Orange-Maple-Glazed Pork Chops Recipe
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup coarse salt
- 3 strips orange zest (fresh or dried)
- 2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 2 teaspoons fennel seeds, crushed
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 3 quarts water (12 cups)
- 6 (1-inch-thick) center-cut pork chops (about 4 1/2 pounds)
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup prepared horseradish
- Juice of 1 orange
- 1 tablespoon bourbon
- Put the sugar, salt, seasoning, and molasses in a large saucepan with 4 cups water.
- Bring to a boil, stirring.
- Remove from the heat, add 8 cups cold water, and cool to tepid.
- Drop in the pork chops, cover, and refrigerate for 12 hours.
- Remove the chops from the brine and pat them dry.
- If you brine them overnight, you can wrap them in plastic and leave them in the refrigerator until an hour before dinnertime.
- Fire up an outdoor grill.
- Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Once the grill is hot, pat the chops dry.
- Grill them on the first side for 6 minutes, then turn them over and brush the seared side generously with the glaze.
- Cook for another 6 minutes, and turn the chops again.
- Brush with the glaze and cook for 1 minute.
- Take them off the grill, arrange them on a platter, and serve.
sugar, coarse salt, orange zest, rosemary, black peppercorns, fennel seeds, bay leaves, molasses, water, center, maple syrup, horseradish, orange, bourbon
Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/orange-maple-glazed-pork-chops-10231 (may not work)