Lamb Chops With Apricot Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 center-cut lamb chops
• salt
• pepper
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 cup apricot jam, strained
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 mist a baking dish with cooking spray.
• 3 season lamb chops with salt and pepper.
• 4 warm oil in a lare skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking.
• 5 add chops and cook until nicely browned, about 3 minutes per side.
• 6 transfer chops to prepared baking dish and cook through in oven, 10 to 20 minutes, depending on how thick the chops are.
• 7 pour off fat from skillet and add chicken broth.
• 8 bring to a boil over high heat, stirring with a wooden spoon or heatproof spatula to pick up any browned bits on bottom of skillet.
• 9 boil rapidly until liquid is reduced by half, 3 to 5 minutes.
• 10 add apricot jam and bring mixture back to a boil.
• 11 cook sauce, stirring, until thick and syrupy, about 2 minutes.
• 12 stir in mustard.
• 13 lower heat on stove to medium and returned cooked lamb chops to skillet along with any accumulated juices in baking dish.
• 14 turn lamb chops several times in sauce to coat.
• 15 spoon remaining sauce over chops and serve hot.