Sous Vide Lamb Chops Recipe [With Rosemary Garlic]

These Rosemary Garlic Sous Vide Lamb Chops Recipe is tender, juicy, and bursting with flavor! You can cook better lamb than a restaurant thanks to the sous vide technique.

The lamb loin chops are precisely and evenly cooked to the temperature and doneness level you specify! For a stunning meal, serve with a side of salad or vegetables.

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WHAT IS SOUS VIDE?

Sous vide is essentially a method of cooking that employs an immersion circulator.

This immersion circulator circulates water in a temperature-controlled water bath at a specific temperature to ensure that your food is perfectly cooked every time.

WHY SOUS VIDE LAMB CHOPS?

• Lamb chops are typically bone-in, lean, and flavorful meat. They cook quickly and are easily overcooked. Sous vide cooking allows you to precisely set the temperature, avoiding the risk of overcooking.

• When using traditional methods, the outside of the lamb is frequently overcooked and chewy while the center of the meat remains raw. The sous vide method cooks the chops evenly all the way through, resulting in juicer, more tender meat with an even doneness edge to edge.

• You can walk away while it cooks because it eliminates short windows of time for perfect doneness, making it low-stress cooking.

INGREDIENTS YOU’LL NEED

• Lamb chops are typically bone-in meat chops. Instead of loin chops, you can use lamb steaks, forequarter chops, rib chops, or cutlets.

• Olive Oil: For this recipe, use regular olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil should be avoided because it has a lower smoke point.

• Garlic: For the best results, use fresh garlic.

• Rosemary: It gives the lamb seasoning a smoky, flavorful boost. I used fresh rosemary, but dried rosemary can also be used.

• Lemon Juice: It tenderizes the meat and adds a wonderful flavor.

• I used regular salt, but coarse salt or sea salt can also be used.

• Pepper: The best pepper is freshly ground black pepper.

HOW TO MAKE SOUS VIDE LAMB CHOPS

1. Whisk together garlic, rosemary, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and black pepper in a medium mixing bowl.

2. Rub the mixture into the lamb chops and place them in a zip-top bag.

3. The water displacement method is used to seal the bag: seal all but one corner of the bag and slowly place it in the water bath. Make certain that everything below the zip-line is submerged in water. Then, seal the remainder of the bag.

4. Place the bag in the sous vide water bath and cook at 135°F (57°C) for 2 hours.

5. Remove the bag from the water and place it in the refrigerator once the lamb chops are done. Allow it to cool for about 10 minutes.

6. Pat the lamb dry completely. Grill or sear for about 2 minutes per side, or until the outside is caramelized.

IMPORTANT TIPS

• For the best flavor, season generously before sous vide cooking.

• Buy thick lamb chops: Thicker chops are preferable. Ideally, you should buy lamb chops that are at least an inch thick, as thicker chops produce more juice.

• Cool the chops before searing: After cooking the chops in the sous vide machine, place them in the refrigerator for 10 minutes before searing.

• Pat the meat dry before searing: Use paper towels to remove any excess moisture from the surface of the meat, as this prevents proper searing.

• Cook to medium-rare to medium: For the most tender texture, cook it to medium-rare or medium. Cook your lamb no more than medium.

TEMPERATURE AND DONENESS

Set the temperature to 131°F for medium-rare or 135°F for medium. Cooking the lamb to medium doneness yields a very tender and juicy result.

If you want to experiment with other doneness, the guidelines are as follows:

Sous Vide Lamb Temperature	Doneness
115°F to 124°F	Rare
125°F to 134°F	Medium-rare
135°F to 144°F	Medium
145°F to 154°F	Medium-well
155°F	Well-done and above

While a vacuum sealer is the best way to vacuum seal the food, they are quite pricey and can be messy when using liquid marinade.

I find that high-quality Zip-lock Bags are ideal for sealing food, whether wet or dry. The “water displacement method” is used to force all of the air out of the bag by using the pressure from the water.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO SOUS VIDE LAMB CHOPS?

Lamb, like the central steak cut, does not require a long cooking time. It varies slightly depending on how thick your lamb chops are.

It takes about an hour to cook 1-inch thick lamb chops, and it takes about 2 hours to cook thicker ones. It is acceptable to leave the lamb in the water bath for an additional 1 or 2 hours.

SEAL THE BAG WITHOUT A VACUUM SEALER

Simply place your food in the bag, seasonings or marinades included, and seal all but one corner of the bag.

Slowly lower it into the water bath, making sure that everything below the zip-line is submerged. Then, seal the remainder of the bag.

EXPERT TIPS

• Lamb chops should be at least one inch thick, preferably one and a half to two inches thick.
• After removing the bag from the water bath, place it in an ice bath to cool the meat so it doesn’t overcook when searing.
• Before searing, pat the meat dry; it will get a better crust if there is less moisture on the outside.
• Instead of pan searing, lamb can be grilled over high heat. To get the crust, grill for about 1 minute per side.
• When making the chimichurri, it’s critical to use fresh herbs.
• You want the chimichurri to be a little chunky, so don’t over-process the herbs.

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