Grilled Mongolian Pork Chops
These marinated Mongolian pork chops can be cooked any way you like, but for the true experience, you will 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 large egg yolk
- ⅓ cup creme fraiche
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
Directions :
- Make marinade: Combine hoisin sauce, garlic, soy sauce, ginger, red wine vinegar, rice vinegar, sherry vinegar, sesame oil, sugar, hot sauce, white pepper, and black pepper in a large bowl. Whisk thoroughly until combined.
- 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.
- Make sauce: Combine red wine vinegar, sugar, mustard powder, and egg yolk in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes; remove from heat. Stir in crème fraîche, Dijon mustard, turmeric, and cayenne pepper until combined. Refrigerate sauce until needed.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat. Lightly oil the grate.
- Remove pork chops from marinade; pat dry with paper towels. Discard used marinade.
- Cook pork chops on the preheated grill until brown grill marks appear, about 4 minutes per side.
- Move pork chops to indirect medium heat and continue cooking, brushing reserved marinade on each side, until no longer pink inside, about 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the centers should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
- Serve pork chops topped with mustard sauce.