Early Autumn Smoked Pork Chops

Pork chops marinate in a sweet-savory sauce and are grilled with autumn leaves in the charcoals creating smoked pork chops perfect for the fall.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 330 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
• 1 pinch ground paprika
• ¼ cup strawberry jelly
• 1 ½ pounds bone-in pork chops

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine ketchup, soy sauce, sugar, strawberry jelly, horseradish, tomato paste, butter, oil, vinegar, salt, black pepper, and paprika together in a saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until marinade is smooth, about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Place pork chops in a bowl; add marinade. Marinate pork chops in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Step 3

Remove pork chops from marinade, reserving the extra marinade.

Step 4

Light charcoals in the grill and add several bags of fall leaves throughout getting the coals ready for grilling.

Step 5

Place pork chops on the grill when the coals are about halfway ashed over. Baste pork chops with marinade and flip pork chops. Cover grill with lid so smoke from the leaves can permeate the pork chops. Cook until pork is slightly pink in the center, 20 to 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).