Tandoori-spiced Sous Vide Lamb Chops with Curried Slaw

Anova Culinary

This is an easy dish with lots of flavor (my favorite). By cooking the lamb chops sous vide, you’re able to get really tender meat- and by smothering them in tandoori paste, you get a boost of Indian flavors that takes this dish to a different place to your average lamb cutlet recipe. Finish the cutlets on the grill to get some smoky flavor and char on the outside — not to mention those grill marks that we all love. When cooked at 60C, the lamb chops are not medium-rare (they’re medium to medium-well depending on how long you finish them on the grill for). This is fitting with the Indian style of cooking lamb. If you would prefer them to be medium-rare, you can change the cooking temperature to 57C.

Author

Christina Wylie

Christina Wylie is an award-winning writer, author, editor, food stylist, recipe creator, entrepreneur and radio host whose work has been featured in The Times & The Sunday Times, Time Out (Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong and Dubai), Traveler’s Digest, Fah Thai Magazine, Broadsheet, Wining & Dining and many other internationally renowned publications. In 2013, after almost a decade of working as an international journalist, Christina founded the online lifestyle magazine The GAB Magazine, for which she now leads a team of 60 writers based all across Australia. She then founded Samui Life Magazine in 2016. After working as a recipe creator for Anova Culinary for over a year, she signed a cookbook contract with the American-based, international publishing company Quarto. Her cookbook, titled The Sous Vide Kitchen: Techniques, Ideas, and More Than 100 Recipes to Cook at Home, was published worldwide in 2017. She wrote, styled, and photographed everything that you see within that book. In 2017 she opened her first restaurant, Bootlegger, in Koh Samui, Thailand. She is currently in the initial stages of launching Bootlegger 2 in Phuket in 2018, and is looking to open Bootlegger 3 in Bangkok in 2019. She is currently working towards stepping into the world of food and travel presenting. As an entrepreneur herself, Christina co-founded the charity initiative Project Gen Z in 2015 to teach orphaned Cambodian children entrepreneurial skills. A British expat born and raised in Hong Kong, Christina has worked across the globe, and has lived in Thailand, London, Hong Kong, Australia and South Africa over the years.

Prep Time: 00:10

Recipe Time: 03:00

Temperature : 140F / 60C

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Set the Anova Sous Vide Precision Cooker to 140ºF (60ºC).
  2. Rub lamb chops with tandoori paste. Place in a large zipper lock or vacuum seal bag. Seal the bag using the water immersion technique or a vacuum sealer on the moist setting.
  3. Place the bag in the water bath and set the timer for 3 hours.
  4. About 10 minutes before the lamb is finished, prepare the coleslaw: Combine coleslaw mix, mayonnaise, curry powder, and lemon juice in a medium bowl. Season to taste with salt.
  5. Heat a grill or grill pan to high. Brush with oil.

Finishing Steps

  1. When the timer goes off, remove the bag from the water bath. Remove the lamb from the bag and discard any cooking liquid.
  2. Grill the lamb over high heat until well-browned, about 30 seconds per side. Transfer to a serving plate and let rest for 5 minutes.
  3. Garnish coleslaw with chili powder and lamb with cilantro. Serve.