What's Cooking: A mint, lamb dish made for warm weather cooking
Americans don't tend to think of mint as a savory seasoning.
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After all, it does go so nicely with chocolate.
In the rest of the world, however, it frequently appears on the dinner table. One reason is that its sweet-peppery freshness and deliciously pungent aroma does such a nice job of cutting through heavy and fatty foods, such as roasted meats. That's why you'll often see mint paired with roasted lamb.
But summer is here and nobody wants to crank up the oven to roast anything. So I came up with this simple, weeknight-friendly recipe for lamb chops that get topped with a tzatziki-like yogurt sauce flavored with fresh mint, lemon juice, garlic and shallot.
Best yet, though the recipe calls for stovetop cooking, these chops could just as easily be tossed on the grill. If so, aim for about 3 minutes per side.
LAMB CHOPS WITH MINT-YOGURT SAUCE
Start to finish: 25 minut
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