Thursday, November 12, 2009

Lamb chops

I love grilled lamb chops! LOVE!

I finally picked up the free-range lamb chops I had ordered from a vendor at the farmer's market. The first time they accidentally handed me chicken gizzards instead of lamb chops. I was quite sad when I got home and opened the package, believe me. Then each week when I returned to trade for my lamb chops they had run out. So I was very happy to finally get them in my hands!

I marinated the chops in oregano, thyme, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and red pepper all day while at work. When I got home I heated up the grill pan and liberally salted the chops. I grilled them while in another pan I sauteed zucchini and red peppers in the left over marinade. YUM! I served this with some greens, a few pomegranate seeds and a glass of spanish red wine.


These were the best lamb chops I have ever made. Perfectly salty, perfectly cooked. A little fatty but tender and delicious. Tasty treat!!!

I saved the bones for stock. Do you think I could combine them with chicken bones or should I wait until I have enough beef and lamb bones to make "ungulate" stock? :)

I hope you are all having a terrific week! My job has been sucking lately...sucking the life out of me! haha! Is it crazy that cooking is such a good outlet for me to escape the stresses of work? I am going on vacation next week though, can't wait!!! YAY!

It's almost Friday!!! Any exciting plans for the weekend?

3 comments:

  1. Ha ha, what did you do with the chicken gizzards? No big plans for the weekend except going home on Saturday. You?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hi Mark- isn't lamb delicious? I'm so happy to have a local free-range source. I was getting sick of buying it from whole foods/new zealand).

    Miss Carrie- I was going to give the gizzards to my pets but the vendor said to freeze them and return them the next week. I am hanging with the pets this weekend - so excited!!!!!!! :)

    ReplyDelete