Easy enough for a weeknight dinner and elegant enough for entertaining, these Ginger Honey Glazed Pork Chops with Peach-Poblano Salsa are a sublime combination of sweet and savory!
Hi-ya friends! Happy Thursday! Oh soooooo close to the weekend… I can almost feel the weekend vibes. Woot woot!
So, I have a question for you. How many long weekend vacations are acceptable during the summer?
I see, read and hear about some of you off gallivanting, exploring cities and beaches on the weekends. And, it seems like some people are on a vacation of sorts every other weekend.
I feel like I’m missing out!
#FOMO up in here.
Sure Boy and I went to the beach for an extended weekend a month and a half ago, but I want to go back at the end of summer. Is that excessive? Be honest! I want your opinions… this nosy inquiring mind needs to know what the vacay standard is. 
Anyways, while a vacation may or may not be in my future (<- I’m definitely leaning towards the former), that will not stop me from treating my taste buds to a little paradise!
Buuuuut, before we jump into today’s deliciousness can we talk real quick about pork?
Pork chops to be specific.
Aaaand Smithfield All Natural Bone-in Pork Chops to be über specific.
If you follow this blog it will come as no surprise that I’m a big fan of Smithfield®. Remember these ribs? I just can’t help it, Smithfield® IS pork.
The folks and USA farm families behind the Smithfield® brand know ALL the things about pork. And their All Natural Pork Chops are naturally tender with NO added steroids, hormones or artificial junk. They are bomb diggity and perfect for grilling like a steak… except not exactly like a steak, because these bad boys are pork-tastically delicious.
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Ginger Honey Glazed Pork Chops with Peach-Poblano Salsa
You guys, these easy, grilled and glazed sticky pork chops are a sublime combination of sweet and savory. Sticky, succulent, and ultimately tender with nuances of warm ginger and hints of sweet honey, these chops taste epic when paired with the smoky char of the grill.
But, all the deliciousness doesn’t stop there. The ginger honey glazed pork get generously topped off with a sweet, slightly spicy, zesty, and fruity peach and poblano salsa.
The fresh salsa with the sticky, juicy pork chops is a summertime fiesta for the taste buds.
Porky, fruity, fabulous, EASY summer eats, allllll for YOU.
Notes, Tips & Tricks for Ginger Honey Glazed Pork Chops with Peach Poblano Salsa:
- The peach poblano salsa calls for roasted red peppers. You can absolutely use jarred roasted red peppers if you want to make this meal even easier. Or if you are like me and enjoy roasting your own, I have included instructions on how to do so in the notes section of the recipe.
- The amount of sweetener needed in the salsa will depend on your peaches and your personal preference. I used a teaspoon of agave in my salsa, because my peaches were very sweet. I recommend making the salsa without any sweetener and then adding agave or honey to taste.
- Sometimes I brine my pork chops, but with Smithfield All Natural Pork Chops brining isn’t necessary. However, if you are a brine or die kind of person, by all means, go for it. I have included notes for a brine in the recipe below.
Easy enough for a weeknight dinner, but elegant enough for entertaining, these Ginger Honey Glazed Pork Chops with Peach Poblano Salsa NEED to be on your summer menu. So fire up the grill and DO THIS. Until next week friends, cheers – to palatial pork chops.
Cheyanne
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Ginger Honey Glazed Pork Chops with Peach Poblano Salsa
Ingredients
- Pork Chops:
- 4 Bone-In Pork Chops
- Canola Oil , for grilling
- Marinade/Glaze:
- ¼ Cup Fresh Ginger – peeled and grated
- 6 Cloves Garlic – peeled and minced
- 8 TBS Honey , divided
- 1 TBS Light Brown Sugar
- 2 TBS Soy Sauce
- 2 TBS Rice Wine Vinegar
- ½ tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
- 1 tsp Kosher Salt , plus more to taste
- 2 TBS Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger
- Salsa:
- 3 Ripe Peaches – diced
- 1 Poblano Pepper – seeded and diced
- ¼ Cup Red Onion – finely diced
- ¼ Cup Roasted Red Pepper – finely diced*
- 1 TBS Mint Leaves – roughly chopped
- ½ Lime – Zest and Juice
- 1 tsp Agave , or more to taste (can substitute honey or sugar)
- 1/8 tsp Kosher Salt , or more to taste
Instructions
- Make the Marinade: In a small bowl, mix together ginger, garlic, 4 tablespoons honey, sugar, soy sauce, rice wine, red pepper flakes, salt and oil. Place the pork chops in a baking dish and brush both sides with marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and transfer to the refrigerator. Marinate for at least 4 hours, up to overnight, turning pork over halfway through.
