Char Siu Lamb Cutlets
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 8 minutes plus 30 minutes marinating time
Cooking time: 4-8 minutes
Serves: 4-6 people
- 12 lamb cutlets, trimmed
- 1/2 cup char siu sauce
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Step 1 - Mix the char siu sauce, oil, garlic, sugar, salt and pepper together in a bowl. Baste the lamb cutlets on both sides with this (get some sauce on the strip down the side but avoid the part of the bone that people can pick them up with) and sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Heat up the barbecue, grill or frypan and cook the lamb. For lamb cooked pink in the centre grill or pan fry for 2 minutes on each side. For well done lamb cutlets grill or pan fry for 5 minutes on one side, then 3 minutes on the other. Lamb cutlets cook very quickly so keep an eye out on them if you want them pink in the centre.