Pan-Seared, Oven-Roasted Thick-Cut Pork Chops with Spicy Citrus Pan Sauce

Name: Pan-Seared, Oven-Roasted Thick-Cut Pork Chops with Spicy Citrus Pan Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, dark brown sugar (lightly packed); 1/2 cup, kosher salt (or 1/4 cup table salt); 10 medium cloves, garlic, crushed; 4 , bay leaves, crumbled; 8 , whole cloves; 3 tablespoons, whole black peppercorns, crushed; 4 , bone-in rib loin pork chops (12-ounces each), 1 1/2-inches-thick; 2 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 1/2 cup, molasses; 1/4 cup, lime juice; 1 1/2 teaspoons, grated lime zest from 2 limes; 1 cup, orange juice from 2 large oranges; 2 medium cloves, garlic, chopped; 4 , chipotle chiles en adobo; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter (cold), cut into 2 pieces; , Salt and ground black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 1999

Today's pork chops are so lean it seemed all but impossible to produce cook up a tender, juicy chop. Could we do it?

SERVES 4

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 1 hour brining

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