CBs Big Bite Pork Chops

  


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CB’s Big Bite Pork Chops

Patti went to see Jacob at T&H Meats and came back with these 2 inch pork chops as a surprise for me. I had said I wanted to grill some breaded chops and she went and got them for me. The breading was cheery with the sweetness of Country Bob’s Sauce.

That’s Patti looking like a walking billboard for Country Bob’s Sauce, she can put it so many things.  Served with our Garlic Skillet … Oh Man they were good!!!

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes @ 300

Smoke Time: 30 minutes

Grill: Traeger

Ingredients: Pork Chops

5 bone in 2 inch loin pork chops

1 ½ cups bread crumbs

1 ½ cups cheese crackers

¾ tsp. Country Bob’s Season Salt

¾ tsp. Traeger’s Poultry and Pork Seasoning

2 eggs, beaten

¾ cup Country Bob’s Sauce

½ cup orange juice

On to the Traeger, Love those Pig Tails

Directions: Breading

Put the crackers in a plastic bag, seal it and work it over with a rolling pin. Mom gave us a marble rolling pin. It’s heavy and really gets the job done. Patti loves using the rolling pin, unless she’s annoyed, then she takes at them with a small hammer! Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Combine the wet ingredients in a separate bowl.

Dip the pork chops in the egg mixture, then into the bread crumbs. You can repeat this until you get a good coating on the chops. You are ready for the grill …

Cooking Directions: Traeger

Open the lid and set the dial to “Smoke”, after about five minutes shut the lid. Give it about 10 minutes to heat up. Patti has lined the drip pan with foil for me, it makes for easier clean up.

Place your chops directly onto the grill and just let it hang out in the smoke and get happy for 30 minutes or so. This is referred to as “cold smoking”; the temperature is around 150 degrees. 30 minutes of cold smoking is not enough to have any cooking effect on your meat but it is enough to open the pours up so that the meat can pick up all the flavor of the smoke.

After 30 minutes, turn the digital control up to 300 degrees and pull the meat off the grill.

When the grill comes up to 300 degrees put the chops back on for 15 minutes preside. Keep in mind that on a Traeger you do not have to turn the meat because of how it cooks. But we like the grill marks…

Grill These for 15 Minutes per Side

Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like.

Directions: Gas Grill
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Grill: Direct Medium

Preparing Grill: Medium Direct Heat

Preheat your grill to medium heat (300 - 350). Add your wet hickory chips to the fire and oil the grill. A cooking spray is easiest for this. (Note: you can add your hickory directly to the grill or you can use foil smoke packets.(Two handfuls wet chips and one dry, fold foil into a packet, poke holes in it with a fork and you’re good to go.)

Preparing Charcoal Grill

Get the Grill ready, you will want your temperature of around 300 degrees. Remember, you are going medium heat here for about 30 minutes. Bank your coals over to one side of your grill. Add your “drained wood chips” and you are good to go… Your cooking times and temps will be the same as above, 30 minutes @ 300 degrees.

Cooking In the Oven:

We have been getting requests for recipe conversions for the oven. I tell folks all the time that cooking on a Traeger is just as easy as cooking in your oven. Just about anyone can do it and do it well. Think about it. You set your control knob to the temp you want, put your meat in and leave it for a set time.

It is the same thing, time and temp. is what it is all about. The Traeger is just like your oven except it uses wood pellets and has wheels.

If you want to smoke in your oven they sell oven smokers for that. I, myself, would not spend the money on one of those when you can make your own out of foil.

Foil smoke packets. (Two handfuls wet chips and one dry, fold foil into a packet, poke holes in it with a fork and you’re good to go.) Just set it in the oven. You might want to make sure you turn on your vent fan or your house will fill up with smoke. You will give your fire alarm a good work out.

Pork Chops, a garlic skillet, tater nuggets and cole slaw

Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to suit your taste.

Take it and run with it….

Live Your Passion,

Ken & Patti

Hey, if you are interested in learning more about Traeger Grills or for fine meats and sausages for your grill, go see Jacob. He is a Sausage Meister and we are not kidding. If you get a chance, go and see him. It will be a fun day trip. (Take an ice chest; we always fill up a big one.) Or check him out @ www.tandhsausage.com or call him
760 471- 9192.

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Check it out, for a free bottle go to his web site or email him. If you email him, tell him that you saw it here and we used it all up and to send us more...

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