Grilled Veal Chops with Raw Sauce

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Summer Soiree

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (11)

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Cook Time:
18 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 18 min
Total:: 33 min

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Ingredients

4 vine ripe tomatoes, cut into 8 wedges, each wedge cut in 1/2
1/2 cup, 10 leaves, fresh basil leaves, torn
1 handful flat leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
4 bone-in rib veal chops about 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick
1 pound fresh spinach, trimmed of thick stems and washed
1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives, roughly chopped

Directions

In a bowl combine the tomatoes, basil, parsley, red onion, salt, pepper, balsamic vinegar and about 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil. Allow the tomatoes to sit for 10 minutes so that the salt will leach out the juice of the tomatoes.

Heat a grill pan or outdoor grill to medium high-high heat. Drizzle 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it, on a plate. Place chops on plate and turn in extra-virgin olive oil using tongs and season both sides liberally with salt and pepper. Once the grill pan or grill is screaming hot, add the chops and cook on the first side for 5 minutes. Resist the temptation to move the chops around, you want nice grill markings and a good crust on them. Before flipping the chops, reduce the heat to medium or move chops a little off to the side on an outdoor grill for more indirect heat. Flip and cook them on the second side for 7 to 8 minutes, remove the chops and let them rest covered with a tented piece of aluminum foil for about 5 minutes.

Once the chops are cooked and rested, add the spinach and olives to the tomatoes and toss to coat. Serve the salad on or alongside the chops and spoon out some of the tomato balsamic juice from the bottom of the salad bowl to top each chop.

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recipe Grilled Veal Chops with Raw Sauce
Edana Pinellas Park, FL 08-02-2007
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Fabulous
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was one of the tastiest and easy recipes to make. I have not stopped sharing the recipe (giving Rachael credit). I use... the Raw Sauce for other recipes as well to. It is a very fragrent and delicious meal!Read more
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Riley Baton Rouge, LA 07-24-2007
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Not a Keeper
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I couldn't find veal chops, so I settled for pork. They came out superb, but anybody can throw some salt and pepper on a... pork chop and grill it, right? I was not a fan of the raw sauce (I'm not a very adventurous salad-eater; caesar is about as fancy as I care to get). Not a very memorable meal - count it as a rare miss for the Rach.Read more
recipe Grilled Veal Chops with Raw Sauce
David Springfield, OH 07-20-2007
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Used pork instead of veal
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Perhaps this isn't fair, since I couldn't quickly locate veal at one of the local grocery stores, but I used pork. The chops... came out fine, but the raw sauce didn't really do it for us. Not bad, just not really good.Read more
recipe Grilled Veal Chops with Raw Sauce
Beth Shrewsbury, MA 07-16-2007
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What a nice surprise!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I just love veal chops and this was a delicious and easy way to prepare them. (I didn't care for the olives in the raw sauce... though, and will just omit them next time - for me, the olives seem to detract from the delicious veal) otherwise the chops and sauce were superb just as written. Be sure to use thick chops and ripe, fresh tomatoes for best results. I used Campari tomatoes and they were perfect for this. I also made the grilled potato salad to go with it -- very good and a nice change.Read more
recipe Grilled Veal Chops with Raw Sauce
Jaclyn Littleton, CO 07-11-2007
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WOW- 4 stars with fish, 5 with veal
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This was just so incredibly simple, and it had such intense flavor!!!!! Not to mention the fact that it's both light and... fresh- just so perfect for a summer meal! And let me just tell you... you've never seen anything so gorgeous. I did the raw sauce with fish- I'm positive it would be way better with veal chops but those chops are pretty expensive for just an everyday meal. So Here's my review: 4 stars with fish, five stars with veal chops.Read more
recipe Grilled Veal Chops with Raw Sauce
Jennifer Great Neck, NY 07-11-2007
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perfect
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Most delicious and well balanced dish. My husband could not stop eating it. Just right for a summer eve.