Honey Garlic Pork Chops

This is the finished product! It tastes as good as it looks!

   As I said in the last post, it was almost grilling season! Well, I am one of those people that like to grill year round, unless there is blizzard-like conditions or it is sub-zero outside. Well this post I made and reviewed  the recipe from this pin. This recipe doesn't have a lot of ingredients and is fairly easy to make. I am always looking for new ways to grill pork chops because as Corey put it, they tend to get dried out or charred easily. This one looked like it could remedy that problem and because it has ketchup in it, I figured my picky eater Autumn would approve. For the record, I use a gas grill, but I am going to assume that the recipe will work just as good on a charcoal grill.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup Ketchup 
• 1/3 cup Honey
• 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
• 2 Garlic Cloves, minced
• 1 1/2 lbs. boneless pork chops (6- 4 oz. portions)
• salt and pepper

 

RECIPE:

1. In a medium bowl, stir the ketchup, honey, soy sauce and garlic. Mix well and set aside. 
2. Lightly season both sides of the pork chops with salt and pepper. (Please see the tip section for what I did differently, if you can't tell from the picture). Brush each chop with the sauce to coat.
3. Grease the grill grates (I used olive oil) and heat the grill to medium-high heat. Place the chops on the grill and cook for about 5 minutes on each side, while basting the chops with sauce often. Make sure the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees.

 

*see step #2 and tip #2

The sauce

**I also made corn on the cob on the grill for the first time to go with these pork chops, and they went really good with this recipe! If you want the recipe I used (for the corn) here you go. It's pretty cut and dry so no need to give it it's own post.

REVIEW:
Well, this was a HUGE hit with us all. Like I said, even my pickiest eater Autumn loved them. Corey told me that it was a definite winner and I needed to make again soon. He also suggested I try this with chicken, which I may do sometime.

Oh they smelled sooooo good on the grill!

TIPS:

• Soy Sauce- Corey is not a huge fan of soy sauce, so I only used about half of what the recipe called for and it worked just fine.
• I opted for seasoning salt instead of regular salt. I love using this stuff!
• I also tenderized my pork chops with a meat tenderizer before I seasoned and sauced them.
• This time around I used portions that were closer to 6 oz instead of the 4 oz. I had to cook my meat for about a minute longer on each side to get it up to temperature. I can't recommend using a meat thermometer enough when grilling so that you don't have to cut into it (and risk drying it out).

 I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did! If you have any tips or tricks that you used, or other suggestions I would love to hear about them!

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