Peppers and Onions with a Plancha on a Grill

Yum, we had pork loin chops on the grill tonight and I cooked up a batch of peppers and onions to go with them. I read in a magazine recently (Sunset maybe?) about cooking steaks on a plancha on a grill (a plancha is a heavy cast iron griddle) and as I was getting the coals ready I remembered we had a plancha stuck in a cupboard somewhere around here so I pulled it out and dusted it off.

Peppers, onions pork and the plancha – before and after

It’s so nice to cook outside and if I can cook more of the meal outside it’s even better. I let the plancha heat up over the coals, put a bit of oil on it and then dumped a whole pile of peppers and onions on top. They didn’t need any precise cooking time – just an occasional stir as the chops cooked and by the end they were soft and caramalized and smokey and delicious. Alongside the grilled pork and a scoop of white rice they were excellent. I’m already dreaming up what else I’ll cook on the plancha this spring and summer.