Grilled Maple Chipotle Pork Chops

1/2 cup barbecue sauce (I'm a sucker for Maulls Sweet & Smoky)
1/2 cup maple syrup
2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, seeded and minced (you can find this in the "Latin Foods" section of your grocery store)
1 tsp adobo sauce from can
6 (1 1/4 inch thick) bone in pork loin chops
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

* Whisk together first 4 ingredients and set aside
* Sprinkle pork chops evenly with salt and pepper
* Grill, covered with grill lid, over medium-high heat (350-400) 20 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155 degrees, turning once. Baste with half of sauce mixture the last 5 minutes of cooking or when meat thermometer registers 145 degrees. Let pork stand until thermometer registers 160 degrees.
* Plate pork chops and drizzle evenly with remaining barbecue sauce mixture

Yield: 6 servings

Goes great over Smoked Gouda Grits and with Sweet Potato Biscuits, or with Green Bean Alfredo with Cheese Ravioli.

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