Cuban Pork with Pineapple

Name: Cuban Pork with Pineapple
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp firmly packed brown sugar; 1 teaspoons hot chile flakes; 1 teaspoons dry mustard; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh mint leaves; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 4 servings Lime wedges; 340 grams peeled and cored pineapple; 79 milliliters pineapple juice; 4 pork loin rib chops (3/4 in. thick, 6 to 8 oz. each); 227 grams red onion; 59 milliliters soy sauce; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil

Cuban Pork with Pineapple is a gluten free and dairy free recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 341 calories, 32g of protein, and 13g of fat. If you have onion, chile flakes, lime wedges, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the pineapple you could follow this main course with the Pineapple Cupcakes as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 35 minutes.

Instructions

In a 1-cup glass measure, whisk pineapple juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, oil, ginger, allspice, chile flakes, and dry mustard to blend. Trim fat on pork chops to 1/4 inch; rinse pork and pat dry.

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Pineapple Juice

Red Pepper Flakes

Brown Sugar

Mustard Powder

Pork Chops

Soy Sauce

Allspice

Ginger

Pork

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Place chops in a 1-gallon zip-lock plastic bag and add all but 1/4 cup juice mixture. Seal bag and turn to coat.

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Juice

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Ziploc Bags

Let stand, turning bag occasionally, at least 20 minutes, or chill up to 1 day (see notes).

Meanwhile, cut pineapple into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Peel onion and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices, discarding ends.

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Pineapple

Onion

Place both in a rimmed dish and drizzle evenly with remaining juice mixture.

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Juice

Let stand about 20 minutes, turning slices once.

Lay chops (discard marinade), pineapple, and onion on an oiled grill over a solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 to 3 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook, turning once, until pineapple and onion are browned, 5 to 6 minutes total, and pork is browned on the outside and no longer pink in the center (cut to test), 5 to 7 minutes total.

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Pineapple

Marinade