Name: Grilled pork chops
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cooking Method
Ingredients: 4.00 pork chops; 2.00 garlic cloves, crushed; 1.00 onion small, chopped; 15.00 ml castor sugar; 3.00 lemongrass stalks, chopped; 15.00 ml fish sauce; 2.00 garlic cloves, crushed; 1.00 red chilli sliced; 30.00 ml sugar; 1.00 cm fresh ginger julienned; 1.00 lime or lemon, juice only; 60.00 ml vinegar cider; 60.00 ml fish sauce

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Ingredients (13)

4.00

pork chops

MARINADE

2.00	garlic — cloves, crushed
1.00	onion — small, chopped
15.00 ml	castor sugar
3.00	lemongrass — stalks, chopped
15.00 ml	fish sauce

SAUCE

2.00	garlic — cloves, crushed
1.00	red chilli — sliced
30.00 ml	sugar
1.00 cm	fresh ginger — julienned
1.00	lime — or lemon, juice only
60.00 ml	vinegar — cider
60.00 ml	fish sauce

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Method:

MARINADE
Pound garlic, onion and sugar to a paste in a mortar. Add lemon grass and pound. Add fish sauce and mix with salt and pepper to taste. Spoon over chops and leave to marinate for at least 1 hour or overnight, turning occasionally.
SAUCE
Pound garlic, chilli and sugar to a paste. Stir in remaining ingredients, plus 45 ml water.
Cook chops under preheated grill or braai for about 5 minutes on each side, depending on thickness, until cooked through and beginning to brown. Serve immediately with sauce and blanched pak-choi. Serves 4.