RECIPES

Spiced Lamb Chops with Vinegary Peppers

To celebrate the expansion of our olive oils and launch of our Peruvian Spice Salt Blend in Whole Foods Market nationwide, we’re partnering up with friend and recipe developer Becca Jacobs to bring you a savory, rich recipe that showcases the versatility of these wonderful, flavorful ingredients!

iNGREDIENTS

Lamb

SIMPLi Peruvian Spice Salt Blend

SIMPLi Olive Oil Blend

Lamb rib chops, sliced into individual chops

Red wine vinegar

Sweet peppers

Fresno peppers, thinly sliced

Garlic cloves, thinly sliced

to taste

2 tbsp

2 lbs

⅓ cup

12 oz.

2

3

Yogurt Sauce

SIMPLi Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Full-fat Greek yogurt

Cilantro, minced

Diamond crystal kosher salt

2 tbsp

2 cups

½ cup

¼ tsp

iNSTRUCTIONS

Season lamb chops generously with SIMPLi Peruvian Spice Salt Blend on all sides and let them come to room temperature for about 30 minutes.
While the lamb comes to temperature, make the yogurt sauce by combining all the sauce ingredients in a medium bowl.
Heat a skillet over medium-high heat with enough SIMPLi Olive Oil Blend to coat the bottom of the pan. Sear the lamb chops in batches, cooking for 4 minutes on the first side and 3 minutes on the second or until an internal temperature of 145 F has been reached.
Reduce heat to medium and deglaze the skillet with the red wine vinegar, scraping up any browned bits that have formed on the bottom. Add the peppers and garlic to the pan. Sauté until the peppers are soft and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
To serve, swoosh the yogurt sauce on a platter with the back of a spoon, place the lamb chops on top, all facing the same direction, spoon the sauteed peppers over the lamb, and finish with a drizzle of SIMPLi Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

This recipe is full of bold flavors that layer on each other to make for a magical meal. The lamb chops are coated in the SIMPLi Peruvian Spice Salt Blend, which has a perfect balance of pepper, cumin, garlic, and salt (all flavors go really well on a seared lamb!). Then, the pan with the leftover SIMPLi Olive Oil Blend and rendered lamb fat gets deglazed with red wine vinegar, a delicious contrast to the fatty flavors that have built up. Sweet and spicy peppers and thinly sliced garlic are added to the pan, creating the perfect topping for the spiced lamb. Everything goes on top of a refreshing and effortless cilantro yogurt sauce. The lamb chops act as the ideal serving vehicle, scooping a little yogurt sauce, looping on the vinegary peppers, all the flavors making their way to your mouth for the perfect bite.

Find a Whole Foods Market near you and stock up on SIMPLi ingredients to recreate this fantastic restaurant-worthy recipe!

A bit about Becca

Becca Jacobs is a Washington D.C.-based content creator, food blogger and recipe developer. Her goal is to create recipes that are as easy as they are beautiful. Being self-taught, she is always developing recipes with the home cook in mind. She is a lover of all foods but has a special fondness for anything that involves a potato. You can find her cooking on Instagram and TikTok - @cookingbybecca.