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Grilled Pork Chops with Anise-Seed Rub and Mango Mojo

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  • Serves: 4
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Ingredients

  1. 1 mango, peeled and coarsely chopped
  2. 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
  3. 1 large garlic clove
  4. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh jalapeno (including seeds)
  5. 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  6. 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
  7. 1 tablespoon anise seeds
  8. 3/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
  9. 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  10. 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
  11. 3 tablespoons olive oil
  12. 4 (3/4-inch-thick) loin pork chops, trimmed

Nutrition Info

Per Serving

  • Calories: 248 kcal
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  • Carbohydrates: 13 g
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  • Dietary Fiber: 1 g
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  • Fat: 15 g
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  • Protein: 14 g
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  • Sugars: 9 g

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Cooking Directions

  1. Prepare grill (do not spread charcoal out to edges of grill).
  2. Make mojo: Puree mango, lime juice, garlic, jalapeno, and salt in a blender, then stir in cilantro.
  3. Make rub: Finely grind anise seeds and peppercorns in an electric coffee/spice grinder with salt and sugar. Transfer mixture to a small bowl and stir in oil.
  4. Grill pork: Brush both sides of pork with spice rub.
  5. Grill pork on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals 2 minutes on each side. Move pork off to side of grill (not directly over coals; moderately low heat for gas grills) and cook pork, covered, turning once, until just cooked through, about 3 minutes more on each side.
  6. Transfer to a platter and let stand, loosely covered, 5 minutes.
  7. Serve pork with mojo.

Yield: 4 servings

3. Still Hungry?

Our Cuban-style mango mojo could enhance any grilled meat, as could the anise-seed rub. Adding rice and green beans or broccoli would also work make this into a well - rounded meal

Notes:

Cooks' Note

If your grill does not have a cover, use an inverted metal roasting pan.

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  • Delicous

    chimi churri - February 12, 2007 03:39:48 PM PST
    I tried this recipe and it delicous the tanginess of the and the lime are great. Make sure that you do not over cook the meet as it will get dry

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  • Great dish! Highly recommended.

    Cathy - August 1, 2007 12:07:23 PM PST
    This was excellent! Spicy, so not for the faint hearted but so delicious I would not recommended this for fussy children. There was enough rub and mojo for 6 chops if you needed to expand the recipe. I will definitely make this again, especially for guests! I bet a cool mojito would go great with this too!
    Enjoy!

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  • An excellent dish, we loved it.

    jockowuzgoodo - May 19, 2007 09:08:10 PM PST
    We grilled twelve chops for eight adults and two are left. We doubled the rub and mojo, the rub was exactly enough and we just used two teaspoons of salt instead of three; we have half of the mojo left, so we probably wouldn\'t double it again for this many chops. We served the mojo at room temp. We will definitely serve this again.

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  • make variations

    arianne c - July 31, 2008 12:32:57 PM PST
    i tried it with salmon instead of porkchop...it was a best seller, too!!!
    Manila mangoes are the best to use for the mojo..

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  • Great as a kabob

    lbnslc - July 8, 2008 02:00:55 PM PST
    Made this recipe but grilled it as a kabob with pineapple, bell pepper and zucchini for a sangria party, the guests loved them, just watch the grilling time they can dry out fast.

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