Grilled Pork Chops with Pear and Ginger Sauce
Juicy Grilled Pork Chops with a Pear and Ginger Sauce that has been simmered and sweetened with Blue Agave with hints of cinnamon. Great summertime evening meal to keep the heat outside!
Ingredients
- 4 boneless pork chops
- 4 fresh pears
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup blue agave
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Pear and Ginger Sauce
- Half and core pears. Add to medium saucepan with apple cider vinegar.
- Simmer for 10 minutes uncovered. Stir occasionally.
- Cover and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Add blue agave, butter, lemon juice, cinnamon, and vanilla and simmer for another 10 minutes, uncovered.
- Spoon contents into bowl of a large food processor, reserving a half of a pear to garnish pork chops if desired. Discard cinnamon stick. Pulse until finely chopped. Serve warm over pork chops.
Pork Chops
- Meanwhile preheat grill up to 500 or 600℉ to get the grates good and hot and this allows for easy cleaning.
- Place pork chops on grill and at this time turn temperature down to 400℉.
- Grill 7-9 minutes per side flipping pork chops once. These pork chops were 1 1/4" thick and grilled them 8 minutes per side.
- You are looking to reach an internal temperature of 145℉ for pork chops.
All Together
- Transfer pork chops to plates.
- Slice the reserved pear and place 1-2 slices on top of each pork chop along with a good spoonful of pear and ginger sauce.
Notes
You will likely have sauce leftover. Recipe makes about 1 1/2 cups of pear and ginger sauce. Would have enough sauce to make 12 pork chops if making for several people.