Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Saucy Pork Chops

this is supposed to be cooked on the grill, but I made it ont he stove only because it was pretty frosty out the night I made it.  It was very good, a make again meal.

Prep: 10 min., Chill: 30 min., Grill: 22 min., Stand: 5 min. Sweet orange marmalade is slightly less bitter than traditional orange marmalade. Either works fine in this recipe. If your chops are thinner than ours, reduce the grilling time.


Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 22 minutes

Other: 35 minutes

Yield: Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 center cut boneless pork chops
• 1/2 cup orange juice

• 2 teaspoons soy sauce

• 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 3/4 teaspoon black pepper

• 1/4 cup sweet orange marmalade

• 1/2 cup bottled barbecue sauce

• 4 (1/4-inch-thick) orange slices

Preparation

Pierce pork chops with a fork several times on each side. Combine pork chops and next 3 ingredients in a large shallow dish or large zip-top plastic freezer bag. Cover or seal, and chill for 30 minutes.

Remove chops from marinade, discarding marinade. Sprinkle chops evenly with salt and black pepper.

Stir together marmalade and barbecue sauce in a small bowl. Brush one side of pork chops evenly with half of marmalade mixture.

Grill chops, marmalade mixture side up and covered with grill lid, over medium-high heat (350° to 400°) 10 minutes. Turn pork chops, and brush evenly with remaining half of marmalade mixture. Grill 10 minutes or until done. Remove chops from grill, and let stand 5 minutes.

Grill orange slices, covered with grill lid, over medium-high heat 1 minute on each side. Serve with pork chops.

*4 (1 1/4-inch-thick) boneless pork loin chops may be substituted. Reduce grilling time to 8 minutes on each side or until done

Nutritional breakdown for 4 servings  277 calories each, 35 carbs, 5 gr. fat, 23 protein

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