Lamb Chop

This dish is special enough for a dinner party—and it's a cinch to make.

The yogurt in this lightly spiced marinade results in extremely tender lamb, chicken, or shrimp.

There's no oil in this easy main course and, if you'd like to make it even healthier, low-fat or nonfat yogurt can be used instead of the whole-milk variety. Round out the meal with dal (Indian-style lentils) or some sautéed spinach. The yogurt marinade is also great for chicken.

Rubbed all over with a mixture of garlic, fresh rosemary, salt, and pepper, then grilled, these chops are so good that you might imagine they need no further embellishment—until you try them with a dab of the pungent porcini mustard. For tips on how to cut a rack of lamb into chops.

The chops don't need to marinate long to take on great herby flavor.

Il Vino d'Enrico Bernardo, a wine-centric Paris restaurant, features a delicious dish of lamb chops, carrots, and chickpeas with North African spices and black truffles. Skipping the truffles makes it more everyday, but it's still wonderful.

This quickly braised lamb brings a bit of French country straight into your kitchen.

The combination of cherry juice and fresh cherries gives the sauce its depth.

Yogurt dressing best complements the flavor of these veggies.

We found ourselves craving this sun-dried tomato butter, not just spreading it on lamb chops but also tossing it with orzo and smearing it onto slices of toast.

We heart this dish. Pomegranate may protect your arteries against LDL ("bad") cholesterol.

Dukkah is an Egyptian spice blend that traditionally has hazelnuts or chickpeas as a base. In this version, pistachios are used instead.

Lamb shoulder chops are everything a cook wants: They're inexpensive and quick-cooking, yet they deliver more robust flavor than pricier rib chops.

Lamb shoulder chops are widely available and are less expensive than lamb rib chops.

Turkish cooks have long loved eggplant with lamb. Here's one reason why.

Charmoula is a zesty herb and garlic sauce from the Middle East.