Pork chops that have been marinated and grilled to perfection are served with a hot salsa made with pineapple, mango, and applesauce.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 pod cardamom seeds
- ½ teaspoon water, or as needed
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 mango – peeled, seeded, and chopped
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cilantro
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, minced
- 1 ½ cups unsweetened applesauce
- 3 pineapple rings, chopped
- 1 pinch white pepper
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- ⅓ cup rice wine vinegar
- 6 pork chops
Instructions
- With a mortar and pestle, mash together the garlic, chili powder, cayenne, and cardamom seeds. Mix in enough water to form a paste.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in spice paste, and cook until it begins to bubble, about 30 seconds. Stir in vinegar; cook without boiling for 2 minutes. Stir in sugar until it dissolves. Mix in mango, salt, cilantro, lemon juice, and jalapeno; simmer 20 minutes. Stir in applesauce and pineapple; simmer 10 minutes more. Season with white pepper. Place in a bowl, cover, and refrigerate until ready to use.
- To prepare marinade, mix 2/3 cup of the salsa with soy sauce and 1/3 cup vinegar. Place pork chops in a large resealable plastic bag, and pour marinade over chops. Seal tightly, and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Prepare grill for medium-high heat. Drain marinade from bag, and heat in a saucepan until boiling.
- Lightly oil grill grate. Place pork chops on the hot grill. Cook 10 minutes, or to desired doneness, turning once and basting occasionally with the boiled marinade.
- Warm remaining salsa over medium-low heat. Serve pork chops topped with the salsa.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 269 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 37 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 928 mg |
| Sugars | 34 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very easy to make and tasty if you do as others have suggested and use Mrs. Renfro’s Habanero Mango salsa. Warning: it was a bit too hot for my wife so you may want to try a different salsa. I added rice vinegar and soy sauce (low sodium) for the marinade. I mixed more salsa and frozen mango with fresh pineapple for a topping. Pork chops were tender and juicy.
Too much vinegar, I would decrease the amount next time. We didn’t use the cilantro, but didn’t miss it. Great flavors, easy to follow recipie.
It’s absolutely amazing! However, it says 15 minutes prep. Not even close, but worth all the time I spent on it
This recipe is AWESOME !! My pork chops were juicy and tender. The salsa was sweet and tangy. My husband and I like food spicy, so I will use more jalapeño when I make it next time. This is definitely a keeper. I highly recommend it!
smelled too much like vinegar. maybe my fault. but was delicious.
I will make it again. Good hit with everyone that likes sweet and spicy.
Followed recipe using fresh ingredients. Took more time than I had hoped but the outcome was FABULOUS. Had leftover salsa and I think I will try freezing it
Very tasty! Does not take a great amount to put together depending on how small you want to chop the mango. The chops were very moist which was a bonus. My wife loved the leftovers!
This is a dish you will never forget. The salsa on top is amazing. Moist chop that will stand out.
No Changes, it was excellent.
The Salsa had a LOT of ingredients, so I cheated, like others and went with the Newman’s Own Mango salsa. We used pork tenderloin…It was very tasty and got very positive comments. What would I do differently? I might add – on the side – some fresh jalapenos for additional “crunch” and heat. Overall, very tasty!
Turned out great! Sweet and spicy and lots of flavor
We love this. It’s also great on chicken. It is in my monthly rotation.
Made it exactly as directed. Food is so much better with fresh ingredients. This was fabulous. Have made this with chicken and snapper as well. Love It!
I left out the jalapeños because I have young kids – regretted it afterward. There was no “heat” to the sauce, just tasted like chili powder with applesauce.
This was kind of a lot of work for grilled chops. They taste good but so do simpler recipes.
Hubby went back for seconds, three times! Such a lovely and filling dish, I am putting it into my repertoire.
I will make this again and again
Followed what others had said about cooking in the oven at 350 for 50 minutes. This was absolutely delicious!!
Very good. A bit involved to make so I reserve for the weekends.
This was good, but definitely taking a star off for the length of time it takes to make.