Friday, May 20, 2016

Grilled Lemon Herb Pork Chops

Source: allrecipes.com (after a google search for pork chops + lemons)

Ingredients:
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon pepper
6 (4 oz) boneless pork loin chops (I don't know how much mine weighed - I'm guessing they were a bit bigger than 4 oz each - but I only had three and left all the above ingredients as is and it worked out great)

Directions:
In a large resealable bag, combine lemon juice, oil, garlic, salt, oregano, and pepper. Place chops in bag, seal, and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight. Turn bag frequently to distribute marinade.  (Someone in the comments suggested massaging the chops in the bag every so often, so when I remembered, I'd give 'em a squeeze and flip 'em over.  I think they were in the marinade for 6-8 hours?)

Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat. Remove chops from bag, and transfer remaining marinade to a saucepan. Bring marinade to a boil, remove from heat, and set aside.  (I skipped the boiling the extra and just tossed it with the ziplock.)


Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill pork chops for 5 to 7 minutes per side, basting frequently with boiled marinade, until done.  (No basting necessary - just cook 'em and eat 'em.)

Notes:
As I mentioned before, I had some pork chops in the freezer and some lemons on the counter and I needed something that could combine the two together.  I opened the computer, visited my good friend google and two minutes later I was prepping these bad boys.  I thought they were delicious!  Callie said she didn't really like them (they were a bit on the tart side at first taste), but she ate what we gave her, so take that with a grain of salt.  I served them with a side of yummy rice pilaf (which I had made in my rice cooker) and it was a fantastic, easy and surprisingly quick midweek meal.


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