Stuffed Pork Chops With Apricot Glaze
Thick pork chops are stuffed with a mixture of acini de pepe, dried apricots and celery and grilled. The pork chops are basted with a glaze made up of honey, dijon mustard and apricot preserves giving it a delectable sweet flavor. Leftover stuffing is also cooked on the grill as a side dish. I diced up a small piece of crystalized ginger instead of the ground ginger.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 2tablespoons honey
- 1tablespoon dijon-style mustard
- 2tablespoons apricot preserves
- 2tablespoons vinegar
- 1cup chicken broth
- 1⁄2
- 4
- 1⁄4teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄3cup dried apricot, diced
- 1⁄2
- 4pork chops, 1-1/4 inches thick
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DIRECTIONS
- For glaze, combine honey and Dijon mustard in a small saucepan.
- Stir in apricot preserves and vinegar.
- Heat and stir mixture until preserves is melted.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- For stuffing, In a saucepan, add chicken broth, green onions and ginger.
- Bring to a boil and add the acini de pepe.
- Cook, uncovered for about 8 minutes or until pasta is tender.
- (you may need to add a little more broth).
- Remove from heat.
- Fold in apricots, 2 TB of the honey glaze and the celery.
- Cut a pocket in each pork chop
- Spoon about 3 TB stuffing into each chop.
- Fasten pockets with toothpicks.
- Spoon remaining stuffing onto a large sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- Fold securely, leaving space for steam to build.
- Set aside.
- In a covered grill, place chops on a hot grill off to the side, NOT directly over the coals.
- Cover and grill for approximately 25 minutes, basting often with honey glaze, turning chops after about 10 minutes.
- Place foil packets of stuffing on grill next to the chops but not over the coals and grill along with the chops. Pork chops should have an internal temperature of the 145 degrees.
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