Nowadays, a tray of nine lamb loin chops costs between $AUD25 and $AUD30. This is enough for three meals, and I often eat lamb chops for lunch.

Cooking lamb chops in an air fryer is certainly easy and doesn’t generate a big mess. Nevertheless, even with dry brining, the air fryer doesn’t always create a good crust on the surface of the meat.

I aim to create a crust and minimise mess with minimal effort.

Ingredients

• Lamb loin chops
• Salt

Equipment

• Refrigerator
• Frypan
• Frypan lid

Instructions

1. The day before you intend to cook the chops, season them with salt. Set them on a rack in the fridge, uncovered.
2. Place the chops in a frypan and turn on the heat. Reduce to moderate heat and allow the chops to cook in the frypan for six minutes.
3. Flip the chops, place a lid on the frypan, and let them cook for six minutes. There’s no need to shift the chops; they won’t stick.
4. Switch off the heat and take off the lid.
5. Transfer the chops to a dinner plate.
6. Serve the chops with some flaky salt.

Bonus

A advantage of this method is the leftover lamb fat that can be used for cooking scrambled eggs.

Lamb chops