Carolyns Variation On The Embers Pork Chops Recipes

THE EMBERS ORIGINAL 1# PORK CHOP

Steps:

• Marinating Sauce:.
• Take soy sauce, water, brown sugar, molasses and salt - mix together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Let cool.
• Put chops in a pan with bone side up.
• Pour marinade over the pork chops and let stand overnight in refrigerator.
• Take chops out of marinade, place in baking pan and cover tightly with foil.
• Put in 375 degree oven and bake until tender - about 2 hours.
• Red Sauce.
• While chops are baking, combine all red sauce ingredients in heavy saucepan or double boiler.
• Mix well - leaving no lumps.
• Bring all ingredients to a slight boil.
• After chops are tender, remove from oven and dip in red sauce.
• Take chops after dipping and place in baking pan and bake for 30 minutes in 350 degree oven or until slightly glazed.
• Both sauces can be reused if brought to a boil and stored in refrigerator or frozen.
• For an extra flavor keep at room temperature until you are ready to put on a charcoal pit or grill. Have grill as high as possible from coals, not a large bed of coals is needed. Place finished chops on grill, let cook slowly, a little blacking does not hurt chops -- grilling should not take more than 15 minutes.

CAROLYN'S VARIATION ON THE EMBERS' PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Mix the marinating sauce ingredients in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Remove from the stove and let cool.
• Place pork chops in a leakproof freezer plastic bag or plastic container with not too much room to spare.
• Pour the marinating sauce over the chops and let them marinate in the refrigerator for about 6 hours (12 hours for a pork roast). Turn occasionally.
• About 2 hours before you wish to eat, remove the chops from the marinating sauce and place in a baking dish.
• Cover very tightly with aluminum foil (if not tightly covered, the chops will be dry).
• Place in oven at 350 degrees F. for about 1-1/4 hours (2+ hours for a roast), until tender.
• As the chops are in their last 15 minutes of baking, mix the red sauce ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, then remove from the stove.
• When the chops are tender, remove them one at a time from the baking pan and dip both sides in the red sauce.
• Place them back in the baking pan.
• You have a choice here - you can finish them in the oven, or on the grill.
• Oven: Place pan back in the oven, uncovered, for 20 minutes more (still at 350) until the red sauce has become a nice glaze.
• Grill: Remove the chops from the pan and place them on a medium-hot grill for about 5 minutes a side, until the red sauce has become a nice glaze.

EMBER'S PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Mix soy sauce, water, brown sugar, molasses and salt, and bring to a boil. Let cool.
• Put chops in a pan with bone-side up. Pour the sauce over the pork chops and let stand over-night in refrigerator.
• Next day, take pork chops out of sauce, place in baking pan and cover tightly with foil.
• Put in 375° oven and bake until chops are tender (about 2 hrs).
• While chops are baking, combine all red sauce ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Dilute dry mustard, sugar and water together leaving no lumps. Bring all ingredients to a slight boil. The red sauce is finished.
• After chops are tender, remove from oven and dip in the red sauce.
• You have 2 methods for finishing the chops:.
• Take chops after dipping and place in baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes in 350° oven or until slightly glazed.
• For extra flavor, keep at room temperature until you are ready to put on charcoal pit or grill. Have grill as high as possible from coals, not a large bed of coals is needed. Place finished chops on grill, let cook slowly, a little blackening does not hurt chops. Grilling should not take more than 15 minutes.