Spiced lamb chops & herb salad recipe | Good Food

Spiced lamb chops & herb salad

4 lamb chops
1 ½ tsp ras el hanout
1 garlic clove
crushed
1 tbsp olive oil
zest and juice 0.5 lemon
small pack parsley
roughly chopped
0.5 small pack mint
leaves picked and roughly chopped
½ red onion
finely chopped
50g pomegranate seeds
2 heaped tbsp houmous
from a tub
warm toasted pitta bread
rubbed with a halved garlic clove, to serve

Method

step 1
Put the lamb chops in a large bowl. Add the ras el hanout, garlic, oil, most of the lemon juice and some seasoning. Toss everything together and set aside for at least 15 mins.
step 2
Combine the herbs, onion, pomegranate seeds and lemon zest in a bowl. Season and set aside. Heat a griddle or grill until very hot and cook the lamb chops for 3-4 mins each side, until cooked but still pink and juicy on the inside, then leave to rest for a few mins. Serve the chops with the salad, houmous and pitta, and squeeze over the remaining lemon juice.