Tropical Grilled Pork Chops are thick loin cut pork chops grilled and served with an unbelievably exotic salsa of cardamom, mango, cilantro and applesauce.
You have to try this recipe if you have never had this combination before. The chops are marinated for an hour with half the mixture, then grilled and served with the remaining sauce.
The chops themselves can be broiled or roasted if an outdoor grill is not available, but don’t pass on the sauce.
In fact, make a double batch and serve it with grilled chicken and fish. So aromatic and wonderfully savory, your grilled pork chops will be the toast of the town!
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Thick cut pork loin chops are grilled and served with one of the best sauces ever!
- 6 center-cut pork chops at least 3/4-inch thick
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
- Kosher salt and ground black pepper
- ½ cup pineapple chopped
- 1 large clove garlic minced
- ½ cup golden brown sugar
- 1 mango peeled, seeded and chopped
- ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 medium jalapeno pepper seeded and minced
- 1 ½ cups unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cardamom seeds ground
- ½ teaspoon coriander seeds ground
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Combine the garlic, chili powder, cardamom seeds and coriander seeds in a food processor or blender and grind to a paste.
- Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the ground paste and let it cook for less than a minute. Whisk in the vinegar and simmer the mixture for 2 minutes.
- Stir in the brown sugar, mango, salt, lemon juice and jalapeno. Let the mixture simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
- Whisk in the applesauce and the chopped pineapple. Let the sauce simmer another 10 minutes. Season the mixture with kosher salt and a little ground white pepper is desired. Let the mixture cool.
- To marinate the pork chops, mix 2/3 cup of the sauce with the soy sauce and rice wine vinegar. Put the pork chops into a resealable plastic bag and pour the marinade over them, covering them equally. Seal the bag and refrigerate them for an hour.
- Light a charcoal barbecue or heat a gas grill for medium high heat. Lightly oil the grate.
- Remove the chops from the marinade and shake them to eliminate any excess. Drain the marinade from the plastic bag into a small saucepan and bring it to a boil.
- Grill the pork chops, basting frequently with the boiled marinade, about 10 minutes per side, or until they have reached your preferred doneness. Turn the chops once and baste the other side.
- Heat the reserved salsa in a small saucepan and pour over the cooked pork chops.
The sauce on these Tropical Grilled Pork Chops would also work with other meats. Try chicken!
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