Pork Chop Brine Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons coarse salt
• 3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon peppercorns
• 8 fresh thyme sprigs
• ½ peeled roughly chopped yellow onion
• 4 smashed garlic cloves
• 2 cups water
• 3 cups ice

Instructions

• 1 Add the salt, sugar, pepper, thyme, garlic, onion, and water to a medium-sized
  sauce pot.
• 2 Place the pot over high heat, bring it to a boil, and cook until the salt and
  sugar are completely dissolved.
• 3 Stir in the ice until it is melted.
• 4 Transfer the brine to a container and chill until it is ready to be used. Brine
  pork chops in submerged in the mixture for 12 to 48 hours. Be sure to rinse the
  pork chops after removing them from the brine and before cooking them.

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