Grilled Pork Chops with 2 Melon Salsa

Grilled Pork Chops with 2 Melon Salsa

 David Bonom, Cooking Light, JULY 2010

 

Ingredients

• Salsa:
• 1  cup  chopped seedless watermelon
• 1  cup  chopped honeydew melon
• 3  tablespoons  finely chopped sweet onion
• 1  tablespoon  finely chopped jalapeño pepper
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh cilantro
• 1  tablespoon  fresh lime juice
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• 
  Pork chops:
• 2  teaspoons  canola oil
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  chili powder
• 1/2  teaspoon  garlic powder
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 4  (4-ounce) boneless center-cut pork chops, trimmed
• Cooking spray

Preparation

1. To prepare salsa, combine the first 7 ingredients; set aside.
2. To prepare pork chops, heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Combine oil and next 4 ingredients (through black pepper) in a small bowl. Rub oil mixture over both sides of pork chops. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add pork to pan; cook 4 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Serve with salsa.


This was fabulous. We would have given this more than 5 spoons. The mix of oil, spice, sweet melon and cilantro was just out of this world. I had to talk the kids into trying the salsa - they weren't as big fans as Hubby and I - but they did eat it.