Friday, October 23, 2015

Phat Smoked Pork Chops

Sriracha..or ศรีราชา to my Thai friends…that magical chili pepper sauce that makes everything spicy and awesome. This smoked pork recipe uses a little (or a ton, depends on your testicular fortitude) of sriracha. Great smoked pork chops require two steps;

  1. A tasty and penetrating brine
  2. A low temperature smoke

In this recipe, I smoked on the Big Green Egg at 250°F for about 1 hour. The beer used in this was the Fat Tire Amber Ale for New Belgium Brewing.

Hardware

  • 2 pork chops
  • 8 oz. Fat Tire Amber Ale
  • 8 oz. water
  • 2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
  • 2 TBSP sriracha
  • ½ cup kosher salt
  • 1 TBSP Thai green curry

Directions

  • Combine Fat Tire Amber Ale, apple cider vinegar, sriracha, water, kosher salt, and chili powder in freeze bag
  • Add pork bags to that freezer bag
  • Brine pork chops for at least 4 hours, but not more than 12, in the refrigerator
  • Heat Big Green Egg to 250°F, and add soaked hickory chips
  • Place pork chops into the grill
  • Smoke them for 1 hour, turning them once

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bon appetit

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