Rosemary Garlic Grilled Lamb Chops

I love marinating lamb chops and this herby one is a favourite alongside Greek Marinated Lamb Chops. Fire up the BBQ or cook this on your stove!

Grilled Lamb Chops

Lamb is unofficially and affectionately the national protein of Australia. Roast Lamb with Gravy and Crunchy Roast Potatoes is about as classic as you can get for Aussie Sunday gatherings. And when summer arrives, we fire up our barbies and on go the sausages and chops. 🙂 And while there is absolutely nothing wrong with simply seasoning the lamb with salt and pepper, isn’t it nice to make a little extra effort sometimes and do something different? Especially if you’re using a better value cut of lamb like Lamb Loin Chops. As opposed to Lamb Cutlets (I think they are called Lamb Rib Chops in the States) which are a prized cut that us Aussie pay top dollar for. So when I make grilled lamb chops, I like to marinade them to tenderise and infuse with flavour!

Lamb Chop Marinade

When using a good value cut of lamb chops/steak, marinating is extra fantastic because it tenderises the meat, infuses with flavour and the red wine vinegar I use in my marinade really compliments that rich lamb-y flavour as well as cutting through fat (good value lamb chops here in Australia tend to come with a decent amount of fat around the edges).

JUICY lamb chops!

Lamb and rosemary go together like tomato and basil. It just works. And of course, garlic goes with everything. So the flavour combination going on in this is very classic. You can see how juicy the lamb is in the photo above. I didn’t even make a jus with the remaining marinade, it is just how the lamb comes out. The marinade makes the lamb chops extra juicy, some of which seeps while the lamb is resting.

Hands up how many people grew up with the classic Meat-And-Three-Veg dinners? When I was growing up, it was about as far from that as you can be. In summer, we grilled Yakitori and Tsukune (Chicken Meatballs – so good!), seafood like Miso Marinated Salmon and Saikyo Miso Marinated Fish, and had ice cold soba with tempura. (PS Some of those recipes go through to my mother’s Japanese food blog) So for me, when I slept over at friends’ houses and was served up chops, mash and peas for dinner, it was an eye opener, a treat. My, isn’t it good that I’m now all grown up and I can make this for myself anytime? 😉 – Nagi x PS Though no peas. What food blogger doesn’t have peas in the freezer at all times?

Try these on the side for a summer grill out

Avocado Corn Salad Pasta Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes Israeli Couscous Salad Easy Soft Flatbread Juicy Greek Salad Macaroni Salad

And for something different, try a starter of Gozleme Turkish Stuffed Flatbreads – brilliant on the BBQ!

PPS This marinade works equally well with larger cuts of quick-cooking lamb, like butterflied leg or shoulder. I haven’t tried it myself for long slow roasts because I don’t think slow roasted lamb needs to be marinated, they get the benefit of the long cook time.