- Meanwhile, Make the Salsa: In a medium sized mixing bowl combine all ingredients. Gently stir together. Taste and adjust for seasoning and sweetness. Set aside in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Make the Glaze: In a small bowl mix together the remaining 4 tablespoons of honey and ground ginger. Set aside.
- Grill the Pork Chops: Heat your grill to medium-high and remove pork chops from marinade. Brush the grates of grill with oil. Season pork chops with salt and pepper. Place pork chops on the grill and grill until marked and slightly crusted, 4-5 minutes. Turn the pork chops over, moving them to the cooler side of the grill (or reducing heat to medium), cover grill and continue to cook, brushing with glaze occasionally, until meat registers 145 degrees F (on an instant read thermometer when inserted into the thickest part of the chop), about 5-8 additional minutes. Remove chops to a clean work surface, or platter, and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Serve pork chops with salsa and enjoy!
Notes
*To Brine the Pork Chops (Optional): In a large bowl whisk together the 2 quarts ice cold water, ¼ cup salt and 4 tablespoons sugar until fully dissolved. Add pork chops and transfer to the refrigerator for 1 hour. Remove from the brine and pat thoroughly dry with paper towels. Proceed with marinating pork as directed, omitting salt in marinade.
*You can use jarred roasted red peppers or roast your own:
1. Heat oven to high broil and arrange oven rack to top position. Place pepper on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.
2. Broil, turning every 2-3 minutes, until charred on all sides, about 8-10 minutes total.
*If you love your pork medium rare, you should cook it to an internal temperature of 145 degrees (followed by a three-minute rest). If you like your chops a little more done, you can cook them to an internal temperature of 160 degrees.
These pork chops look simply amazing Cheyanne! I love the addition of the peach poblano salsa.. peaches are literally everything to me right now so I think I need to incorporate them into a beautiful salsa like this STAT! Loving it 🙂
Yes, yes and more yes…to everything in this post! Yes to summer vacays. I think the over-under on summer long-weekends should be 8. 🙂 I mean we all know that winter long-weekends aren’t the same as summer long-weekends! And yes to this peach poblano salsa! I love the combination of sweet and spicy…I bet it would be perfect with the third yes: those grilled pork chops! I’m coming to hang out at your place next weekend, and I just hope you’ll have some of these pork chops lying around. Thanks for sharing! #client
Not excessive at all! Go back to the beach! Especially since I think you said that prior to the one you took last month, you two hadn’t been on a vacay in years! Go! Enjoy the free time whenever you have it! And girl… these pork chops are da bomb! I’m totally loving the peach poblano salsa – such a fabulous flavor combo!
The salsa sounds amazing and the honey ginger combo is making me drool. I love every single ingredient you have used here. Great share dear.
This looks like the perfect summer meal. I love the combo of pork with sweet. 🙂
That spicy sweet marinade with ginger sounds positively divine! And how are you always able to make the best-looking salsas in the world? Seriously, they always sound wonderful. Poblanos and peaches is such a great combination!
I would definitely love these for lunch or dinner today, they look soooo good! And about vacation, why not go again, you could never do it often enough if you ask me.
Texture perfection on these pork chops, Cheyenne! They look melt in your mouth, delicious! And, peach poblano salsa!?!? I want to put that on everything….
BTW, my vote is that it’s not excessive to go back at the end of summer. Book it! 🙂
Yum, I need to make these now! They look so delicious!
