The spice rub is an easy mix of coriander, cumin, sugar, ginger, salt, allspice, and ground red pepper. I was out of red pepper so I tossed in a few red pepper flakes and it worked great. Dump it right over your pork chops. On a side note; can someone tell me why chicken and pork is so often sold in three packs?? It’s either 2, 3 or 6 but never 4. Wouldn’t it make sense to have a 4 pack? I’ve never understood that. I thought there must be some reason that I was somehow excluded from knowing, but then I randomly heard Rachel Ray ask the same thing on her show the other day and that settled it. There’s a strange society of meat packers out there trying to confuse us.
Okay back to reality. Rub that stuff in. Take off your rings and get your hands grubby. Toss those on a grill pan, or on the bbq like I did. They only take a few minutes to cook, so while they do, chop up your salsa. Super duper easy; equal parts tomato, mango and cilantro. For all of you cilantro haters out there (ya, you know who you are) I think this would still be really good with fresh parsley. I doubled this part because I knew I would want extra; and I was right! Then, in goes a splash of both red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. I threw in a little salt and pepper in there too; because I’m a rebel like that.
When your chops are done grilling, toss on the salsa. Done! So fresh, so flavorful, and so healthy. Perfect end-of-summer meal if you ask me.
Here’s a little trick I use all the time with my kids. They’re still young so it totally works. The first thing my little boys did when they saw this on their plates was way, “Ewww, are those POMATOES on our chicken?! What’s this green stuff?? Why is there fruit on the meat?!” Rule #1 : It’s always chicken. Then I told them that it was a special kind of food from the Caribbean and explained where that was and told them it was what Captain Jack Sparrow eats. Then it went from whining about po-matoes to “Really? This is what pirates eat? I can talk like a pirate. Did you know some pirates have peg legs? Mom, where do pirates take showers? Does Jack Sparrow have a wii? Can I be a pirate for Halloween? This is the coolest dinner ever!” And before we knew it they had eaten up everything on their plates. When we have Indian Spiced Pork Skewers, it’s Aladdin food, Cowboy Quesadillas are Woody and Jesse food, you catching my drift here? Try it.
