Baked Pork Tenderloin in a Garlic Herb Butter Sauce

Ingredients:

Italian Dressing
2 pounds pork tenderloin
2 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning
2 Tablespoons diced garlic (optional)
5 Tablespoons Butter
Salt and Pepper
Olive Oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Trim fat off pork tenderloin
2. Marinate in about half a bottle of Italian Dressing (I marinated it for about 6 hours)
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
4. Line baking sheet with aluminum foil.
5. Generously season meat with salt and pepper.
6. In a large pan, heat oil until shimmery.
7. Add pork to pan, and cook on all sides until dark golden brown (about 3 minutes each side)
8. Transfer to baking sheet.
9. Generously coat on all sides with Italian seasoning mix (1/2 Tablespoon per side, per tenderloin).
10. Cut butter into about 10 pieces.  Place pats of butter on top of the pork (about 5 pats per tenderloin)
11. Wrap in foil, bake until meat is 150 degrees internally at the widest, thickest part of the tenderloin (about 25 minutes.)
12. When pork has come to temperature, remove and let rest, tented with foil, for at least five minutes to lock in juices.
13. Slice against the grain and serve immediately with herb butter sauce.

**********I served with brown rice and sautéed zucchini/squash**********