Pork Roast Recipe with Lemon and Garlic

lemon roast pork

This is a delicious pork roast recipe, one of the best I have found.

It is moist and tender. If you like garlic pork, you will love the added twist the lemon gives it.

And both lemon and garlic are extremely healthy for us. Find out why here.

You’ll find that cooking pork loin roast is quite easy.

The flavoring for the roast includes lemon zest, garlic and cumin. The three of these ingredients together make a wonderful rub for the pork.

Once you have seasoned the roast, just pop it in the oven for about an hour. Turn it in the middle of the cooking time.

When it’s done you have a fantastic dinner recipe that didn’t take much of your time at all.

This wonderful recipe is gluten free, low carb and a wonderful diabetic recipe.

I hope you enjoy it.

lemon roast pork

Pork Roast with Lemon and Garlic

This pork roast recipe is moist and tender. If you like garlic pork, you will love the added twist the lemon gives it.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Calories 167 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 - 3 to 31/2 pound boneless pork loin roast
  • 3/4 teaspoon lemon zest, grated lemon rind
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 cup chicken broth

Instructions
 

  • Trim excess fat from pork. Stir rest of the ingredients except the chicken broth together well and rub evenly over the pork.
  • Place pork in small roasting pan or casserole and add broth to the pan. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes.
  • Turn pork over and bake for an additional 35 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers about 160°.
  • Serve, making pan juices into a gravy if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 167kcalProtein: 30.1gFat: 4.1gSaturated Fat: 1.4gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 83mgSodium: 225mgVitamin A: 0IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 1mgIron: 8mg
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Variation:

  • You don’t need to use a pork loin roast here. Substitute any other pork roast cut you prefer. It will taste just as good.

I don’t eat much pork, but this recipe really is delicious and I do make it quite a bit. Plus, from a carb point of view, this is a very good diabetic recipe because it’s very low carb. The garlic and lemon are really good for us too.

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Pork Roast with Lemon and Garlic


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1 thought on “Pork Roast Recipe with Lemon and Garlic”

  1. Awesome Pork Roast! I have this in the oven right now and it smells so good!! The juice on the bottom tastes amazing and I can’t wait to make the gravy! Along side I’m making garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli mmmmmm, can’t wait till supper!! Thanks!

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