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"Give Me Some Southern Comfort" Mustard Glazed Pork Chops

Source of Recipe

The Starving Musician


List of Ingredients

Non-stick cooking spray, such as Pam
2 pork loin chops, best quality you can find, rinsed and patted dry
Sea salt or Kosher salt, or regular salt if you must
Freshly-ground black pepper
1 Tablespoon dry mustard (I prefer Coleman's)
1/4 cup Southern Comfort
1/4 teaspoon salt (the regular stuff, so it dissolves)
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves



Recipe

Spray grill pan with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat on stove on medium heat (if using a gas stove, the flame should be about 1/2" high). Meanwhile, sprinkle both sides of chops lightly with salt and freshly-ground pepper. Set aside while grill pan is heating.

In bowl, combine dry mustard and Southern Comfort. Mix well. Add brown sugar, salt, and cloves and stir to mix well. Set aside.

When grill pan is ready (a few drops of water sizzle when dropped in the pan), place chops in, not touching. (Once they're in the pan, do not move them; they'll stick.) Cook 3 minutes, turn (you'll know they're ready to turn when they release from the pan easily), cook 3 more minutes. Pour glaze over chops, reduce heat to low, and turn and glaze chops with glaze from pan until chops are cooked to 150F. Remove to platter. Increase heat to medium high, and reduce glaze in pan to thicken a bit. Pour over chops. Serve.

Serves 2.

*I prefer a cast iron grill pan instead of an electric countertop grill. A cast iron grill pan allows for better browning, you control the heat, and you can even use it on a campfire if you're so inclined. Lodge makes a great one, available at chefscatalog.com.

Creative Option: The glaze is great on ham, too.

Goes with: Orange-Carrot Salad with Currants (see recipe). If you eat white carbs, rice pilaf is great, too.

Wine suggestion for date night or when you're feeling more flush: The peachy-apricot notes in either Anapamu 2001 Dry Riesling
Central Coast, California or Beringer 2002 Johannisberg Riesling
California would go well. Or, you can try a Chenin Blanc.