Grilled Hawaiian Pork Chops

 

Grilled Hawaiian Pork Chops

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup low sodium soy
  • ¼ cup of water
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 3 large cloves of garlic, minced or pressed
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 1 can of pineapple rings (reserve ½ cup of the juice for the marinade)
  • 5-2 pounds package Bone in Pork Chops
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • Chopped scallions, for garnish

Instructions

  • Whisk the low sodium soy sauce, water, sesame oil, brown sugar, ground ginger, red pepper flaked, garlic ketchup pineapple juice until well combined.
  • Pour the marinade over the Pork Chops and let them sit for at least 10 minutes or overnight.
  • Spray the grill with non-stick cooking spray and heat it too medium- high.
  • Place the meat and pineapple rings on the grill and reserve the marinade to make the sauce.
  • Grill them for 4-5 minutes on each side. Rotate them a little bit midway through each side if you want a nice crosshatch grill mark. Keep an eye of them because every grill is different mine were thin but if your meat is ticker, you can go a little longer.
  • Once the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees remove them from grill and rest them for 4 minutes tented in foil.
  • While your meat rest, whisk the cornstarch into the marinade and strain it into a sauce pan. Heat over medium until it starts boiling then reduce it to low heat for a couple minutes to thicken the sauce.
  • Drizzle the meat and pineapple with sauce, sprinkle with chopped scallions and serve immediately.