Southern Smothered LAMB CHOPS
I decided to make “SMOTHERED LAMB CHOPS” and I must say they are now in my TOP 10 favorite dinners!
Since I am on this healthy eating journey, I have cut out beef and pork from my diet… but I was craving smothered pork chops so bad 🥹 … so I decided to put a spin on that recipe by simply replacing the “pork” with “lamb”!
Instead of Pork or Beef based gravy, I made a lamb gravy from the oil and lamb juice produced from cooking the meat. I then added a “cream of chicken” to that gravy to give it a smooth creamy finish! I first seared and cooked the lamb chops on the stove, based with butter and fresh thyme, and removed from the stove. I cooked the gravy and the cream of chicken in a separate pot and then added it over top the lamb chops! That all then got put into the oven and cooked for 25 minutes to make sure the gravy really Marinated into the meat! THIS WAS THE RESULTS
If you are good at making gravy’s … or enjoy gravy meals… try a simple smothered lamb chop dinner over rice and I promise… the southern comfort with the gourmet exotic flavors is ONE of a kind!
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