Indoor Grilled Stuffed Pork Chops
As you know (if you’re local), it’s been winter one day, beach-hot the next. And if you think I’m kidding, please know, I’m really not! We mowed the lawn one day, and the next morning, there was 17 inches of snow on it. Crazy! My flowers were very confused!
But once my palate changed over to summer-weather, it was hard for me to go from the grilled taste of foods, back to soups and stews. So I decided to get out my grill pan, and make a hot-off-the-grill meal inside!
(A grill pan is just a frying pan with the lines in it, that gives your food those beautiful grill marks.)
I took some butterflied pork chops, rinsed, paper-toweled dry, and then seasoned with some Old Bay and pepper.
Next, depending on your stove, I took my grill pan and, with no oil or anything, got the pan HOT- test between medium high and high, and you’ll know it’s ready when you can toss a few drops of water in the pan and see the immediate sizzle.
Next, put the meat in, I did butterflied side down first.
There is a tool you can use to “stamp” down the meat for those deep, dark marks, but I use something else instead-a small cake pan and my fist.
Now, this may not be the way to go as the cake pan could theoretically get very hot and hurt you (mine wasn’t like that long enough to). I also have used a heavy porcelain ramekin. Alton Brown from Food Network uses a pan and a brick wrapped in tin foil to weigh the meat down long enough to make the grill marks. Once side one is “grilled,” flip it over, and repeat the process on the other side.
When you’ve got the nice grill marks, you can either finish it in the pan (add some broth or water to finish poaching the meat), or stick it in the oven to finish cooking through. I ”stuffed” mine with the Chickpea Salad, served with a side of pineapple (also grilled in the grill pan using the same technique!!) and enjoyed!!!
Related posts:
- Grilled Peaches with Yogurt and Berries
- Grilled Watermelon, Arugula and Goat Cheese Salad
- Cyber Monday Crockpot Pork
- Perfect Grilled Chicken
- Eat pork, lose fat!!!
MikeMoffit
What did you use for stuffing?
The chickpea salad!
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