Betty Crocker's Great Grilling cookbook shares a recipe! A can of lemonade makes the marinade a snap to mix, and the grilled melon wedges add a twist to grilled pork chops.
Basil-Lemon Pork Chops with Melon
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 1 hr 40 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 can (12 oz) frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
- 1/2 cup fresh or 2 1/2 tablespoons dried basil leaves
- 1/4 cup olive or vegetable oil
- 4 pork loin or rib chops, 1 inch thick (2 lb)
- 1/4 honeydew melon, peeled and cut into 4 wedges
- 1/4 cantaloupe, peeled and cut into 4 wedges
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, mix lemonade concentrate, basil and oil until well blended; reserve 3/4 cup for brushing on pork and melon during grilling. In shallow nonmetal dish or resealable food-storage plastic bag, pour remaining mixture over pork; turn to coat with marinade. Cover dish or seal bag and refrigerate, turning once, at least 1 hour but no longer than 2 hours.
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Step2Brush grill rack with vegetable oil. Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Drain pork; discard marinade. Place pork on grill rack. Cover and grill pork over medium heat 12 to 16 minutes, turning once and brushing with reserved marinade, until pork is no longer pink in center. Add melon and cantaloupe wedges for last 3 to 4 minutes of grilling, turning and brushing 2 to 3 times with reserved marinade, until hot.
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Step3Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Serve pork with melon.
Nutrition
480
Calories
19 g
Total Fat
24 g
Protein
53 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 480
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19 g
- Saturated Fat
- 4 g
- Cholesterol
- 65 mg
- Sodium
- 110 mg
- Potassium
- 690 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 53 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Protein
- 24 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 26%
- 26%
- Vitamin C
- 42%
- 42%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
3 1/2 Fruit;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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