Pesto stuffed loin chops

[philpom]

A great weeknight dinner, took 20 minutes to grill.

We had a whole pork loin loitering in the beer fridge that needed to be dealt with so thick chops it was. Cut these about 1 1/4" and slit them up the middle to fill with pesto. Treated the outside with simple Himalayan salt and black pepper.

Grilled indirect @375°f for 20 minutes pulling at an internal temperature of 140°f. Hit these with a wisp of hickory.

The pesto was made fresh from our garden, Mrs philpom does a great job!

Hope you try this one, thanks for checking it out!

 

[jaxgatorz]

They look amazing !

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Mmm. Looks tasty.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Nice chops, I like stuffing them

Looks like a great meal

David

 

[mr_whipple]

I don't eat too many chops, but I love me some pesto. Those look killer.

 

[JLeonard]

Chops stuffed with anything is a winner in my book!!
Yours look mighty good.

jim

 

[philpom]

Thank you, like several of you, we don't eat chops often but when I do they are tasty! I'll try and experiment more and see what I can do. They are tough to get right, a thermometer is essential. A salt brine is ideal in order to keep them juicy.

 

[clifish]

Looks killer, bookmarked, might figure a cheese filling as well.

 

[ddow229]

This is getting added to the rotation