try it!
And these are sun-dried tomatoes, so they have even more flavor than a regular tomato!
I love capers as they always add a bit of zest to a dish. I think you have used them beautifully in this dish.
Thank you! Capers are a great way to add just a little something extra to a meal and work well with the tomatoes in this one.
I’m pretty picky about what I put sun dried tomatoes on, but I think that it sounds delicious on a pork loin! I wonder if I could cook it as a solid loin and just smother the top.
I haven’t tried that, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. I like slicing it because there’s more surface area to let the flavors absorb into the meat. But if you were to bake it in a glass dish with the tomato-butter it may still soak in enough.
Yummy Tomato Caper Pork it looks easy to make I would love to make this recipe at home I start to learn cooking I think this is perfect to try this recipe 🙂
This would be a great recipe to give a shot. It has a little bit of a challenge, but I think a beginner cook could master this one. And it looks like you spent a lot more time and effort on it at the end!
Pork is the only meat my girls will happily eat as leftovers for lunch. So with school starting up, will def have to try this soon!
I’ve had this straight out of the refrigerator before as leftovers. It isn’t quite as good as when it’s warm, but still tasted fine to be able to put in lunchboxes since they won’t be able to heat it at school.
I love the unique combination of ingredients to the dish. It is simple, yet complex at the same time. Perfect for a delicious easy weeknight meal!
That pretty much describes this meal! The ingredients are ones not normally used, but it’s still a simple recipe to make.
I really like the tomato and capers combination, it sounds delicious to me. My boyfriend would definitely be delighted with such a dish.
They work so well together. I wasn’t sure at first since they are such different flavors, but I think that’s why it works so well.
It may not look appetizing but with that coat of butter, it made it all mouth watering! Always a pleasure to see what you come up with these recipes, Stephanie
I agree, not the best looking dish, but it’s delicious!
Love your logo design….. and this recipe, never tried anything with sun dried tomatoes. I only ever try pork when my husband makes me to, I’ll save this to show him
Thank you! The logo idea came from something my oldest brought home from preschool a few years ago. The sun-dried tomatoes add a bit of tang to the recipe, so they work well in the butter.