Maple-Brined Pork

Submitted by weekend cooker

"The cooking time includes 8 hours chilling time."

 

• Ready In: 9hrs 25mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 4 chops, and 4 4 fruit pieces
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 1⁄2 cup fat-free low sodium chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons whole allspice
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 bay leaf, crushed
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt, divided
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons maple syrup, divided
• 4 (4 ounce) boneless pork chops
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper, divided
• 2 tablespoons butter, mekted
• 2 ripe plums, halved and pitted
• 2 ripe peaches, halved, and pitted
• 2 green onions, sliced

directions

1. Place the first 8 ingredients, through maple syrup into a pan, bring to a boil, and dissolve salt.
2. Cool, and seal pork and brine in a zip-loc plastic bag, chill for 8 hours, and drain.
3. Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
4. Sprinkle pork with 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
5. Grill pork on a rack coated with cooking spray 3 minutes on each side or until desired doneness.
6. Combine 1 1/2 teaspoons each of syrup, and butter and brush onto fruit.
7. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon each salt, and pepper.
8. Grill fruit, cut sides down, on rack coated with cooking spray for 3 minutes.
9. Cut each peach, and plum half again, and serve with pork.

Reviews

[AZPARZYCH]

This is a good way to prepare chops! I made half the recipe and used 2 boneless, thick-cut chops and they were juicy and tender. I didn't include the fruit. Made for Everyday Holiday.