Keto Pork Tenderloin With Lemon Butter Sauce

This easy keto pork tenderloin recipe is very easy to make on the stove top and full of flavor. The tender pork is covered with a lemon butter sauce that is bright and tangy. Each serving has only 1.3g net carbs!

You might also like this keto stuffed pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce. 

I personally love the flavor of lemon in both savory and sweet dishes. I grew up with a few yummy Middle Eastern dishes that use mainly lemon like bamya which is a lemony okra stew and perhaps that is why.

Regardless this easy low carb pork tenderloin recipe is one of my favorite keto recipes and super easy to make. The lemon butter sauce is out of this world. It would taste great on fish or chicken too.

Simple Ingredients I Used

This is a very simple recipe but believe me it is tasty! I used a pork tenderloin, lemons, garlic, butter, olive oil and heavy whipping cream. That’s it. And I bought them all at Aldi as you can see from the brands below. 😉 

How To Make Pork Medallions

All you need to do to turn the pork into medallions or cutlets is to slice pork tenderloin into ½ inch pieces. Take each piece and place it in a baggie and pound thin with a meat tenderizer mallet or a heavy skillet. See photo 1 below to see what they should look like.

When you make medallions like this, they cook much faster and it seems like you are getting more pieces of meat this way.  It also makes for tender and juicy pork.

Note I am using a pork tenderloin not a pork loin. Pork loin is not as tender and a bit drier.

How To Make Lemon Butter Sauce
For Pork

The lemon butter sauce ingredients are basically lemon juice, garlic, butter and heavy whipping cream. Here is how you make it. 

1. Once you brown the pork, add lemon juice to get up all the tasty brown bits using whisk.
2. Then add in the butter and garlic and mix well. Let saute for a minute to get the garlic fragrant.
3. Then at the end of the dish add in the cream and whisk to combine.

NOTE: For this recipe I had to make the sauce in between steps because I didn’t want the cream to separate. So I had to add it at the end. If you want to make this sauce for another dish you can make it all at once at the end.

Easy Keto Pork Tenderloin Recipe

Above you can see the steps I took to make this pork recipe so you can see what it looks like as I go through each step. Remeber to save this page or print out the recipe card below!

1. Cut and pound the pork tenderloin into thin medallions or cutlets (pic 1). 
2. Season with salt and black pepper on them.  Then add olive oil to a large skillet. Heat oil and brown them on both sides (pic 2).
3. Take them out and set them aside to make the lemon butter sauce (pic 3).
4. Place the pork cutlets back in and place lemon slices on top (pic 4). Cover and cook for 5 minutes so the pork is cooked through. 
5. When done, spoon the pork tenderloin cutlets and lemon slices on a platter. Pour the cream in the pan and whisk to combine.
6. Pour the sauce over the platter and serve. 

If you like cooked lemons you can add them on top of the platter as they are pretty but also edible. However no one but me eats them in my family.;)

That’s all there is to it.

What To Serve With This
Lemony Pork Dish

I served this dish with egg noodles for my family but I LOVE wide zucchini noodles. You could also serve this keto friendly dish over cauliflower rice, with cauliflower mash or eat it as is with a green vegetable and salad.

 I hope you enjoy this easy and juicy pork tenderloin dinner as it’s so easy and yummy. It’s great for a weeknight meal. And check out some of my other low carb keto pork recipes! 

The nutritional information is: 435 cals
 27g fat / 1.4g carbs / 0.1g fiber / 44.9g protein = 1.3g net carbs

You might also like my friend’s creamy mustard lemon pork loin recipe!