Yummy, Yummy Pork

I had some boneless pork chops I needed to use up last night, so I made Chinese Marinated Pork with fried rice for dinner last night.

I let the pork marinate for about 4 hours and then Biscuit grilled it on the charcoal grill.  This was one of the best marinades I've had and we liked this so much I'm probably going to cook it again tomorrow for my parents, though I may substitute chicken for the pork as my Mom isn't the biggest fan of pork chops.

Here's the recipe for the marinade: Oh So Yummy Pork Marinade.  We were out of Hoisin sauce, so I added an extra tablespoon of black bean sauce as well as a tablespoon of Thai sweet chili sauce.  I added one extra tablespoon of soy sauce, as well.  One of the reviewers of this recipe said she thought it lacked flavor, but I strongly disagree.  The marinade was as close to perfect (for my taste anyway) as any I've tried recently.  As a side note, I looked up some of that reviewers other reviews, and the only recipe she liked had TWO TABLESPOONS of cayenne in it.  I think she must have killed her taste buds!

The fried rice was my standard recipe:

2 cups of medium grain rice (better if it's day old)
1/2 onion
garlic (I don't actually measure this, probably 1-2 cloves)
2 eggs
1 cup frozen peas/carrots
olive oil or butter
soy sauce

Scramble eggs and set aside.  Cook the onion and garlic over medium high heat until soft.  Add a little more oil (sesame oil is nice, but olive oil works in a pinch) and add the rice.  Stir fry for about 2 minutes then mix in the frozen peas/carrots.  Cook about two minutes more and add the egg and soy sauce (more or less depending on taste, again I don't measure this).  Mix well and cook until everything is heated, maybe 2 minutes more.  It's a really simple recipe that can be tailored to your individual taste (different veggies, more or less soy, etc).

This was one of the best meals we've had in a while.  I will definitely be making this again!