Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Buttermilk-Brined Pork Chops

serves four

another CL recipe :) We made this last night and it was SO good. Dave grilled the chops on our grill rather than using a grill pan (which I don't have). After reading the reviews about the end result being salty, I made sure I blotted the excess marinade off the meat before cooking. And I didn't have lemon rind so I used some of my orange peel. We also had only three boneless chops rather than four bone-in chops. It was still delicious.


2 cups fat-free buttermilk
2 tablespoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage
4 (6-ounce) bone-in center-cut pork chops (about 1/2 inch thick)
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
Cooking spray

Combine first 6 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag; shake well to dissolve salt and sugar. Add pork; seal and refrigerate overnight, turning bag occasionally. Remove pork from bag; discard brine. Pat pork dry with a paper towel. Sprinkle pork with pepper.

Heat a large nonstick grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat the pan with cooking spray. Add pork; cook 3 1/2 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness.

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