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Caribbean grilled pork with tropical salsa
This tangy, sunny dish will help you feel that summer is just around the corner.
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6 servings
20 minutes (prep: 10 mins / cook: 10 mins)
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Time required
20 minutes
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Carbohydrates
10 g/serving
Ingredients
- 1 small pineapple (about 2 cups/500 mL), peeled, cored and diced
- 1 medium orange, peeled and diced
- 2 tbsp (25 mL) fresh cilantro, minced
- Juice of half a fresh lime
- ½ tbsp (7 mL) sucralose brown sugar blend
- 2 tsp (10 mL) minced garlic
- 2 tsp (10 mL) minced ginger
- 2 tsp (10 mL) ground cumin
- 2 tsp (10 mL) ground coriander
- ½ tsp (2 mL) turmeric
- 2 tbsp (25 mL) canola oil (plus more to oil the grill)
- 6 pork loin chops (about 3 oz/90 g each)
- Calories 210
- Carbs 10 g
- Fibre 2 g
Directions
- Make salsa by combining pineapple, orange, cilantro and lime juice in bowl. Set aside. Can be prepared up to 2 days in advance and refrigerated.
- Make rub for pork chops: in small bowl, combine brown sugar blend, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander and turmeric. Do not omit turmeric as it lends a lovely yellow hue to this dish.
- Brush both sides of pork chops with canola oil and apply rub to both sides.
- Preheat barbecue to medium-high. Place pork chops on grill for about 5 minutes per side or until cooked to internal temperature of 160 °F (70 °C).
- Serve each chop accompanied with 1/3 cup (75 mL) salsa.
Per serving (1 chop and 1/3 cup/75 mL salsa)
- Calories 210
- Protein 19 g
- Total fat 10 g
- Saturated fat 2 g
- Cholesterol 50 mg
- Carbohydrates 10 g
- Fibre 2 g
- Sugars 8 g
- Sodium 32 mg
- Potassium 376 mg
© 2022 Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Reproduced with permission from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.