Tray Baked Honey & Soy Pork Chops
Prep time
15 minutes
Cook time
25 minutes
Serves 4 people
Ingredients
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•4 thick (about 250g each) pork chops
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•1/3 cup soy sauce
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•1/3 cup honey
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•1 tablespoon brown sugar
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•1 tablespoon olive oil
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•1 tablespoon white vinegar
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•2 garlic cloves, finely grated
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•1 teaspoon finely grated ginger
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•4 green onions (shallots), trimmed and cut into 4cm batons
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•steamed bok choy, jasmine rice and sliced red chilli, to serve
Method
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1.Preheat oven to 200°C fan-forced.
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2.To make the soy marinade, combine soy sauce, honey, sugar, oil, vinegar, garlic and ginger in a large bowl. Add pork and toss well to coat. Set aside for 15 minutes to marinate.
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3.Remove pork from bowl and arrange on a baking tray, reserving remaining soy marinade in the bowl. Bake pork for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, turn pork and spoon over reserved marinade. Bake for 10 minutes.
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4.Heat the oven grill on high or set oven to as high as possible. Remove pork from oven, arrange shallots around pork and use a pastry brush to coat pork and green onions in the caramelised tray juices. Add 1 tablespoon of water to the tray.
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5.Grill pork or return to a hot oven for 4 minutes, brushing with tray juices after 2 minutes, watching carefully to ensure pork doesn’t burn. (If the juices in pan begin burning, add an extra tablespoon of water to the tray).
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6.Serve pork and green onions with steamed bok choy, jasmine rice and a drizzle of the tray juices.