Spice Rubbed Pork Chops With Horseradish Maple Glaze And Maple Glazed Grilled Sweet Potatoes Recipes

PORK CHOPS WITH HORSERADISH-MAPLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine maple syrup, horseradish, mustard and chile powder.
• Pour over pork chops in bowl, or resealable bag to marinate for 1 hour.
• May be refrigerated, covered, for 1 day; use at room temperature.
• Preheat a gas or charcoal grill to medium high.
• Reserve 3/4 cups of glaze.
• Brush the chops on both sides with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Grill for 3 to 4 minutes, brush with remaining glaze, and turn over.
• Grill for another 3 to 4 minutes, brush, and turn again, for medium-well doneness.
• Arrange chops on a serving platter and brush with the reserved 3/4 cup of glaze.

SPICY MAPLE-SAUCED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a non-stick oven-proof skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat until glistening.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk together maple syrup, soy sauce and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Boil for five minutes or until mixture begins to foam, reduces by half and thickens to the consistency of corn syrup. Remove from heat, cover saucepan and set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine spices (garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, ginger, cayenne pepper, black pepper and salt. Rub mixture evenly over both sides of pork chops.
• Brown pork chops in hot oil for 2 minutes on each side or until medium brown in color and slightly crispy when pricked with a fork. Remove from heat.
• Spoon 1/3 of maple sauce over top of each chop, allowing to drizzle down over sides.
• Place skillet, uncovered, in oven and roast chops for 10 minutes.
• With oven mitts, remove skillet from oven and spoon 1/2 of remaining sauce over chops. Return to oven for an additional 10 minutes or until chops are cooked through.
• Spoon remaining sauce over chops just before serving. The sauce will be cool and very sticky at this time but will melt nicely when spooned onto chops.
• Serve immediately and enjoy!