Lamb Chops with Mint Sauce
Tasty lamb chops with mint sauce paired with potatoes is delicious
You just can’t go wrong when you serve savory Lamb Chop with Mint Sauce.
This tantalizing dish is a wonderful combination of tender meat and sweet minty flavor. While the flavor of lamb is often thought to be strong and overpowering, these chops weren’t anything like that.
Place the broiler on high. Sprinkle each chop with fresh ground kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper. Drizzle olive oil over them and gently rub in. Put the lamb chops (these were 1/4 pound each from Kroger, don’t you just love that place) on a broiling pan and place approximately 4 inches from the heat. Cook for 5 minutes, turn the chops and cook for another 5 minutes. The chops should reach an internal temperature of 160 degrees for medium well.
Take the chops out of the oven and set aside allowing the meat to rest while the mint sauce is prepared.
There are a vast number of recipes on how to make mint sauce from scratch. If you want something a bit quicker and easier, begin with mint jelly.
A meal of delectable lamb chops with mint sauce
Take 2 tablespoons mint jelly (I used Crosse & Blackwell Mint Flavored Apple Jelly) and place in a small saucepan on medium heat. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons butter and 2 large mint leaves, finely diced. Cook approximately 2 minutes or until the mixture has combined and come to a sauce-like texture. Additional butter can be added, if needed.
Drizzle the mint sauce over the lamb chops right before serving. Pair this with a side dish of mashed potatoes for a delicious meal. The mint sauce is so scrumptious you may find yourself drizzling some over the mashed potatoes as well.
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Serves: 3 servings
- 3 (1/4 pound) lamb chops
- fresh ground kosher salt (to taste)
- fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
- Olive oil (to taste)
- MINT SAUCE
- 2 Tablespoons mint jelly
- 1½ Tablespoons butter
- 2 Large mint leaves, finely minced
- Place the broiler on high. Sprinkle each chop with fresh ground kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper. Drizzle olive oil over them and gently rub in. Put the lamb chops on a broiling pan and place approximately 4 inches from the heat. Cook for 5 minutes, turn the chops and cook for another 5 minutes. The chops should reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees.
- Take the chops out of the oven and set aside allowing the meat to rest while the mint sauce is prepared.
- Mint Sauce
- Take 2 tablespoons mint jelly and place in a small saucepan on medium heat. Add 1½ tablespoons butter and 2 large mint leaves, finely diced. Cook approximately 2 minutes or until the mixture has combined and come to a sauce-like texture. Additional butter can be added, if needed.
- Drizzle the mint sauce over the lamb chops right before serving. Pair this with a side dish of mashed potatoes for a delicious meal. The mint sauce is so scrumptious you may find yourself drizzling some over the mashed potatoes as well.
I do love lamb chops. We grew up on them as they were very affordable. Sadly, lamb is now so expensive. Love the homemade mint sauce xx
Charlie, I agree lamb is so expensive now but oh so delicious.
I have only recently tried Lamb again. About 20 years ago, I worked next to a store that sold lamb very inexpensively and it was a good option for feeding my family. I would always simply prepare it as I would beef or pork. We didn’t mind the strong game-like flavor as we ate a lot of wild deer then anyway. As time has passed, I no longer am near that store, my husband and I divorced…. well, you know, life happened – we got away from eating any lamb. I was reintroduced when I went to the International Food Blogger Conference. Wow! Delicious! Learned the difference in Lamb and Mutton (flavor-wise) and I came home and found a local producer. What I have never tried is Lamb with a mint sauce. I might just have to try yours!! 🙂
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Wendi, lamb does have that strong game-like flavor but I found these not to be so bad. I wish lamb was a inexpensive as it once was. Never tried mutton. I hope you’ll try the mint sauce. It’s good and adds a bite to the lamb that just goes so well.