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Lamb Chops, Sautee a LA Lyonnaise

A lamb chop dish sautéed with onions in butter, seasoned with salt and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68,474 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Lamb Chops, Sautee a LA Lyonnaise

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare and sear

  1. Season the lamb chops with salt and pepper.

  2. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat.

  3. Add the lamb chops and cook until browned on both sides.

  4. Remove the chops and set aside.

Cook the onions and finish

  1. In the same skillet, add sliced onions and sauté until golden.

  2. Return the lamb chops to the skillet and cook for a few more minutes.

  3. Serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Lamb + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,165 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Butter + oniontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together42,912 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Lamb + oniontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,407 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Lamb + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Lamb chops
Provide the main meat; searing browns the surface for savoury flavour.
Butter
Conducts heat in the pan and adds richness and browning.
Onions
Soften and turn golden, adding sweetness and depth to the dish.

The step that matters

Browning the lamb chops. Browning depends on a dry surface and enough space in the pan. Crowded or wet chops steam instead of browning, and they miss the Maillard browning that gives savoury flavour.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, pepper, butter):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, pepper, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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