Sweet Tea brined Pork Chops and Corn on the Cob
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So Cal Smoker
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Love the char on that chop. What did you cook it on and how?
TentHunter
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Oooh, tell me more about brining in sweet tea. I've never heard of that and now I'm intrigued!
Got a recipe to share?
Got a recipe to share?
SoDakSmokerGolfer
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I am interested as well about the brine as well... I have seen sweet tea brined chicken offered at one seafood joint near me but have passed on it cuz well you go there for crab not chicken ;-)
NorCal Smoker
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Looks great! Thanks for sharing.
The brine was Sweet Tea with various pickling spices (mustard, red pepper, black peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaf, etc.). No Salt in the brine. I let it rest for 36 hours, then rubbed it with Trader Joe's coffee rub and ancho chili powder, equal parts.
I cooked it on a Traeger Lil Tex at 225 degrees. It cooked faster than I expected. Here is the cooking graph.
Even though the graph shows it hitting 140, my Thermaprobe actually had it at 146 by the time I was ready to serve. I pulled the probe, wrapped them in foil and let them go until ready.