Grilled Maple Chipotle Pork Chops on Smoked Gouda Grits

Submitted by LMillerRN

"From Southern Living. The sweetness of the pork and the salty of the gouda grits make this a perfect combination."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup barbecue sauce
• 1⁄2 cup maple syrup
• 2 chipotle chiles in adobo, seeded and minced
• 1 teaspoon adobo sauce, from can
• 6 pork loin chops with bone (1 1/4-inch-thick)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper

• Smoked Gouda Grits

• 6 cups low sodium chicken broth or 6 cups water
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper
• 2 cups uncooked quick-cooking grits
• 1 2⁄3 cups shredded smoked gouda cheese
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

directions

1. Whisk together first 4 ingredients, and set aside.
2. Sprinkle pork chops evenly with salt and pepper.
3. Grill, covered with grill lid, over medium-high heat (350° to 400°) 20 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155°, turning once. Baste with half of barbecue sauce mixture the last 5 minutes of cooking or when meat thermometer registers 145°.
4. Spoon Smoked Gouda Grits evenly onto 6 serving plates; top each with a pork chop, and drizzle evenly with remaining barbecue sauce mixture.
5. Gouda Grits:.
6. Bring first 4 ingredients to a boil in a medium saucepan; gradually whisk in grits. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until thickened. Add cheese and butter, stirring until melted.

Reviews

[CoraIleneV]

While a good recipe, I don't think I'll ever make it again. I didn't particularly love the grits (I may just not be a grits person.) but the pork chops were actually pretty great. So if you love grits, this is probably a great recipe for you.

 

[gailanng]

Quite possibly this is where the Deep South meets the Wild West. Go ahead and take a bite. Your fork is waiting...

 

[adopt a greyhound]

Yummy sauce. Love it on the pork and will be good on many other meats. I made half a recipe but less cheese and pan fried the pork as it is below zero here. Will measure my cheese next time, I just eyeballed it and don't think I put the entire amount in.

 

[MellieButterfly]

This was delish! My only change was that I used sliced gouda (because I forgot to specify that I needed a chunk at the deli counter). I used a little less than a half a pound and it was still very cheesy and smokey. Yum.

 

[SweetsLady]

This is awesome! The combination sounds weird, but it goes together extremely well. I don't like grits, but I enjoyed these. Thanks for the great recipe!!