These look incredile! We usually just go with honey and mustard on pork chops, but I am going to have to try honey and ginger next time. And that salsa…..YUM! I am just obsessed with all the peach recieps around at the moment.
I live in Croatia, a Mediterranean country. The beautiful Adriatic coast is like 1,5 h drive from where I live. You wonder why I’m not dipping my toes in the sea every weekend? If I do that, then it would stop beeing so special 😉 heheh …. You know, I stopped eating pork like 2y ago. But if you served me this beautiful plate, omg… I’ll eat it without thinking! Looks sooo juicy and delicious. Perfect! Have to show your recipe to my husband. He will lick the laptop screen for sure 😀 hahah Have a great weekend Cheyanne.
These photos are making me sooo happy with their bright, fun colors. I need to make this pork ASAP! Pinned 🙂
How many long weekend vacations are acceptable during the summer??? Girl, as many as you can afford!!! It’s the summer!!! I love these glazed pork chops!!! I wish pork chops for more love! they are so good!!!! and this peach poblano salsa is everything!!! LOVE!
The salsa sounds so wonderful! yum!
Love Smithfield pork chops and this recipe is amazing! Peach and poblanos is a great combination! Can’t wait to try it! You are right, some people seem to be on vacation almost every weekend! But that’s great, too bad I was unable to go anywhere this summer, it is way too hot for me! Have a great weekend!
I am such a pork lover, so this is right up my alley! Love the salsa, too and peaches are just perfect here right now 🙂 As for vacations, I’m in the same boat. I live where people come to vacation, so I’m never quite sure where I would go 😉
Never too many – especially during the summer! 🙂 These pork chops would totally be a reason to stay home though! Looks SO juicy & flavorful and that peach salsa is ON POINT!!!
I feel you on the vacation! It seems like the longer u stay at home the harder it becomes to vacay. Loving these pork chops and the sweet and spicy salsa. I get a little lost in the pork chop world so I love a great recipe and this is mouthwatering! Take care .
Wait – is there such a thing as too many long weekends on vacay? No – no – I definitely DON’T think so! Go on ahead and enjoy an end-of-summer beach getaway – though watch for those storms cos they do seem to have an affinity for ya! But, if I smelt ginger-garlic-honey pork chops a-grilling at your place, guess where I’d be heading! 🙂
I used to be a fan of boneless pork chops – till I tried Smithfield’s Bone-in pork chops – hotdiggity dog (or hotdiggity pork) indeed! That bone IN sure does make for a juicy chop! Awesome poblano salsa too, Cheyanne! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
XOXO
I’m prob the wrong person to ask about vacations because I’m always on or trying to go on one! hahahaha. I say take lots of little weekend vacas while the weather is nice and summer is here cause before you know it, it too dang cold to go outside! This recipe is a def “WOW”. Seriously beautiful and delicious. I freaking love grilled meat! And that salsa? Why am I not making that ASAP and serving it with everything? I don’t know but I need to work on that immediately 😉
Vacations are never too much, and long weekend vacations are very much fun. Go for it! <3 And that peach salsa is awesome. I bet the addition of poblano was an amazing addition my friend! Grilling recipes are never enough during summer, and those grilled pork chops look way too delicious. Wish you a lovely weekend, girlfriend! 🙂
The other day I found myself eating the most glorious peach (I think I’ve ever had)…and I thought to myself – I need to make something with peaches, and I thought to myself – pork chops! No lie! I couldn’t believe it when I opened your blog to discover this beauty!! Great minds!! Thanks for sharing – you’ve done all the work for me…well, most of the work, unless you’d like to come over and do a cooking demonstration for us!! 😉 That would be a dream! Have a great weekend, my friend! Woot! Cheers! xoxo
I say get away as much as you can, my friend. Life is short. After Hudson was born in 2010 I spent literally years (4) taking care of him and his many medical issues. It is just in the last couple of years I/we have been able to go and do again. No one knows what the future holds, so I say go and do and enjoy this life to the fullest. And that would definitely include these amazing grilled pork chops. I love the peach salsa. So delish. The photos are awesome, love the shine and charring. You rock and I hope you have the best weekend ever and GET PLANNING for the next get away. Love ya!!! XOXO
Happy Thursday, Chey!! Wow, I felt happier just saying that. For reals tho. 😉 I’d say that long weekend vacations should happen every weekend of every month. If only… right? But hey, if you can plan it, DO it. Dooooo it! Lol.
