Go-to Grilled Pork Chops - easy enough for a Monday night!

Go-to Grilled Pork Chops

My husband and I try to plan our weeknight meals in advance so we don't have to run around after work during the week getting ingredients and deciding what to have for dinner. We go to the grocery store on the weekend, so we sit down beforehand and decide what meals we want to have for the week and develop the grocery list from there. Don't get me wrong, we change our minds sometimes mid-week, or we run out of an ingredient and need to do a mid-week grocery run. But for the most part, our advance planning helps keep our household running during the week. If we didn't plan, we'd constantly be ordering out or going out to dinner since things tend to get very hectic during the week. 

Depending upon what good deals we might come across at the store or if we change our minds mid-week, we often end up with a random collection of items in our freezer at any given time. Every couple of weeks when we make our meal plan for the week, we look to see what is in the freezer first. Most likely we have enough meat for a couple of meals hiding in there.
For instance, tonight's dinner of Go-to Grilled Pork Chops were chops that I picked up a few weeks ago during a stop to a specialty store that I don't normally get to on a regular basis. Since I was off from work while I was between jobs, I made it a point to stop in there. I picked up two, two and a half inch boneless pork chops knowing exactly what I wanted to make with them - eventually. So, tonight was the night!

The first time I made the Go-to Grilled Pork Chops they evoked the following statement from my husband, "I would order these in a restaurant. These are restaurant-quality." Needless to say, after a statement like that it becomes challenging to serve food each night that lives up to those expectations! But, you can never go wrong with the Go-to Grilled Pork Chops. They are simple and easy to prepare with few ingredients, and are the best pork chops you'll ever have!

Go-to Grilled Pork Chops
Ingredients:
2 2.5 inch boneless pork chops (leave fat on; do not trim)
1 tsp fresh rosemary, minced
1 tsp fresh thyme, minced
2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper

Combine rosemary, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl or on cutting board. Using your hands rub herb mixture on both sides of pork chops.
Place on top rack of outdoor grill over indirect heat. Cook over indirect heat slowly until cooked through to desired doneness, turning halfway through (approximately 25 minutes total).

Enjoy!