Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Jamaican Pork Chops with Tropical Fruit Salsa

Jamaican Pork Chops with Tropical Fruit Salsa 
2/3 cup prepared Italian salad dressing
1/3 cup Frank's RedHot Original Cayanne Pepper Sauce
1/3 cup lime juice
2T Brown sugar
2t dried thyme leaves
1 t ground allspice
1/2 t ground nutmeg
1/2 t ground cinnamon
6 loin pork chops, cut 1 inch thick -about 2.5 pounds 


Place Salad dressing, redhot sauce, lime juice, sugar and seasonings in blender or food processor. Cover and process until smooth. Reserve 1/2 cup dressing mixture for Tropical Fruit Salsa. Place pork chops in large resealable plastic food storage bag. Pour remaining dressing mixture over chops. Seal bag and marinade in refrigerator 1 hour. 


Place chops on grid, reserving dressing mixture. Grill over medium coals 30 minutes or until pork is juicy and barely pink in center, turning and basting frequently with dressing mixture. do not baste during last 5 minutes of cooking. Serve chops with Tropical Fruit Salad. 


Tropical Fruit Salsa: 
1 cup finely chopped fresh pineapple
1 ripe mango, peeled, seeded and finely chopped
2 T finely chopped red onion.
1T minced fresh cilantro leaves  
combine pineapple, mango, onion, cilantro and reserved 1/2 cup dressing mixture in small bowl. Refrigerate until chilled.


Lauren

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