A Weeknight Wonder: Vietnamese Pork Chops
PUBLISHED ON: 06.08.2013
Shallots, brown sugar, fish sauce, rice vinegar, freshly ground black pepper and kosher salt makes for a beautiful Vietnamese style marinade
Fire up the grill or heat a large skillet
Serve up and enjoy these tasty pork chops
Vietnamese Pork Chops
Serves 4
Recipe from Bon Appetit
Ingredients:
1 small shallot, finely chopped
1/3 cup (packed) light brown sugar
1/4 cup fish sauce (such as nam pia or nuoc nam)
2 Tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar
1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
4- 1″ thick-cut bone-in pork chops (about 2-1/2 lb.).
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
Kosher salt
Lime halves for serving
Directions:
Whisk shallots, brown sugar, fish sauce, vinegar, and pepper in a shallow dish. Using a fork to pierce pork chops all over (to allow marinade to penetrate faster) and add to marinade in dish. Turn to coat. Cover and let pork chops marinate at room temperature, turning occasionally, 20 minutes.
Remove pork chops from marinade, scraping off excess (reserve marinade for sauce). Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Lightly season pork chops with salt. Cook until browned and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Let pork chops rest 10 minutes before serving.
Note: I grilled the pork chops with excellent results.
Meanwhile, bring marinade to a boil in a small saucepan and cook until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 4 minutes.
Serve pork chops with reduced marinade and lime halves.
Do ahead: Chops can be marinated 1 day ahead. Chill, turning bag occasionally.
My Little Space
Hmmm…looks yummy! Happy weekend.Blessings, Kristy
Schnitzel and the Trout
Looks good. My kind of marinade. So glad your son is safely in Holland. A sigh of relief for you, I am sure.
pam
Yum! I saw your post on Facebook or Instagram and had to come check them out!
Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen
It's my kind of marinade – easy and tasty. One of my favorite Asian ingredients is fish sauce. I always have a bottle on my shelf.Sam
That Girl
Thank goodness for grilling season
Miss Meat and Potatoes
Weeknight wonder indeed! And for weekends too! I get so ambitious with how much time I think I'm going to have on Sat and Sun and then don't end up doing any of it because I get myself into a time bind. But these would be perfect and give you time to do some really fun sides. Love it.
Rhodesia
Mmmmm my mouth is watering. Diane
Chris
I like that marinade, the fish sauce umami will bring out the best of the pork.
Hungry Dog
I might have to make this for dinner tonight! This marinade has my favorite flavors.
Michelle
I know this made for some wonderful flavor on those chops!
Angie's Recipes
The pork chops look so tender and succulent!
The JR
I have some in the fridge for tonight. I think I have all these ingredients too.
Karen
This sounds like a really good marinade. I think I have some pork chops in the freezer 🙂
Mr. & Mrs. P
Those pork chops are perfectly seared!! Great job bbqing. I love the marinade….
From Beyond My Kitchen Window
Oh yum! I love pork chops on the grill. I especially like the look of yours. Sometimes all they have are these huge thick chops and they always dry out on the grill. Yours are perfect. Love the Asian flavors as well.
Tina
Is it spicy? I like the looks of grilled chops but what a baby I am about spice 🙂
Penny
I love the sound of that marinade. The chops look delicious.
kitchen flavours
Oh yum! This looks delicious!
Kitchen Belleicious
oh i love using fish sauce in my marinades especially for pork and shrimp. LOVE THIS! Looks amazing
Lori Lynn
These look so good! Bought a new BBQ, being delivered on Thursday. Going to pin this to my \”grill baby grill\” page to remember this recipe for the future.LL
Kitchen Butterfly
Oh summer, the grill….and complex but balanced Vietnamese flavours – love!
SavoringTime in the Kitchen
We love doing pork chops on the grill in the summer. What a delicious marinade and sauce!