MOO YANG (THAI GRILLED PORK)

I can’t tell you how much I love this Moo Yang (Thai Grilled Pork). It is inspired by my childhood in Bangkok Thailand. My aunt, who was an awesome cook, used to give us the marinated pork chops and all we had to do was grill them. They were the best, but of course, just like other Thai aunts (moms or grandmas), they never measure or follow the recipes. They cook by heart and all the measurement is in their head and they taste and adjust it as they go. Before I started blogging, I was exactly the same way, if you asked me how much fish sauce I added to something, I’d tell you in dashes like oh 5 or 10 dashes. ha ha!

Inspired by my aunt’s “recipe”, I came up with my own marinade, which is the key to success of any Moo Yang. Oh and by the way, Yang in Thai means grill and Moo means pig or pork. Don’t ask me why it’s not cow or beef.

Back to the marinade. I start with grinding cilantro stems (even better with roots if you can find them) or coriander(cilantro) seeds, garlic and black pepper in a mortar. If you don’t have a mortar, you can grind it in a small food processor or small blender, which is probably so much easier, too.

Mix oyster sauce, salt, honey and Golden Mountain Seasoning sauce into a large bowl or ziplock bag. Add the garlic cilantro mixture and stir until combined.

Add the pork chops and let them marinated for at least 1 hour, or even better overnight. I like bone-in pork chops as they’re less likely to dry out on the grill.

Let’s cook some food!

Fire up the grill to medium heat and cook the pork for 6-8 minutes per side or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the pork reads 145ºF.

Let the meat rest for 5 minutes. Serve with Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Chili Sauce) and rice.

Enjoy! I really hope your give this Moo Yang (Thai Grilled Pork) recipe a try. You will love it! And please let me know how it goes, the comment box is below.

Enjoy! I really hope your give this Moo Yang (Thai Grilled Pork) recipe a try. You will love it! And please let me know how it goes, the comment box is below.

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MOO YANG (THAI GRILLED PORK)

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

20 mins

 

Author: Mink

Recipe type: Grilled Pork Chops

Cuisine: Thai

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 8 bone-in pork chops
• 4 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 6 tablespoons Golden Mountain Seasoning sauce
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 3-4 cilantro roots or stems (or 1 teaspoon of coriander seeds)

Instructions

1. Start with the marinade, grind cilantro stems (or roots) or coriander seeds, garlic and black pepper in a mortar, small food processor or blender.
2. Mix oyster sauce, salt, honey and Golden Mountain Seasoning sauce into a large bowl or ziplock bag. Add the garlic cilantro mixture and stir until combined.
3. Add the pork chops and let them marinated for at least 1 hour, or even better overnight.
4. Fire up the grill to medium heat and cook the pork for 6-8 minutes per side or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the pork reads 145ºF.
5. Let the meat rest for 5 minutes. Serve with Nam Jim Jaew (Thai Chili Sauce) and rice.

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