Grilled Asian Pork Chops
Had 9 1" thick bonelss pork chops... Figured I'd grill them. Was a little tired of BBQ sauce and figured I'd go Asian. Terriyaki with a touch of Thai thrown in.

9 1" thick Boneless Pork Chops
1 C Terriyaki Sauce
1/2 t five spice powder
1 t dried lemon grass

Make marinate, put chops in 1 gallon zip-lock bag, pour in marinade and squeez out as much air as possible. Let sit for about 30 minutes to an hour, turning occasionally.

Grill over medium heat for about 20 minutes, brushing chops w/ marinade every 5 minutes.

The lemon grass and 5 spice power add a nice touch to the sauce.

We ate the chops "whole" the first night, but had quite a few left-overs. Sliced the left-overs and stored them in a bag with the left-over "juice". Am going to stop and pick up some fried-rice and maybe chineese veggies and combine. Fast and inexpensive!
- posted by James @ 10:53 AM (0) comments

 
Shrimp and Avacado Salad
Kind of a cross between Shrimp Cerviche and Shrimp Cocktail, with some avacados thrown in. Made it yesterday and eating left-overs for lunch... it holds up for at least a day... but I wouldn't keep it more than that.

1 tomatoe, diced
2 avacado, diced
3 slices red onion, minced
kosher salt - to taste, maybe a teaspoon
coarse ground black pepper - to taste, maybe a teaspoon
.75lb cooked and peeled shrimp (med)
juice of 2 limes
chili sauce - maybe a few tables spoons

I was out of chili sauce so I used some ketchup and green taco sauce. Worked pretty well.

Mix all ingredients and serve.
- posted by James @ 10:42 AM (0) comments