Chipotle-Marinated Pork Chops with Chimichurri Sauce

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Becky Luigart-Stayner
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4 servings (serving size: 1 pork chop and 1/4 cup sauce)
June 2000
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Chimichurri - an Argentine condiment - is a thick herb sauce packed with flavor. Roasted potatoes are the perfect accompaniment. You can also prepare this recipe with a pork tenderloin or pork loin.

Ingredients

  • Pork chops:
  • 3/4 cup fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 drained canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce
  • 4 (6-ounce) center-cut pork chops (about 3/4 inch thick) chimichurri Sauce:
  • 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 1/4 cup fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 cup shredded carrot
  • 1/2 cup minced fresh onion
  • Cooking spray

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 311
  • Caloriesfromfat 56%
  • Fat 19.2g
  • Satfat 5.1g
  • Monofat 10.5g
  • Polyfat 2.2g
  • Protein 27.6g
  • Carbohydrate 5.4g
  • Fiber 1.6g
  • Cholesterol 84mg
  • Iron 2.2mg
  • Sodium 321mg
  • Calcium 42mg

How to Make It

Step 1

To prepare pork chops, combine 3/4 cup chicken broth and chipotle chile in a blender; process until smooth. Combine chile mixture and pork chops in a large zip-top plastic bag. Seal and marinate in refrigerator 2 hours. Remove chops from bag; discard marinade.

Step 2

To prepare Chimichurri Sauce, combine parsley and next 7 ingredients (parsley through garlic) in a blender; process until smooth. Pour into a bowl; stir in carrot and onion. Set aside.

Step 3

Prepare grill.

Step 4

Place the chops on grill rack coated with cooking spray; cook 5 minutes on each side or until done. Serve with Chimichurri Sauce.

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Ratings & Reviews

jpal345's Review

HeavenSentxoxo
May 02, 2013
A little too spicy for the kids. Wonderful mix of flavors. I left out the carrots in the sauce and it was still delicious!

MunchletteBelle's Review

Cmonington
April 18, 2013
Pretty good. My chimichurri sauce ended up being a very bright, almost lime green, which definitely made the dish look cool. It was good with the pork chops and sweet potato fries.

achisholm's Review

LaurenWB
November 19, 2011
Not for us. Couldn't find Chipotle in Adobe anywhere, so just used hot peppers. The Chimichurri sauce just tasted like salad and so we didn't use it on the pork chops

priyaaa's Review

MunchletteBelle
August 30, 2011
Marinated the pork chops overnight. Not a fan of parsley, so I substituted it with cilantro and it tasted great!

HeavenSentxoxo's Review

priyaaa
August 25, 2011
Cmonington, these days they have Chipotle in all supermarkets. Look in the Hispanic Foods isle. It's in a can, but usually the cans are smaller than the size of can you are used to seeing. And also, LaurenWB, you use ONE pepper not the whole can. Holy Moly that must have been HOT!

Cmonington's Review

jpal345
August 16, 2011
Does anyone know where to even buy Chipolte Chile in Abado Sauce? I've checked Walmart and Price Chopper and neither have it. Even spoke to the store managers.

LaurenWB's Review

DonOberempt
June 01, 2011
VERY spicy...I used the can of chipotle peppers in adobe sauce and my mouth was on fire. It would have been a nice taste if it weren't so hot.

DonOberempt's Review

Dougboy
March 10, 2011
Sauce was delicious. I used pork loin and the cuts were too thin. Should have followed the recipe for a chop. Make sure the thickness is 3/4"

Dougboy's Review

achisholm
May 18, 2010
I really didn't care for the flavor of the marinade.

aggiegirl96's Review

aggiegirl96
August 25, 2009
We rated this a 7.5 out of ten. Should have marinated it longer and it probably would have been more of an 8. Neither of us like the sauce, the vinegar was to overpowering for us. I had some raspberry chipotle sauce that we used after the other was a failure and it was good on it. Pork chops were very juicy for sure.