Broiled Lamb Chops with Braised Root Vegetables and Colcannon - Creamy Kale and Potatoes

Name: Broiled Lamb Chops with Braised Root Vegetables and Colcannon - Creamy Kale and Potatoes
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 454 grams packaged baby carrots; 4 servings Prepared, store bought Irish soda bread or brown bread, warmed, for passing at table; 2 Tbsps butter; 4 servings Coarse salt, for boiling water; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg, fresh or grated; 1 teaspoon ground thyme; 1 head dark curly kale, chopped; 8 loin lamb chops; 1 onion, diced; 1 handful A of fresh parsley, chopped; 4 to large all-purpose potatoes, such as Russet, peeled and cut into chunks; 1 rutabaga, peeled and diced; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 scallions, sliced; 4 servings Sweet butter, softened, for the bread; 473 milliliters chicken or vegetable stock; 177 milliliters whole milk, eyeball it

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Broiled Lamb Chops with Braised Root Vegetables and Colcannon - Creamy Kale and Potatoes a try. This recipe covers 59% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 50g of protein, 79g of fat, and a total of 1182 calories. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up an of parsley, brown bread, loin lamb chops, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 40 minutes. This recipe is typical of European cuisine.

Instructions

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Heat a skillet with a cover over medium to medium high heat.

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Frying Pan

Add butter, carrots, rutabaga and onion. Cook veggies 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

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Rutabaga

Carrot

Butter

Onion

Add broth or stock, bring to a simmer, and reduce heat and cover. Cook vegetables 15 minutes or until fork tender.

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Vegetable

Stock

Remove from heat and set aside.

Preheat broiler to high for lamb.

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Lamb

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Broiler

Boil potatoes for 15 minutes in salted water.

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Potato

Water

Drain potatoes and return them to the hot pot and mash.

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Potato

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Pot

Heat stock or broth to a simmer. Chop kale tops, discarding tough stems.

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Stock

Kale

Add kale to broth and cover. Simmer 10 to 12 minutes.

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Broth

Kale

Place chops about 6 to 8 inches from broiler and cook 5 minutes on each side.

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Broiler

Remove from broiler and season chops with salt and pepper on both sides.

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Salt And Pepper

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Broiler

Let chops rest 3 to 5 minutes.

In a large skillet over moderate heat melt butter and add milk. Season with nutmeg and thyme and add scallions to the pan.

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Green Onions

Butter

Nutmeg

Thyme

Milk

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Frying Pan

Remove kale from cooking liquid to the milk and butter mixture using a slotted spoon. Stir in 1/2 cup of cooking liquid.

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Butter

Kale

Milk

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Slotted Spoon

Add mashed potatoes to milk and kale and stir until combined and creamy, 1 or 2 minutes. Stir in parsley and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Potato

Parsley

Kale

Milk

Serve the chops along with vegetable colcannon. Warm up store-bought Irish soda bread or brown bread with soft, unsweetened butter. The bread makes a nice starter, side or ending to this meal.

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Vegetable

Butter

Bread