Serves: 6
Total Calories: 466

2 medium oranges
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon dijon style mustard
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
2 tablespoons vinegar
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup acini de pepe
4 thinly sliced green onions
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
6 cut 1 1/4 inch thick pork chops
1/3 cup snipped dried apricot
1 cup chicken broth
apricot preserves

Peel and section the oranges over a bowl reserving any juices coarsely chop the orange sections. In a small saucepan blend honey and Dijon-style mustard. Stir in orange marmalade and vinegar. Heat and stir mixture till the marmalade melts. Remove from heat set saucepan aside.

For stuffing: In a saucepan bring chicken broth to boiling add acini de pepe, sliced green onion, and ground ginger. Reduce heat simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or till acini de pepe is tender. Remove from heat. Fold in orange sections, 2 tablespoons reserved juice, 2 tablespoons of the honey mixture, and celery.

Cut a pocket in each pork chop by cutting from the fat side almost to the bone. Spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons stuffing into each chop. Fasten pockets with a wooden pick. Spoon remaining stuffing onto a large sheet of double thickness foil and fold up into a pouch. Set pouch aside.

*In a covered grill arrange preheated coals around a drip pan. Test for medium heat above the pan. Place stuffed pork chops on the grill rack over the drip pan but not over the coals. Lower the grill hood and grill the chops for 15 minutes. Turn chops and brush with some of the honey mixture.

Place the foil packet of stuffing on grill next to chops. Cover and grill 15 to 20 minutes more or till the chops are done. Brush both sides of chops with remaining honey mixture before serving. Serve chops with extra stuffing.

Honey-Apricot Pork Chops:
Prepare Honey-Orange Pork Chops as directed above except prepare the stuffing using 1/3 c. snipped dried apricots instead of the fresh oranges. Increase the chicken broth to 1 c.. For glaze, use apricot preserves in place of the orange marmalade. Stuff and grill pork chops as directed.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 6
Total Calories: 466
Calories from Fat: 106

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