Glazed Smoked Pork Chops Recipes

GRILLED SMOKED PORK CHOPS WITH SWEET AND SOUR GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat a grill pan to medium-high.
• In a plastic resealable bag, big enough to fit the chops, mix together the sugar, honey, oil, lime juice, and red pepper flakes. Add the pork chops and let marinate for at least 20 minutes.
• Remove the pork from the marinade. Lightly brush the grill with oil. Put the chops on the grill and cook until grill marks form, about 2 minutes. Rotate the chops 90 degrees, and grill for 2 minutes more, to create diamond grill marks. Flip and cook another 2 minutes. Remove from grill to a serving platter and serve.

SMOKED PORK CHOPS WITH MAPLE GLAZE

Steps:

• In a medium skillet (cast iron preferred), heat oil over medium-high heat until glistening.
• Season both sides of pork chops with 1/8 teaspoons black pepper. Brown in hot oil for 5-8 minutes on each side or until heated through (and nicely browned).
• Meanwhile in a small saucepan, whisk together remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Once pork chops are browned, remove to a serving platter (or individual plates). Spoon maple glaze evenly over both and serve.

SMOKED PORK CHOPS WITH ONION-AND-CIDER GLAZE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Pat chops dry. Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chops in 2 batches on one side only, 3 to 4 minutes per batch. Transfer chops, browned sides up, to a large shallow baking pan, reserving skillet. Bake chops until heated through, about 20 minutes.
• While chops bake, melt butter in skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook onion with sugar and salt, scraping up brown bits and stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until onion is softened, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add cider and vinegar and boil mixture, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender and liquid is reduced to a glaze, about 10 minutes more. Serve chops with glaze.

GLAZED SMOKED CHOPS WITH PEARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In an ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, brown pork chops on both sides; remove from pan., In same pan, heat oil over medium heat; saute onion until tender, 3-5 minutes. Add wine, vinegar and honey; bring to a boil, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally., Return chops to pan; top with pears. Transfer to oven; bake until pears are tender, 10-15 minutes.

GLAZED SMOKED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• To make the pork chops:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a small saucepan melt jelly with vinegar over moderate heat, stirring, and in a roasting pan brush pork all over with jelly. Cover pork with foil and roast in oven 1 hour. Remove foil and brush pork with pan juices. Reduce temperature to 325°F. and roast pork, uncovered, 15 minutes more. Let pork stand 15 minutes.
• Serve pork, cut into chops, with mustard sauce.
• To make the sauce:
• In a bowl whisk together mustard, sugar, and vinegar until sugar is dissolved and whisk in oil until sauce is emulsified. Whisk in water to thin sauce to the desired consistency. Sauce may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled. Serve sauce at room temperature. Makes 1 1/2 cups.