Such a cool photo of Boy brushing that glaze on. I can only imagine you outside, barking orders to boy to glaze in a specific direction and hold VERY still (yes, I do this with Erik too. Lol). That peach salsa is absolutely killing me! It looks sooo good. Love that you included mint and lime too. So delish. Here’s hoping that you plan another loooooong weekend (like THREE-week) vacation soon. 😉 xoxo
Pork Chops are in da house! Scrumptious and that kicker salsa makes this happen for me. These are tasty beauties, why aren’t we neighbors, again?
We just got from a family 40th Anniversary party weekend up in Portland, snuck in a few hikes and toured Mt. St. Helens, too. Such beautiful weather and fun. It was a nice getaway and I hope you and Boy get another trip in soon. Cheers!
Those are some delicious looking fancy pants pork chops, girlfriend! I’m really digging peaches right now and that salsa is totally my jam! I personally don’t think you can have too many summer beach vacations, so I say go for it! We’re actually trying to plan a long beach weekend in September, so maybe we’ll see you there! 🙂 Cheers to the weekend! XOXO
Number one, go for the extra vacation! You deserve it! You can never have too much vacation or too much fun! Number two, these pork chops and peach salsa…YUM! I never really ate pork chops growing up, but Tom did, so I make them now quite often and totally love them! So tender and juicy when done right. And you know I’m loving that peach salsa Cheyanne! I can’t get enough of anything peach all summer long! Well done my friend!! Have an awesome weekend!
Nothing better than a juicy pork chop on the grill. Cooks up quick, no dishes and so satisfying!! And the marinade and salsa are so perfect for summer. As far as vacations, as long as you’re getting done what needs to be done I say no limit! Life is short so enjoy!!
You are a master chef, my friend. I don’t think I have ever cooked pork chops looking this tempting and moreish. That peach salsa looks terrific too.
There is NO such thing as too much vacation!!! Go, girl, GO! And in the meantime, while I am usually terrified about making pork (pork doesn’t like me. It dries out the second it sees me.) you have inspired me to be brave and try it again with this deliciousness! xoxo
Talking about time off and vacations, first of all I think every weekend should be a 3 day one so we can all have some extra chill time. That’s what I think. Hubby and I often do the staycation thing for vacation and we do enjoy it. We love just chilling at home, cooking, relaxing so it’s definitely fun for us. You definitely deserve another break, girl!
You know, I only just recently learned about FOMO. But, it’s such a real thing, lol 😀
Girrrrrl, these pork chops with peach poblano salsa look divine! You have, like, a gazillion awesome flavours all dancing together on dat grill. I will have a bucket of that salsa with a chop please 😉 Pinned, of course. I can feel weekend vibes too and I’m digging it 🙂 Hope you have an awesome one! xoxo
Your vacation needs are the OPPOSITE of excessive. In other words, not enough. Two weekends this summer for the year? No way, friend. Take some more time for you!
This looks really good. You have mastered the grill marks!
I am officially drooling! The spice and heat of ginger together with the sweetness of honey sounds like a dream to me! ♡
I’m loving the spicy-sweet salsa here (peaches and poblanos – what a great combo!) and we do adore a good pork chop. I just need to throw them on the grill more often! Summertime eats for sure 🙂 Pinned!
Also, you absolutely need to get back to the beach or away for another trip! I only took one vacation off of work from my job, but we’ve been doing short and sweet weekend getaways (with more to come) and it really makes the summer feel all the more indulgent. Go for it, girl! XO
Girl that peach poblano salsa looks to die for!! I am not much for pork chops but I bet this salsa would be great with my breaded chicken cutlets! Can’t wait!!