Braised Lamb Chops French Onion Style

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 lamb chops
• 3 carrots, chopped in half inch circles
• 1 large onion, chopped in chunks
• 1 liter french onion soup, in powder form (we won't be making 1l of soup, just the entire sachet with 2 cups of water, i needed to state a size)
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 (420 g) can diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 salt and pepper the lamb chops and brown in butter in a large frying pan.
• 2 remove chops from pan and cook the onion in the lamb drippings for 5minutes, add the carrot chunks.
• 3 mix the french onion soup powder with the cups of boiling water and add to the onion and carrots in the frying pan, simmer for 10minutes.
• 4 while the soup mixture is simmering, in a bowl put the diced tomatoes, garlic, and soy sauce, mix well.
• 5 add the tomato mixture to the frying pan and combine well.
• 6 once combined, re-add the lamb chops to the pan, coat well with the mixture and bring to the boil - when boiling, lower to a simmer and cover.
• 7 simmer covered for an hour and a half to 2 hours or til fork-tender.
• 8 serve over mashed potatoes :-).