Air fryer lamb chops are a delicious and mouth-watering dish that comes out tender and juicy. In less than 20 minutes of cooking time, you will have a stunning dish of lamb chops that are wonderfully flavored from the herb-based marinade.
Also try these spicy lamb chops for a delicious and quick meal.
There's no need to wait for a holiday to enjoy a fancy dinner. This Mediterranean inspired recipe uses olive oil, fresh herbs, garlic and lime.
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❤️ Why You'll Love It
- Let's start with quick and easy dinner idea.
- Makes a fancy homemade dinner to impress everyone.
- Perfect for parties as well!
Air fryers are very popular and with good reason. They sit on your countertop and quickly bake food by circulating hot air. Similar to a convection oven, it blows hot air around, but because of the small area, the air fryer is able to cook food much quicker than a normal size oven.
Lamb chops usually come from the loin, rib and sirloin and are naturally tender so using the quick air fryer cooking method works really well. The marinade penetrates the meat and adds an amazing flavor to every bite of the meat.
📝 Recipe Ingredients
📋 Ingredient Notes
- Use fresh rosemary and thyme, do not used dried.
🥣 Equipment
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- You will need an air fryer for this recipe, this Cuisinart air fryer is what I use. Any other air fryer will work you just need to check your manual for the settings.
🥄 Recipe Instructions
- Combine marinade ingredients in a small mixing bowl and mix well until salt dissolves.
- Pour garlic marinade over lamb and mix to coat well then marinate in a medium bowl or a ziplock bag in your fridge for 1 hour up to 8 hours.
- Place lamb chops on the air fryer, leaving little space between them, set temperature at 400F.
- Cook anywhere from 4-6 minutes each side depending on how you like your chops.
💡 Expert Tips
- The air fryer might smoke and this is normal especially if you are making them in batches. Refer to your owners manual if needed.
- For medium rare chops, cook for 4 minutes each side. For well done, go for 6 minutes per side.
🧺 Storage
Cooked leftover lamb chops can stay refrigerated for up to 3 days or for two months in the freezer. Thaw then reheat thoroughly.
⌛ Make Ahead
These chops can stay marinated for up to 24 hours, just make sure to leave the lime juice out until an hour or two before cooking.
🍽️ Serve With
These lamb chops can be served with a varieties of side dishes. Potato sides work great or you may try this oven roasted vegetables, air fryer garlic bread, turmeric rice or beans salad.
💬 Recipe FAQs
As lamb chops may vary in size, use a meat thermometer to check for doneness. The internal temperatures are as following:
Medium rare is 125° F
Medium is 135° F
Medium-well at 145° F
Well-done 150-155F°
Please note, cooking level of lamb chops is like any other meal a personal preference. It is advised though that lamb chops cooked past medium-well often brings out a more gamey taste and can make the meat less tender.
Taking lamb chops from the freezer to the air fryer is a great time saver. And definitely doable in an air fryer. However, you won't be able to use this amazing marinade which truly brings out even more awesome flavor. The marinade won't be able to penetrate the lamb chop if it is frozen. For best results, let the lamb chops defrost in your refrigerator before mixing with the marinade.
📣 More Air Fryer Recipes
- Air fryer garlic bread is an easy side dish fresh from your air fryer.
- Frozen burgers in air fryer is a very easy and convenient way to cook juicy burgers every time. A delicious weeknight meal year round the is ready in less than 15 minutes!
- Frozen chicken wings in the air fryer is as easy as it sounds, ready in less than 30 minutes. Serve with your favorite dip.
- Learn how to make frozen onion rings in air fryer so they are golden and crispy.
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Air Fryer Lamb Chops
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Salt, or to your liking
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic , about 3 large garlic cloves.
- 2 teaspoon fresh rosemary , minced.
- 2 teaspoon fresh thyme
- 2 teaspoon dry oregano
- 3 Tablespoon olive oil
- juice of one lime
- 1.5 pound lamb chops
Instructions
- Combine marinade ingredients in a bowl and mix well until salt dissolves.
- Pour over lamb and mix to coat well then marinate for 1 hour and up to 8 hours in your refrigerator.
- Take the chops out and let them come to room temperature.
- Place lamb chops on the air fryer, set temperature to 400°F.
- Cook anywhere from 4-6 minutes each side depending on how you like your chops.
- Rest chops for 4-5 minutes before cutting.
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Notes
- Use fresh rosemary and thyme, do not use dried.
- You can use either lime or lemon juice.
- I do not like using extra virgin olive oil in this recipe so I used a regular olive oil.
- You can add some cayenne pepper for extra heat.
- For medium rare chops, cook for 4 minutes each side. For well done, go for 6 minutes per side. The exact cooking time will vary according to the thickness of the lamb chops but for food safety, it is recommended that the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F.
- The air fryer might smoke and this is normal especially if you are making them in batches. Refer to your owner's manual if needed.
- To Store:
- Cooked leftover lamb chops can stay refrigerated for up to 3 days or for two months in the freezer. Thaw then reheat thoroughly.
- Make Ahead:
- These chops can stay marinated for up to 24 hours, just make sure to leave the lime juice out until an hour or two before cooking.
- Serve with:
- These lamb chops can be served with a varieties of side dishes such as oven roasted vegetables, air fryer garlic bread, turmeric rice or beans salad.
Neva
This was absolutely the best lamb I have EVER eaten.
Toni
I haven't tried this recipe yet, however Amira, I love all of your recipes.
Amira
Thanks Toni for the trust and I hope you will make it soon.