Scrumptious family dinner

So I picked up a 3 pound pork tenderloin from the grocery store this morning in an effort to make a nice family dinner tonight.  I usually throw a tenderloin in my slow cooker with a jar of BBQ or teriyaki sauce, a la laziness, but today I felt like doing something different and I especially didn't feel like shredded meat.

These days, with little time for recipe research due to this person:

I select recipes solely based on reviews -- and this method led me directly to Food.com, where I found this ridiculously simple recipe.  It was so easy that I was convinced it would be a flop.  Especially in this rental's cheap oven with a door whose front panel is detaching from the rest of the oven door.  But, running out of time, I gave it a try.

And guess what?

It was AMAZING!!!!!  Preheated 500 degrees, baked 5.5 minutes per pound (so in my case, 17 min total), shut off oven but left in there, untouched, for 1 hour.  Do not open oven door -- that's the key.  

I removed it, covered it with foil and let it rest another 15 min.  

And then....

Perfection!  Completely juicy.  Slightly pink.  Tender.  Could almost cut it with a fork.  And, accompanied by butternut squash and some old school, not-good-for-you Stove Top stuffing, not a bit of it left over, thankyouverymuch.  

Winner, winner, pork dinner.  

Especially since I cooked it in a disposable aluminum oval baker.  Heh heh.

Here's the link if anyone is interested:

Perfect Pork Tenderloin recipe from Food.com