Take-out Thursday

About a year back we had some really bad luck cooking on Thursdays. If my memory serves me right we had 6 or 7 Thursdays in a row where the meal just didn't turn out. It started with something in the crockpot that had cooked to "hockey puck" consistency by the time we got to it. There was a pasta that tasted terrible, the rice dish that completely shattered the dish, and others that followed the same patterns. We finally decided that Thursday's were either old reliables i.e. grilled cheese or spaghetti etc. or take out. The streak has finally been broken. Not realizing what day it was I tried out a new pork chop recipe that was a HIT!

Teriyaki Pork Chops with Tropical Salsa

2/3 cup soy sauce

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup water

1/4 cup rice wine vinegar

2 cloves garlic, minced

6 (1 1/2 inch thick pork chops)

In saucepan, combine ingredients (except pork chops). Heat to boiling, stirring until sugar dissoved. Remove from heat and cool. Put pork chops in shallow dish or Ziploc. Add cooled soy mixture and marinate in refrigerator overnight, turning occasionally.

Grill pork chops 7 to 9 minutes per side over medium heat basting with marinade during last 5 minutes of grilling. Transfer to serving platter and serve with Tropical salsa.

I like to use the pineapple salsa from Harmons but here is the recipe that was included.

Tropical Salsa

2 cups finely diced fresh pineapple

1 cup finely diced papaya

3/4 cup finely diced peppers

1/2 cup finely diced onion

1 clove garlic, minced

3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves

salt to taste

Combine ingredients and let stand at room temperature for 1 hour before serving.