Pan-Grilled Lamb Chops

My husband and I had lamb for the first time about a year ago.  We absolutely loved it.  Since then, we've checked every meat market and grocery store in town, and none of them sell lamb in any way, shape or form.

Then, behold, at Walmart the other evening, we were picking up some ground meat to make some burgers, and next to the beef, there were lamb shoulders!  On sale!  So I picked up a couple for us and then quested to find a recipe.  I found the following recipe on the Food Network website, and have modified it a little to fit our taste and supplies on hand.

First, the ingredients:

Lemon juice, mustard, rosemary, garlic, salt, EVOO, pepper, and lamb chops

To make the marinade, whisk the lemon juice, mustard, rosemary, garlic, and salt together in a medium bowl.

Gradually add the oil and pepper.

Put the lamb chops in the mixture.  Cover.  Place in fridge.  Marinade for several hours.

Remove the chops from the marinade.  Lightly scrape off the excess marinade.

Preheat your grill pan/skillet/heat-producing-utensil.

Place chops on grill.  Cook approximately 10 minutes on each side.

When they are cooked to your liking (ours were a little on the rare side), plate and enjoy!

(I need to work on my plating!)

Recipe:

.5 cup lemon juice

2 tablespoons mustard (we used spicy honey mustard)

1 tablespoon rosemary

3 cloves garlic

1 teaspoon salt

.5 cup extra virgin olive oil

black pepper to taste

4 8-12 oz lamb shoulder chops

1)  To make the marinade:  whisk the lemon juice, mustard, rosemary, garlic, and salt together in a medium bowl.  Gradually whisk in the oil and season with pepper.

2)  Put the lamb chops in the bowl, covering them in the marinade.  Cover.  Marinate at room temperature for 1 hour or in the fridge for at least 4, but no more than 12.  (Ours marinated for about 6 hours.)

3)  Remove the chops from the bowl and place on a plate.  Discard the marinade.  Using a spoon, lightly scrape off the remaining marinade and pat the chops dry.

4)  Preheat your grilling surface.  Cook the chops over medium heat for 7-9 minutes on each side.  (Or longer, per your desired doneness.)

We really enjoyed this recipe.  I think it could have stood to marinate a little longer, but we were hungry people and didn't want to wait.


Taste: 3.5
Difficulty: 2.5
Good-for-you-factor: 3.5
Fullness-factor: 4.5
Overall: 3.5

Be sure to check back tomorrow when I review another Lean Cuisine for lunch and make something new and fantastic for dinner!