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Grilled Pork Chops with Mango Cucumber Salsa

By: Krissy from thefoodaddicts.com

Get a delicious taste of summer with these Grilled Pork Chops with Mango Cucumber Salsa. This delish combo is perfect for an amazing outdoor meal, or just take yourself on a mini-vacation at your dinner table. It's so good!

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Ingredients

  • 2 to 3 pork chops
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • For Mango Salsa:
  • 1 cup cucumbers, chopped
  • 1 cup tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 cup green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 cup red onion, chopped
  • 1 jalapeno, chopped
  • 1 cup mangoes, diced
  • 1 lime
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 1 bunch of cilantro
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Pork Chops and Marinade:

  1. Combine orange juic, soys sauce, honey and olive oil in a bowl.
     
  2. Add the pork chops to the bowl and cover to marinate.
     
  3. Let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours until you are ready to grill it. It's going to be tender with a salty-sweet flair.
     
  4. While the pork is marinading see below directions to make mango salsa.
     
  5. Remove the pork chops from the refrigerator and let sit at room temperature for about twenty minutes before cooking.
     
  6. Place the pork chops on your grilling surface, close the grill and cook each side for three minutes on high.
     
  7. Reduce the heat level to low. The internal temperature of the pork chop should exceed 145 degrees in order to be done.
     
  8. Serve pork chops with Salsa.
     

Mango Salsa:

  1. The best way to cut the mangoes up quickly and with little mess is to halve the mangoes and cut them into little squares. Then take a spoon and scoop it out. 
     
  2. Add cucumbers, tomatoes, green bell pepper, red onion, jalapeno, and mangoes to a bowl and mix together. 
     
  3. Now add in the juice of lime, rice wine vinegar, olive oil, Orange Juice, and some chopped cilantro for extra freshness. 
     
  4. Add salt & pepper to taste.
     
  5. Let this sit in the fridge for a few hours to incorporate all of the flavors.


 

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