10.26.2014

Grilled Pork Chops with Blueberry Balsamic Reduction

I am going to bring it back to the first time my soon to be hubby made me dinner. Kevin and I met back in 2012 (match.com success story lol) and the first time he invited me over to his house, he made dinner. I love this story... 
So he chose to make boneless pork chops on the BBQ with broccoli and fried rice, which I later found out to be 90 second rice from the bag (HA! Not hating!) -- These cute, little thin chops must've been BBQ'd for 14-15 minutes, about 7-8 minutes too long lol.. I had to really use my jaws to chew these down! Thank goodness his BBQ'd broccoli was fantastic!
The effort was definitely an A+, but he still hasn't quite gotten the hang of cooking pork chops on the barby! I just bought one of those meat thermometers so maybe it will help! ;) Sorry, Kev, I do love ya and your grill marks are EXCEPTIONAL!

I've always heard of blueberry and pork chops being a big hit. I would tweak one thing - next time I would like to leave a few blueberries whole to add to the sauce. A little more texture would've been perfect! 

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients:
1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed
3/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar
1 tbs unsalted butter
6 bone out pork chops, thin cut
2 tbs Olive Oil
Salt & pepper, to taste
* I served this dish with steamed broccoli and carrots*

Directions:
Preheat your BBQ (medium heat)
1. Prep your pork. Brush your chops with olive oil and season with salt & pepper on each side.

2. Place blueberries in food processor and chop for a few seconds. 

3. Fill a medium sized pot with the balsamic. Using a strainer over the pot, pour in the blueberries and smash until the juice is into the pot with the balsamic, leaving the blueberry skins in the strainer. Heat on medium-low heat until simmering. Reduce sauce, about 15 minutes, stirring often. Start step #4 while sauce is reducing.

4. Grill pork chops for 4 minutes on each side. Let sit for 1-2 minutes.

5. Remove blueberry balsamic sauce from heat and add butter. Let cool 2-3 minutes, then drizzle reduction onto pork.










1 comment:

  1. Hallow Author...i hope you are fine.From some days i have looking kitchen grill thermometer and new recipes article in google result.this way i find your page and read this making process about Grilled Pork Chops with Blueberry.wow this is really surprised to me and i try to make at my kitchen home.finally lot of thanks for share info this recipes.

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