Bacon Wrapped Pork Chops
- Preparing Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Served Person: 6
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 4 pounds whole pork loin
- 4 large oranges zest and juice
- 1 large lemon zest and juice
- 4 cloves garlic grated
- 1/4 cup coarse kosher salt
- butcher's twine
- 8 slices thick-sliced bacon
- vegetable oil; as needed
- cajun seasoning; butt kickin' blacken original recipe, as needed
- coarse kosher salt; as needed
- Carbohydrate 17.031404166706 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 0.2112 g
- Fiber 3.83200008074443 g
- Protein 1.49626666666667 g
- Saturated Fat 0.0272 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (460g)
- Sodium 4652.00598559019 mg
- Sugar 13.1994040859616 g
- Trans Fat 0.10192 g
- Calories 65 calories
As a busy housewife, I'm always looking for ways to make delicious meals that are also easy to prepare. These Bacon Wrapped Pork Chops are the perfect solution! They're incredibly flavorful, juicy, and tender, and they're so easy to make. Plus, they're a great way to use up leftover pork loin.
To make these pork chops, you'll first need to trim the fat and silver skin from the pork loin and cut it into 8 equal pieces. Then, you'll need to mix up the ingredients for the marinade in a plastic bag. Place the pork chops in the bag, seal it, and refrigerate it for at least 24 hours. This will help the chops to absorb the flavors of the marinade.
Once the pork chops have marinated, you'll need to wrap them in bacon. To do this, simply place a slice of bacon on a cutting board and wrap it around a pork chop. Secure the bacon with a toothpick or a piece of butcher's twine.
Once the pork chops are wrapped in bacon, you'll need to cook them. You can grill them, bake them, or fry them. If you're grilling them, cook them over medium heat for about 15 minutes per side, or until they're cooked through. If you're baking them, cook them in a preheated oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes per side, or until they're cooked through. If you're frying them, heat some oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook the pork chops for about 5 minutes per side, or until they're cooked through.
Once the pork chops are cooked, let them rest for a few minutes before slicing and serving. This will help the juices to redistribute throughout the meat, resulting in a more tender and flavorful chop.
Step-by-step
- Trim the fat and silver skin from the pork loin, then cut it into 8 equal pieces.
- Mix up the ingredients for the marinade. Then, place the pork chops, and the marinade into a plastic bag. Set this in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours.
- Cut the butcher's twine into lengths that will go around each chop, with a bunch additional length.
- Wrap the bacon around each chop, then tie with the twine.
- Set them on a platter, drizzle with the oil, put a heavy dusting of blacken and a little Kosher Salt on each chop, and rub it in well.
- Cook over a fairly low fire, on the grill. Mine was on for about 50 minutes this time.
