Grilled Hawaiian Pineapple Pork Chops

Ingredients

• 20 ounces sliced pineapple 1 can, reserve juice
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup soy sauce
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 6 pork chops

Instructions

• Mix together the pineapple juice (reserved from the can of pineapple slices), brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic powder together in a gallon-sized resealable plastic bag until all the sugar is dissolved. Add the pork chops and zip closed. Store in the fridge for 8-12 hours (the longer, the better!).
• When ready to cook, preheat grill to medium-high heat. Remove chops from bag and place on grill. Brush pork chops with marinade while they are cooking to let the flavor really soak in.
• Grill until pork chops are browned and no longer pink inside (about 6-8 minutes per side- depending on thickness of chops).
• While chops are cooking, place pineapple rings on grill and cook until they are warmed through and have slight grill marks on them. Serve pork chops with grilled pineapple on top.

Notes

One way we like to keep the pork from drying out while cooking on the grill is by replacing the juice cooked off in the grill by basting the pork chops with more of the marinade as it cooks. Well, that and of course marinating the pork chops for at least 8 hours.