For any healthy bbq lamb recipes my suggestion is always to start with a barbecue marinade to add flavour and tenderise the meat at the same time. It’s a lot lighter on the calories than sauce and imparts just as much flavour.
This particular marinade is fresh from the Mediterranean Greek islands and as with a lot of Greek food it’s rich in olive oil, lemon juice and oregano. Great flavours and really easy to prepare, just mix up and away we go.
I plumped for chops in this menu idea but it great as a kebab too, just chop up some steaks, marinate as instructed and thread onto skewers.
Ingredients:-
1 Kg or 2 lbs lamb chops
75ml or ⅓ cup olive oil
1 teaspoon oregano
Juice of one lemon
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 lemons cut into wedges
Sprigs of fresh parsley for garnish
Method:-
Place the lamb chops in a marinade bowl and pour over the mix of olive oil, lemon juice and oregano. Marinate for 2 or 3 hours turning occasionally. When hot coals are ready, place the chops on the barbecue and season with salt and pepper and grill for 10 – 12 minutes turning once.
There really isn’t much more to say other than serve with the lemon wedges and a couple of sprigs of parsley for garnish. If doing the kebabs, take the easy option and slide the meat into a pitta with some salad and a dollop of yoghurt or
Tzaziki
.