Nashville Grilled Hot Pepper Pork Plate
Nashville hot tradition reading pork loin steaks brined then grilled hard and brushed with a cayenne-paprika hot oil, plated with vinegar coleslaw and pickled cucumber over white bread for the Music City weeknight grill plate of deep red heat.
American
Categories
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
For 2 servings
Instructions
Prep
Pat both pork loin steaks dry. Shred cabbage finely and grate carrot. Slice pickles into 5mm rounds. Combine cabbage, carrot, 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, and 0.5 tsp sea salt; scrunch with hands 5 minutes until softened. Mix smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, 1 tsp sea salt, and black pepper for the rub.
Build
Rub each pork steak with 1 tbsp neutral oil and press spice rub into both faces, coating evenly.
Grill
Heat a large grill pan over high heat 4 minutes until smoking. Lay both pork steaks undisturbed 4 minutes per side until deep mahogany char forms and internal temp reads 145F (63C).
Rest
Lift pork to a board and rest 5 minutes. While resting, heat 90ml neutral oil in a small saucepan over medium until shimmering (2 minutes). Off heat, whisk in cayenne, brown sugar, remaining 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar, and remaining 0.5 tsp sea salt until combined.
Plate
Brush each pork steak generously with hot oil. Lay 2 slices white bread on each of 2 plates, set one pork steak over bread on each plate, pile slaw alongside, and fan pickle rounds across the slaw. Serve immediately.
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