Thursday, August 9, 2012

Grilled Pork Chops with Peach Sauce

We had this with the salad recipe that I just posted.  What I liked about this recipe is that you don't do anything to the chops but grill them, and then add the peach stuff later.  This is good when you have picky children. 

Grilled Pork Chops with Peach Sauce
2 cups frozen unsweetened sliced peaches, thawed and chopped (they say you can also use canned peaches or fresh peaches, peeled and chopped)
2 tbsp apple jelly
1 1/2 tsp minced fresh tarragon or 1/2 tsp dried tarragon
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
4 bone-in pork chops
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Combine first five ingredients in a small saucepan.  Cook and stir over medium heat for 3-4 minutes or until jelly is melted.  Remove from heat and set aside.  Sprinkle chops with salt and pepper.  Grill over medium heat for 4-5 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 145.  Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.  Serve with compote (which is apparently what you made in step 1).

The pork chops themselves were fine, of course.  Just pork chops.  The sauce was okay.  A couple of the bites were quite spicy, which wasn't my favorite.  I didn't think the peaches were overly flavorful, either (I used frozen).  Definitely the best part of this meal was the grilled romaine.  Not keeping this one; I have lots of other recipes for the grill that I like way better.

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