Brined Rosemary Pork Chops
Recipe: #6397
September 03, 2012
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"This is a recipe I copied from a Weber Real Grilling Cookbook. Hubby put this together and it was just divine. The marinated chops can also be pan fried."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (91 g)
- Calories 264.5
- Total Fat - 19.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.9 g
- Cholesterol - 148.8 mg
- Sodium - 62.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 17.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.1 g
- Sugars - 11.1 g
- Protein - 5.1 g
- Calcium - 59.2 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a medium bowl, combine the salt and sugar.
Step 2
Pour 1 cup hot water into the bowl and whisk to dissolve the salt and sugar.
Step 3
Add 2 cups of cold water along with the remaining brine ingredients.
Step 4
Place the chops in a large, re-sealable plastic bag and pour in the brine. Press the air out of the bag and seal tightly.
Step 5
Turn the bag to distribute the brine, place the bag in a bowl and refrigerate for 4 hours.
Step 6
Remove the pork chops from the bag and pat dry; discard brine.
Step 7
Allow to stand at room temperature for 20 minutes before grilling.
Step 8
Lightly brush or spray both sides of chops with oil and grill over direct medium heat until center of meat is barely pink, about 8 to 10 minutes per side.
Step 9
Let stand for 5 minutes then serve.
Tips
No special items needed.