The following recipe sounds weird but the buttermilk works on the pork chops to make them absolutely mouth watering and soooooo tender. Serve with baked sweet potatoes and a salad and you are set.
Buttermilk Brine Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tablespoons kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary or 1/2 t. dried.
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage or 1/2 t. dried.
- 4 (6-ounce) bone-in center-cut pork chops (about 1/2 inch thick)
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
Preparation
Combine first 6 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag or a shallow baking dish. Shake or stir well to dissolve salt and sugar. Add pork; seal or cover and refrigerate overnight, turning bag occasionally. Remove pork from bag; discard brine. Pat pork dry with a paper towel. Sprinkle pork with pepper.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place pork on a broiler pan. Cook pork for 3 1/2 minutes per side or until done
MMM Thanks Marlena - I needed a new pork chop solution! This one sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteMarlena, if you were in front of me I would kiss you! I made these tonight for dinner and they were absolutely delicious!! I was a bit skeptical when I took them out of the oven because they were very "white". I tried putting them under the broiler for a minute but I didn't want them to dry out. Well, aside from not being "pretty" they were delicious!! Even my husband loved them and he is usually afraid of my pork chops. Thanks for a recipe I will use again and again. BTW, I cooked them for 20 minutes, turning them after 10.
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