Slow Cooker Lamb Chops And Vegetables

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 lamb chops, forequarter (or other cheap cut)
• 1/3 cup plain flour
• salt & pepper, for seasoning
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 onions, roughly chopped
• 6 slices bacon, cut into pieces
• 2 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 stick celery, sliced (optional)
• 250 g mushrooms, cut in chunks
• 250 g green beans, roughly chopped
• 3 -4 cups of chopped root vegetables (carrot, pumpkin, parsnip, turnip, sweet potato etc)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 (40 g) packet french onion soup mix

Recipe

• 1 put flour on a plate, season with pepper (and salt if you wish). coat chops in flour, shake off excess and reserve flour for later use.
• 2 add oil to large heavy pan or wok and brown the chops in batches to seal them and place them in the bottom of the slow cooker/crock pot.
• 3 sauté bacon pieces, garlic and celery for 5 minutes over high heat then reduce heat to medium high, add the mushrooms and onions and sauté for for another 5 minutes or so.
• 4 add the rest of the vegetables and cook, stirring occasionally, for another 10 minutes or so and then add to the slow cooker on top of the chops.
• 5 melt the butter in the same pan and add the reserved flour. cook over fairly high heat, stirring occasionally until dark brown.
• 6 pour in the stock and worcestershire sauce and stir until mixture boils.
• 7 add packet of french onion soup, mix in and then pour the mixture over the ingredients in the slow cooker.
• 8 cook for 7 hours or more and serve over mashed potatoes.