Based on my favorite childhood restaurant meal, I've adapted this pork chop recipe for modern tastes and the constraints of a small kitchen.
Prep Time 6 hourshours
Cook Time 2 hourshours
Total Time 8 hourshours
Servings 4
Calories 428kcal
Carbs (g): 49
Ingredients
4pork chops (thick cut are best) OR pork roast OR pork tenderloin OR 4 pieces of chicken (bone-in or boneless, skinless are best)
Marinating Sauce
1cupsoy sauce
1/2cupwater
1/4cupbrown sugar
1tablespoonmolasses
Red Sauce
1cupketchup
2tablespoonswater
1/4cupbrown sugar
1/2tablespoondry mustard OR 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
Instructions
Mix the marinating sauce ingredients in a saucepan.
Bring to a boil over high heat.
Remove from the stove and let cool.
Place pork chops in a leakproof freezer plastic bag or plastic container with not too much room to spare.
Pour the marinating sauce over the chops and let them marinate in the refrigerator for about 6 hours (12 hours for a pork roast). Turn occasionally.
About 2 hours before you wish to eat, remove the chops from the marinating sauce and place in a baking dish.
Cover very tightly with aluminum foil (if not tightly covered, the chops will be dry).
Place in oven at 350 degrees F. for about 1-1/4 hours (2+ hours for a roast), until tender.
As the chops are in their last 15 minutes of baking, mix the red sauce ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, then remove from the stove.
When the chops are tender, remove them one at a time from the baking pan and dip both sides in the red sauce.
Place them back in the baking pan.
You have a choice here — you can finish them in the oven, or on the grill.
Oven: Place pan back in the oven, uncovered, for 20 minutes more (still at 350) until the red sauce has become a nice glaze.
Grill: Remove the chops from the pan and place them on a medium-hot grill for about 5 minutes a side, until the red sauce has become a nice glaze.
Notes
Times will be different with other cuts of meat.Amount of marinating sauce has been reduced on the assumption that a freezer bag will be used and thus it won’t take a lot to cover the meat.
Nutrition Facts
Carolyn’s Variation on The Embers’ Pork Chops
Amount Per Serving
Calories 428Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 3g15%
Cholesterol 89mg30%
Sodium 3859mg161%
Potassium 921mg26%
Carbohydrates 49g16%
Fiber 0g0%
Sugar 44g49%
Protein 35g70%
Vitamin A 310IU6%
Vitamin C 2.5mg3%
Calcium 64mg6%
Iron 2.7mg15%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.