Glazed Pork Chops with Peaches and Bourbon Glaze

Glazed Pork Chops

Do you have to’re searching for pork chop dinner ideas that nearly scream “summer season,” you need to try these Bourbon Glazed Pork Chops with Peaches along with my pork chops with mango salsa. This weeknight-friendly meal choices the easiest glaze for pork chops stuffed with smoky, sweet, and barely boozy style. And the easiest half? You could make this bourbon glaze year-round each with modern, canned, or frozen peaches!

I serve glazed pork chops with grilled peaches (drizzled with honey!) and modern arugula on the aspect. It’s a important dish you’ll must positioned on repeat all summer season prolonged—it might match fully into any dinner recipe rotation. Love further fulfilling pork dinner recipes? Try my grilled pork chops (with Dijon-honey-mustard herb marinade) or pan-seared pork chops (with caramelized apples). Or, must you purchased a particular reduce of meat, try my grilled pork tenderloin (with pineapple marinade and garlic herb butter).

Juicy Pork Chops + Boozy Bourbon Glaze = Your New Favorite Dinner

• Super Quick & Weeknight-Nice: Pork Chops and Peaches is a dinner lifesaver after I need one factor fast nonetheless explicit. Your complete factor comes collectively in about 45 minutes, so it’s good for busy weeknights or a chill weekend cookout.
• Easy One-Pan Grilling: Minimal cleanup and no tough steps. I typically make all of the items on the grill (or grill pan), which suggests fewer dishes and additional time hanging outside. My completely different favorite one-pan pork chop dinner recipes are pork chops with apples and creamy mushroom pork chops.
• Summer season Showstopper: Peaches are in peak season within the summertime, and they also make a super addition to my glaze for grilled pork chops. This dinner is my go-to for summer season occasions and BBQs along with my grilled salmon, tequila-lime grilled shrimp skewers, and grilled flank steak with mango-avocado salsa. It’s also good for merely jazzing up a weekly summer season menu.

Ingredient Notes & Substitutions

• Boneless pork chops: You might have considered trying 4 boneless pork chops (about 1-inch thick), patted dry. Bone-in pork chops, medallions, hen thighs or breasts all make good stand-ins for the boneless pork chops.
• Bourbon: Change the bourbon with apple juice, peach nectar, orange juice, or a non-alcoholic bourbon if you don’t want alcohol.
• Peaches: Nectarines, apricots, and plums moreover fashion delicious with pork!
• Brown Sugar or Honey: Each one gives that sticky, sweet finish to the glaze for pork chops. You possibly can too use maple syrup.
• Thyme: Latest herbs like rosemary, basil, thyme, or tarragon go good with pork!

Serving Ideas

• Sandwich: This might make an outstanding sandwich! You should definitely slice the pork thinly and add in some bitter greens. Don’t neglect the bourbon glaze and grilled peaches! Add the leftover pork to my pear and brie grilled cheese sandwich or use pork in its place of deli meat in my mortadella sandwich!
• Grain bowl: Serve glazed pork chops with peaches over a grain bowl (like rice, quinoa, or farro) for a easy consuming experience! Slice or chop the pork chops earlier to serving and add in your favorite sides as properly. Serve with my cilantro-lime black bean rice or Parmesan basil rice.
• Salad: Flip this simple recipe into a quick salad! Serve over greens and throw in your favorite salad mix-ins! These grilled pork chops may very well be good with my apple spinach salad or pear spinach salad.

Storage Instructions

• Fridge: Retailer leftover pork chops and peaches in an airtight container for as a lot as 3 days throughout the fridge. Retailer extra glaze individually (in a small jar or container) for as a lot as 5 days throughout the fridge.
• Freezer: Pork chops (glazed or unglazed) could also be frozen for as a lot as 2 months. Thaw in a single day throughout the fridge sooner than reheating.
• The glaze may additionally be frozen for as a lot as 1 month, though texture may change barely. You should definitely retailer in a container the place chances are you’ll go away at least 1” on the best to allow for enlargement when freezing. 
• Reheat in a skillet over medium heat, coated, until warmed by.
• Glaze could also be gently reheated on the stovetop or throughout the microwave.

The way in which to Make Bourbon Glaze (Step-by-Step)

• For the glaze, simmer diced peaches, brown sugar, bourbon, vinegar, thyme, salt, and chili flakes for 8–10 minutes until thickened; mash or combine to ensure that you it clear.

The way in which to Prepare dinner dinner Pork Chops and Peaches (Step-by-Step)

• Put collectively for grilling: Preheat your grill pan or grill to medium-high and oil the grates. Season pork chops with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and a little bit of oil. Brush peach halves with oil.

• Grill pork chops for 3–4 minutes per aspect, until they attain 145°F internally. Brush generously with the bourbon peach glaze during the last 2–3 minutes. 
• Grill peaches cut-side down for 1–2 minutes, merely until you see grill marks and the peaches are softened. Drizzle with honey must you like.

• To serve, excessive the pork chops with extra glaze and plate alongside the grilled peaches. Sprinkle with modern thyme, salt, and pepper.
• Pair with a aspect salad (I used arugula), garlic roasted mashed potatoes, quinoa, bulgur, or grilled veggies. You possibly can too optionally excessive pork chops and peaches with chopped pecans.