Grilled Mongolian Pork Chops

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Description

Once marinated, these pork chops can be cooked any way you like, but for the true experience, you’re going to want to cook these on a charcoal grill. For me, it’s the smokiness that brings all these flavors together.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup hoisin sauce
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 ½ tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons hot sauce
  • ½ teaspoon ground white pepper
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 (10 ounce) thick bone-in center cut pork chops
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons hot mustard powder (such as Coleman’s ®) or Chinese style, to taste
  • 1 egg yolk
  • ⅓ cup creme fraiche
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • cayenne pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Make marinade: Combine hoisin sauce
  2. garlic
  3. soy sauce
  4. ginger
  5. red wine vinegar
  6. rice vinegar
  7. sherry vinegar
  8. sesame oil
  9. sugar
  10. hot sauce
  11. white pepper
  12. and black pepper in a large bowl. Whisk thoroughly until combined.
  13. Place pork chops in a resealable plastic freezer bag; pour slightly more than 1/2 of the marinade into the freezer bag over pork chops. Seal the bag and refrigerate for 6 to 8 hours. Reserve remaining marinade.
  14. Make sauce: Combine red wine vinegar
  15. sugar
  16. mustard powder
  17. and egg yolk in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk until slightly thickened
  18. about 5 minutes; remove from heat. Stir in crème fraîche
  19. Dijon mustard
  20. turmeric
  21. and cayenne pepper until combined. Refrigerate sauce until needed.
  22. Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat. Lightly oil the grate.
  23. Remove pork chops from marinade; pat dry with paper towels. Discard used marinade.
  24. Cook pork chops on the preheated grill until brown grill marks appear
  25. about 4 minutes per side.
  26. Move pork chops to indirect medium heat and continue cooking
  27. brushing reserved marinade on each side
  28. until no longer pink inside
  29. about 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the centers should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
  30. Serve pork chops topped with mustard sauce.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 7 hrs

Servings: 2

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