Grilled Thai Pork Loin Chops Recipe

Grilled Thai Pork Loin Chops Recipe

  • 4 fat-trimmed boned center-cut pork loin chops
  • 2 tablespoons Thai seasoning
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Safeway SELECT Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 1 cup packed coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and coarsely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • Salt
  • Prepared hot-sweet mustard
  1. Trim and discard any remaining fat from chop rims. Rinse meat and pat dry. On a counter, place chops well apart between sheets of plastic wrap. With a flat mallet, pound meat until about 1/8 inch thick.
  2. In a small bowl, stir Thai seasoning to blend with rice vinegar. Remove top piece of plastic from meat and evenly rub surfaces with the vinegar mixture, using all; let stand about 5 minutes.
  3. In a blender, whirl cilantro with garlic, lime juice, and oil, scraping container sides often, until a paste forms. Scrape cilantro sauce into a small bowl and add salt to taste.
  4. Lift meat from plastic wrap and lay on a lightly oiled barbecue grill over solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 to 3 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook, turning once, until meat is still moist looking but no more than faintly pink to white in the center (cut to test), 5 to 7 minutes total.
  5. Transfer chops to plates and top portions equally with cilantro sauce and hot-sweet mustard and salt to taste.