Chipotle Honey-Glazed Lamb Chops

Name: Chipotle Honey-Glazed Lamb Chops
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 or 4 dried or canned chipotle chilies; 3 Tbsps honey; 8 lamb rib chops (each about 3/4 in. thick; 2 lb. total); 4 servings Lime wedges; 4 servings Salt and pepper

Chipotle Honey-Glazed Lamb Chops requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 432 calories, 45g of protein, and 21g of fat. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up salt and pepper, lime wedges, lamb rib chops, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lime wedges you could follow this main course with the Frozen Key Lime Pie as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

If chilies are dried, soak in about 1 cup hot water until soft, about 15 minutes. Wearing rubber gloves, remove chili stems and, for minimum heat, discard seeds and veins. Finely chop chilies and mix with honey.

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Chili Pepper

Honey

Seeds

Water

Trim excess fat off lamb.

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Lamb

Lay chops on a grill over a solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 to 3 seconds); close lid on gas grill. Cook chops until lightly browned on each side and still pink in the center (cut to test), turning once, 5 to 6 minutes total.

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Grill

Brush tops of chops with honey mixture, turn over, and cook until glazed sides darken slightly, about 30 seconds (watch closely; honey glaze burns easily).

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Glaze