Grilled Thin-Cut Pork Chops

Name: Grilled Thin-Cut Pork Chops
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 6 (3-ounce), bone-in rib or center-cut pork chops, 1/2 inch thick, trimmed; 3/4 teaspoon, salt; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon, brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper; 1 teaspoon, finely chopped fresh chives; 1/2 teaspoon, Dijon mustard; 1/2 teaspoon, grated lemon zest

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2010, Cook's Country TV

Main Courses

Pork

Grilling & Barbecue

Usually by the time thin-cut chops pick up a nice char from the grill, the insides are dry.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes freezing

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To ensure that our Grilled Thin-Cut Pork Chops would brown quickly, we partially froze them to eliminate excess moisture from the exterior. Salting them first prevented them from drying out and allowed us to skip brining. A combination of s...

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