Delicious Lamb Chops
August 20, 2008
Continuing my trend of cooking entries with no pictures; I has to tell you about how freaking easy it is to make delicious lamb chops. Seriously, its almost a no-brainer to make these fantastic chops in about 15 ~ 20 minutes.
Method - The Chops
Coat the chops, each one, in about a teaspoon each of salt and garlic powder. Place them into a pre-heated pan over a medium-high heat and listen for delicious crackling from the fat. If you don't hear it, remove you chops and raise the heat. You're goal is to sear in the delicious juiciness of the chops, so high heat is necessary. You're going to want to sear these delicious puppies for about five minutes on each side. When you flip them, you should see delicious dark brown crust. When searing them, be sure not to move them or to press them down. Both of these are novice manuevers which cause you juices to escape from your meat.
After you've got a delicious brown crust (you're not *coating* them in the crust, you just need to see a good bit of it) on both sides, add in some water and some white wine. Cover the chops about a quarter way, and then put a lid on it. Keep it going about another 5 minutes or until you can start to see the bottom of your pan (directly!) through the liquid. Once this has occurred; remove your chops and its time to start making some gravy. OM NOM!
Method - The Gravy
This is straight forward, but might be new to some. You've got some delicious reduction in your pan, but no idea what to do with it? Never fear! I is here! First, add some water (or chicken stock if you've got it!) to start melting away your delicious. Maybe a quarter of the way covered in the pan, let that reduce until you can see the pan some and then add enough to cover the bottom of the pan. Take some flour in your hand and start *slowly* *agonizingly slowly* squeezing your hand and spraying it lightly into the mix, all while stirring continuously. You'll know once you've achieved the right consistency because it will stick just right to your spatula. Feel free to reduce and add white wine many more times as it will enhance the flavor (IMHO).
Method - End Game
Plate your chops and pour your delicious white-wine gravy over them. Proceed to insert fork, draw knife back and forth and bite into these fantastically simple but absolutely delicious lamb chops.
Om.
Nom.
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