Balsamic Garlic Crock Pot Lamb Chops

Total Time: 6 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lamb chops, each about 1/2 inch thick
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons minced roasted garlic
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can stewed tomatoes or 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup wine
• 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice (lemon juice okay)
• 1 teaspoon beef bouillon granules
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried ancho chile powder
• 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch or 2 tablespoons arrowroot
• 2 tablespoons cool water

Recipe

• 1 add all ingredients except water and cornstarch (or arrowroot) to the crock pot.
• 2 cover and cook on low for 5 1/2 hours, then check meat and vegetables for done-ness; remove bay leaf.
• 3 when meat and veggies are to your preferred texture (about 5 1/2 hours), whisk cornstarch and water together, stir into crock pot, re-cover pot and cook for 30 additional minutes.
• 4 serve over rice.
• 5 please note: depending on the size and age of your crock pot, cooking times may vary; older crock pots tend to cook a little faster than the newer ones (if you know your pot cooks at a low temp, you might want to turn it to high after 4 hours).