Thinly sliced pork tenderloin, topped with a quick and easy pickled pico de gallo with avocado, make for an easy and flavorful weeknight taco dinner!

Anything can be made into a taco if you try hard enough, and I think that’s why I love them so much; they’re easy, flavorful and always customizable – bowls, wraps, corn tortillas, grain-free tortillas….Tacos are pretty much the perfect food.

There are so many taco recipes to choose from on casa de crews, but besides a standard carnitas recipe, I don’t have any pork taco recipes, and I needed to change that. I’m a huge fan of homemade spice rubs and condiments, but sometimes during the week, you don’t have time for both, and you know if you try and do it all, it’s not going to happen so why even stress yourself out.

Enter: Pork Tenderloin Tacos! We love the dry rub and seasonings used in their Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper Fresh Pork Tenderloin, and since the loin is already seasoned, it cuts out a step for me, and I can make a very quick and very easy pickled pico de gallo with fresh avocado while it roasts in the oven.

Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork recipes help me get dinner on the table in no time, without compromising flavor or adding a ton of extra prep for me. With real fresh ingredients, and real fresh flavor, the Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper is our favorite; so versatile it’s perfect for a ton of dinner ideas.

What makes this pico pickled?

Red wine vinegar is a fast and easy way to pickle veggies in a short amount of time. You can pickle just about anything overnight, but ten minutes is all it really takes – esp when you’re in a rush for an easy weeknight taco dinner.

See also: I’m not a fan of raw onions, but pickle a red onion and I’ll top it on anything – like a plate of Pork Tenderloin Tacos, obvi.

While your Smithfield® roasts, pickle your red onions for ten minutes, before adding fresh cilantro, diced jalapeno and tomato, with salt and fresh lime juice. And for healthy fat, I love to dice up an avocado and mix in with our pico. If you’d rather just slice fresh avo to top over these Pork Tenderloin Tacos, go for it. You do you.

I thought about preparing instant pot pork tenderloin, or even the slow cooker, but since it takes less than 30-minutes to roast, I opted to use the oven for this pork tenderloin taco recipe. Esp because this pork loin recipe only needs a shallow baking dish, and while it roasts, I can make my pico.

These Pork Tenderloin Tacos could not be easier!

Taco Toppings:

Personally, to keep things simple, flavorful and most of all, easy for a weeknight dinner, I make these pork tenderloin tacos as is and call it a day. Jason was a huge fan with fresh pico topped over this pork tenderloin, but if you’d like to add a little something extra, cotija cheese, shredded cabbage or a drizzle of chipotle mayo would all be delicious.
Use whatever tortillas or lettuce wraps you like for these tacos. I’m coming off a whole30 and opted for grain-free tortillas, but any kind will do – use your favorite!