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Minted lamb chops

(10 Posts)
Gingster Sat 25-Apr-26 17:21:57

Yesterday I bought 4 minted lamb chops from our very good butcher.
I cooked them 3minutes each side in a hot pan. Rested for 10 minutes.
They were fatty and tough. Had to throw them away. £11 down the drain.

Unless I put them in my slow cooker I can never guarantee they are perfect.

How do you cook lamb chops?

62Granny Sat 25-Apr-26 17:35:50

I like them slow roasted in the oven with plenty of garlic ,and potatoes cut in wedges the Greek / Italian with more garlic and olive oil, sprinkled with oregano.

Greyduster Sat 25-Apr-26 18:37:39

I like them thick cut and slow roasted too so that the fat is rendered. DH hated lamb chops - in fact anything with a bone in it. He used to say when I’d finished eating lamb cutlets my plate looked like a cannibal’s tea party!

Patsy70 Sat 25-Apr-26 18:39:01

How disappointing Gingster. I hope you’ll mention this to your butcher. I must say that cooking in a slow cooker is virtually guaranteed.

valdali Sat 25-Apr-26 18:51:23

I cook them like the OP, if they're quite thick I sometimes stand them on the fatty rind in a very hot pan for 60seconds before turning down the heat - that makes sure the fat's rendered.
They've never been conspicuously tough. Pork chops, though, I can end up with them tough any day of the week.

Cossy Sat 25-Apr-26 19:00:34

I cook them in a very hot fry pan, with a little butter, turning frequently and not cooking for long.

How disappointing, we just love lamb of all kinds.

Cossy Sat 25-Apr-26 19:01:08

valdali

I cook them like the OP, if they're quite thick I sometimes stand them on the fatty rind in a very hot pan for 60seconds before turning down the heat - that makes sure the fat's rendered.
They've never been conspicuously tough. Pork chops, though, I can end up with them tough any day of the week.

I tend to cook pork chops in the over.

Cossy Sat 25-Apr-26 19:01:19

Grrr oven!

BlueBelle Sat 25-Apr-26 19:06:51

Poor lamb died for nothing

M0nica Sat 25-Apr-26 20:26:15

I think it depends how well cooked you like your meat. I was told that a lamb chop needed a very hot preheated grill or griddle, and keep turning them, a few minutes each side. The result is meant o be suculent lamb chops, pink in the middle.

I have never tried this method because I hate undercooked meat. I place them in an open dish on a bed of chopped courgettes/aubergines moistened with a bit of stock and put them in the slow cooker. I then finish the chops off under the grill before serving.