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Grilled Pork Chop
Built around bone-in pork chops and olive oil -- the method starts by take the chops out of the fridge 20 minutes before cooking.
Smoke, char, and a sticky glaze -- everything good about cooking over fire. Here it's built on bone-in pork chops, olive oil and garlic -- a medium, BBQ recipe that starts by take the chops out of the fridge 20 minutes before cooking, and is ready in roughly 40 minutes.
A 40-minute cook time that's mostly hands-off simmering or roasting.
A few technique steps to focus on, but nothing that needs special equipment.
Built around bone-in pork chops, so the flavor comes from real ingredients, not a spice packet.
Ingredients
- 4 bone-in pork chops (about 1 inch thick)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Lemon wedges to serve
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calculated from this recipe's own ingredient list; treat as an estimate, not a lab measurement.
Method
Take the chops out of the fridge 20 minutes before cooking and pat them dry.
Mix the oil, garlic, paprika, brown sugar, salt, and pepper and rub all over the chops.
Heat a grill or grill pan to medium-high.
Grill the chops 4-5 minutes on the first side without moving them, so a crust forms.
Flip and cook 3-4 minutes more, until the inside reaches 145F/63C (a blush of pink is fine and keeps them juicy).
Stand the chops on their fatty edge for 1 minute to crisp the fat.
Rest 5 minutes, then serve with lemon wedges.
The step worth not rushing: Flip and cook 3-4 minutes more, until the inside reaches 145F/63C (a blush of pink is fine and keeps them juicy).
