Alon USA Energy (ALJ) 10-K 2010 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Alon USA Energy, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-127051) on Form S-8 the registration statement (No. 333-163430) on Form S-1, and the registration statement (No. 333-171111) on Form S-3 of Alon USA Energy, Inc. of our reports dated March 14, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Alon USA Energy, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, which reports appear in the December 31, 2010 annual report on Form 10-K of Alon USA Energy, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas
March 14, 2011