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Boiled Mutton or Lamb Chops

A simple boiled meat dish using mutton or lamb chops simmered in salted water until tender.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Boiled Mutton or Lamb Chops

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the mutton or lamb chops in a pot.

  2. Cover with water and add coarse sea salt to taste.

  3. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until tender.

  4. 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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What each ingredient does

Mutton or lamb chops
Provides the meat that becomes tender and flavorful as it simmers gently in water.

The step that matters

Simmer until tender. Keeping the water at a gentle simmer rather than a hard boil lets collagen in the meat break down slowly, so the chops become tender without tightening and toughening the muscle fibres.

“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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