Molasses Brined Pork Chops
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water
- ½ cup kosher salt
- ½ cup molasses
- 4 whole cloves
- 7 cups cold water
- 4 (2 -inch thick) center-cut, bone-in pork chops
- ½ teaspoon vegetable oil
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Instructions
- Combine boiling water, salt, molasses, and cloves in a large container, stirring until salt and molasses are dissolved. Cool to room temperature.
- Stir cold water into molasses brine to combine.
- Submerge pork chops completely in molasses brine. Cover container and refrigerate for 6 hours.
- Remove pork chops from brine; pat dry with paper towels. Lightly oil each chop. Discard brine.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Cook pork chops on the hottest part of the preheated grill until both sides of each chop is browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer chops to the medium-high part of the grill; cook until slightly pink in centers, 6 to 8 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into centers should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
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