Weight Watchers Rum-Marinated Pork Chops 5pts

Submitted by Miss V

"You will need to marinate the pork chops for 8 hours, so plan ahead"

 

• Ready In: 34mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 large onion (coarsely chopped about 1 1/2 cups)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (dried)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme (dried)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄4 cup dark rum
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 pork chops (5 oz lean)

directions

1. 1. Mix first 6 ingredients in a large shallow dish. Stir in rum and lemon juice. Add pork, and turn to coat. Cover and marinate for 8 hours.
2. 2. Remove pork chops from marinade. Discard marinade.
3. 3. Bake at 350º till done.

Reviews

[dallasdeb]

I've tried dozens of the Weight Watchers recipes and this one was by far the worst. 4 pork chops ended up in the garbage. I think they may have been better if the lemon juice was substituted with pineapple juice, eliminate the thyme all together and grill the chops instead of baking them.

 

[christinasworld_84]

The whole family thought it was terrible. The rum was over powering as well as the cinnamon. The chops turned out moist but the flavor was just weird. Sorry.

 

[teresas]

We enjoyed this but really didn't get a major Wow! I was really expecting more flavor with the rum and the odd spice mixtures. Neither really came through. The meat was nice tender and moist. I cooked mine on the BBQ. Thanks for posting. :)

 

[Mami J]

This was a very tasty recipe. I did a couple of changes: I added a little bit of salt to the marinade, and instead of baking the chops (only because I was short on time), I browned them in a non-stick skillet and then I added the marinade and cooked over low heat until done. Thank you for sharing! Made for Spring PAC '10.