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To Fry Lamb Chops

Fried lamb chops with a ketchup and water gravy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Lamb and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,165 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

To Fry Lamb Chops

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut lamb chops from the loin.

  2. In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat.

  3. Season lamb chops with salt and pepper.

Cook and serve

  1. Fry the lamb chops until browned on both sides.

  2. Add water and ketchup to the pan, stirring to combine.

  3. Serve with gravy made in the pan.

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Butter + ketchuptop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,784 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Pepper + ketchuptop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,207 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Lamb chops
Provide the meat that is browned and served as the main dish.
Butter
Adds fat for frying and helps the chops brown in the skillet.
Ketchup
Adds sweetness and acidity to the pan liquid that forms the gravy.

The step that matters

Fry the lamb chops until browned on both sides. Browning happens at the surface through the Maillard reaction, which needs dry, hot surfaces and enough space in the pan. Crowding the chops or not letting them sit long enough leads to steaming and pale, less flavorful meat.

“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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