Cumin-Rubbed Grilled Pork Chops
photo by shimmerchk 
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 5 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 4 butterflied center-cut pork loin chops
directions
- Prepare grill or heat broiler.
- Combine sugar, vinegar, cumin and red pepper in a small bowl; mix well.
- Put pork chops in a large plastic food storage bag and pour cumin mixture over; turn meat to coat; seal bag and marinate in the fridge for at least 10 minutes, or as long as 6 hours.
- Remove meat from marinade; grill or broil, turning once, until cooked through, 8-10 minutes.
- Move to a cooler part of the grill if the sugar in the rub starts to burn.
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Reviews
- Had these this evening - very flavorable - I love the taste of the cumin - for me personally the sweetness was just a tad much so next time I make these I'll cut back on the sugar a bit. Very easy to put together and grill - thanks for posting Hey Jude.
- Really nice but not as spicy as we had hoped.
- An easy rub with a pleasantly sweet taste. At first bite, the sweetness is dominant, then cumin kicks in. Heed direction #5--mine got a little charred (just one side). Learned that lesson quickly! Thanks for sharing.
- I thought these were great and woukd have given them 5 stars, my husband thought they were good, but only 4 stars worth, I just used regular vinager as I didn't have any cider vinager. I pan fried them on high heat to sear them.
- A very simple but tasty marinade, with just enough of a kick to give it a nice flavour.
Tweaks
- This is my favorite pork chop recipe by far! Since I only used two thin t-bone pork chops, I cut everything in half. At first I wasn't sure if this was enough marinade. So instead of pouring the sauce in the bag, I rolled the porkchops in the sauce and marinaded for 20 minutes. I also realize now that I accidentally used black pepper instead of red pepper. AND IT STILL TURNED OUT GREAT! My sister and I practically licked the t-bones clean. YUMMY!
- I made a batch of the marinate but on tasting it I found that the vinegar gave it quite a bite. I dumped that batch and remade it, substituting balsamic vinegar for half of the cider vinegar. The pork chops turned out fantastically flavorful and moist after marinating for 3 hours. We dripped the remaining marinate over the chops as they grilled. Yummmmm, thank you Jude!
