Grilled Maple Honey Glazed Pork Chops
Whoa… It just dawned on me that this weekend ends summer vacation.
I sorta have mixed emotions about the whole thing. I’ll miss staying up until 2am reading, sleeping in and having late breakfasts with my girls. But I am looking forward to the cozy nights by our fireplace in our new home, leggings, bulky sweaters and Pat’s hunting trips. Awww-yeah hunting trips! 
When it dawned on me that this might be one of our last grilled dinners, I was a little sad. SIKE! Who am I kidding? We grill all year round! We are so those folks, and by ‘folks’ I mean the cool-hip-still-look-20-something-folks {yeeeeah}, who stand outside by the grill in the dead of winter with our scarves and booties on… knee deep in snow!
But it’s a good thing these chops don’t need a grill to happen. You cook them just the same in a 350 degree oven, and you get the same result… just minus those purty grill marks.
The glaze is simple… but the flava is outrageous!
Start by adding the maple syrup and honey into a sauce pan. Ignore the watermarks please and thank you.
Next add in the ketchup…
The mustard…
The brown sugar…
And the Worcestershire.
Give it a quick stir…
And bring it up to a boil, stirring often.
Pour four tablespoons into a small bowl and the rest of the glaze into a larger bowl.
Grab the pork chops and set them out to bring up to room temperature, for about 30 minutes.
Season with plenty of kosher salt.
And black pepper.
Lay these suckers down on a preheated grill, medium-medium/high heat and cook for 7-8 minutes.
After 7 or 8 minutes, flip and repeat for another 7-8 minutes. Remember to adjust the times if you’re using a thinner chop!
Now you’ll want to grab that big bowl of glaze {save the little bowl for later} and brush the glaze on… flip/brush… flip/brush for the next 10 minutes. Be careful not to let the glaze burn.
Helloooo boo-ti-ful chop-y chop.
Once the chops are fully cooked, let them rest for 5 to 10 minutes. Then grab that little bowl of maple-honey goodness and drizzle it over top.
This is good stuff peeps, promise!
The glaze is sweet and tangy… leaving the chops unbelievably awesome. They eat like a steak… they literally sing to you! Ahhhhhhh! No reeeeeeeeeeally they do!
Now if you make these this Labor Day weekend you’ll be the rock star of your backyard shin-dig. Thinking ahead… as you know I always do {yeah, no I usually don’t} but YOU just might want to serve it with a few of these and a lot of this!
Get on it!
Grilled Maple Honey Glazed Pork Chops
Probably the easiest and best tasting pork chop you'll ever have.
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20-25 minutes depending on pork chop thickness
Total Time: 30-35 minutes
Ingredients:
4 {3/4 inch thick} Boneless Top Loin Pork Chop
Kosher Salt
Black Pepper
3/4 cup Real Maple Syrup
1/4 cup Honey
2 tablespoons Ketchup
2 tablespoons Spicy Brown Mustard
2 tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire
Directions:
Preheat your grill to medium-medium high. {or preheat your oven to 350 degrees}
In a sauce pan combine the maple syrup, honey, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Stir and bring to a boil, stirring often. Remove and pour four tablespoons {I eyeball it} into a small bowl and the rest into a large bowl for basting.
Season the chops on both sides with salt and pepper.
Lay the chops out on your preheated grill and cook for 7-8 minutes. Flip and repeat for 7-8 minutes more.
Grab the glaze, saving the four tablespoons of glaze for later, and brush it all over the pork chops, flip and repeat for 8-10 minutes more until the chops are fully cooked.
Once fully cooked, remove the pork chops from the grill to a plate and let the pork chops rest for 5-10 minutes.
Drizzle the remaining four tablespoons of maple honey glaze over top of the chops before serving.
Enjoy!
*OVEN METHOD* Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a rimmed sheet pan or rub with a little olive oil.
Follow the above steps for the glaze and season the pork with salt and pepper.
Baste the pork with the glaze and bake for 30 minutes, brushing both sides of the pork every 10 minutes with the glaze.
Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours! (
That glaze sounds perfect — on so many things! Sweet and salty and easy to whip up. Yum!
These look amazing! Love the photos!
Such a bummer that summer is drawing to a close! I could use about 5 more months of it at least! Your pork chops look SCRUMptious! I’m always looking for a new way of preparing pork chops and the maple honey sounds wonderful!
Pork is one of my absolute favourites so these sound right up my street!
YUM! Pork chops paired with sweet flavors always works well, doesn’t it? My only suggestion is to use bone-in chops because they add flavor. When the weather turns to autumn, try this Tyler Florence pork chops recipe if you don’t want to freeze your backside off tending the grill in cold weather. It is my favorite pork chops recipe.
these look SERIOUSLY heavenly!
Looks soooooo good!
These are the perfect flavors for pork in my opinion. Just lovely!!
these look amazing and i LOVE the maple honey flavor you got going on and with the mustard too! i just had pork chops tonight but they certainly weren’t as good as these, i’m sure of it!
I need more pork recipes! These look so good! I agree, let’s keep the grilling going!
it looks so delicious !
These look soooo good! I must try!
Gorgeous as always! We have pork often here, so this will totally get made!
Mouth-watering! There is no other way to have pork chops than glazed and grilled. Yay to year-round bbq!
These are some awesome looking pork chops! Love the flavors!
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These look PERFECTLY glazed—want to enter them in our Food Blogger Recipe Contest?
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I recently discovered your blog and love it! I am always on a mission to make homemade food. We tried this recipe last week and it was delicious!
Delicious looking dish Laurie. Loving your blog too, it’s not full of cake!
Dave
While I consider myself a pretty damn good cook, pork is one of the things I’ve never quite mastered completely – it usually comes out tough and tasteless, and I swear off making pork again. Then, I give in, try another recipe and get similar results. Well, then I found THIS recipe… so juicy and full of flavor! A true homerun recipe with the hubby and all three kids. It will definitely be my “go-to” pork recipe. Thanks for helping me finally master the other white meat!