Simple Pork Chop Brine

This is the simplest pork chop brine! With only 3 ingredients (and one of them is water) you can make the most flavorful and juicy pork chops ever!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Brining 1

Total Time 1 10

Servings

Calories 145kcal

Equipment

Ziplock bags

Ingredients

¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup kosher salt
6 cups water cold

Instructions

Heat 2 cups of water until hot (I use a microwave.)
Stir together the brown sugar, salt and the hot water until the sugar and salt dissolve.
Add the 4 cups of cold water and stir.
Place the pork chops in a resealable bag and add the brine, making sure the pork chops are submerged.
Refrigerate for 1-4 hours.
Remove pork chops from brine, pat dry and use them in your favorite pork chop recipe.

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Notes

Note: the nutrition information is for using the ingredients in the brine in a recipe. I have no way of letting it know that the pork chops are just soaking in it. So, the sugar and salt readings are way off.

Variations:

Garlic Cloves - 3-5 garlic cloves, lightly smashed.
Bay Leaves - I sometimes add 4.
Whole Cloves - a few.
Black Peppercorns - about 3 tablespoons.
Juniper Berries - about a tablespoon, crushed with a knife.
Fennel Seed - about a tablespoon.

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