Grilled Vietnamese Pork Chops Recipe, by Andrea Nguyen | Sunset – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 2 tbsp coarsely chopped shallot, or 3 tablespoons roughly chopped yellow onion
• ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh lemongrass (from 2 medium stalks)
• 2 tbsp light or dark brown sugar
• Rounded ¼ teaspoon recently ground black pepper
• 1 ½ tbsp canola or other neutral oil
• 1 ½ tbsp fish sauce
• 1 ¼ tsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp molasses, dark amber honey, or caramel sauce
• 4 thin-cut bone-in pork chops (about 6 ounces each), about ½ inch thick
• ½ cup Nuoc Cham Dipping Sauce (optional)