Ingredients

  • 8 lamb chops, forequarter (or other cheap cut)
  • 1/3 cup plain flour
  • salt & pepper, for seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 onions, roughly chopped
  • 6 slices bacon, cut into pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves, sliced
  • 1 stick celery, sliced (optional)
  • 250 g mushrooms, cut in chunks
  • 250 g green beans, roughly chopped
  • 3 -4 cups of chopped root vegetables (carrot, pumpkin, parsnip, turnip, sweet potato etc)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 (40 g) packet French onion soup mix

Method

  • Put flour on a plate, season with pepper (and salt if you wish). Coat chops in flour, shake off excess and reserve flour for later use.
  • Add oil to large heavy pan or wok and brown the chops in batches to seal them and place them in the bottom of the slow cooker/crock pot.
  • Saute bacon pieces, garlic and celery for 5 minutes over high heat then reduce heat to medium high, add the mushrooms and onions and saute for for another 5 minutes or so.
  • Add the rest of the vegetables and cook, stirring occasionally, for another 10 minutes or so and then add to the slow cooker on top of the chops.
  • Melt the butter in the same pan and add the reserved flour. Cook over fairly high heat, stirring occasionally until dark brown.
  • Pour in the stock and Worcestershire sauce and stir until mixture boils.
  • Add packet of French onion soup, mix in and then pour the mixture over the ingredients in the slow cooker.
  • Cook for 7 hours or more and serve over mashed potatoes.