CAJUN STYLE RACK OF LAMB AND GRITS WITH GRILLED VEGETABLES
Jason Glover
4
25 minutes
45 minutes
Grilled rack of lamb paired with creamy brown rice grits and grilled summer vegetables. A truly impressive dish and packed with flavor!

Ingredients
- 1 rack of lamb, around 2 lbs
- Recteq Heffer Dust or Rub With Love
- Delta Blues Brown Rice Grits
- Vegetable stock
- 8 oz shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ cup chopped red onion
- Salt
- Pepper
- Cajun seasoning
- 1 ear sweet corn or 1 package of frozen kernels
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 eggplant, sliced lengthwise into ¼” thick slices
- 4 Hatch green chiles
- Italian seasoning
- Large handful fresh cherry tomatoes
- Terrapin Ridge Farms Spicy Chipotle Garnishing Sauce
Garnishes
- 2 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- Sliced green onions
Tools
Directions
- Preheat grill to medium heat.
- Generously rub the rack of lamb with Heffer Dust.
- Throw the lamb and the ear of corn on the grill. Cook the lamb and corn for about 25 minutes, rotating both every 5 minutes or so.
- While the lamb and corn cook, prepare the grits according to the package instructions but using vegetable stock instead of water. Keep warm when done.
- Grill the lamb until it reaches an internal temperature of 135°F. Remove from grill, tent with foil, and let rest.
- Take the corn off the grill at approximately the same time as the lamb, it should be tender but not mushy. If using frozen corn just follow the package directions.
- Salt the eggplant slices and let stand for about 15 minutes.
- Sauté the shiitake mushrooms and chopped red onion in a pan with a bit of olive oil. Season with salt, pepper, and Cajun seasoning to taste and add about ¼ cup water to keep moist.
- Season the eggplant with pepper and Italian seasoning, spray with olive oil, and grill until tender.
- Slice open the chiles and remove the seeds. Rub with olive oil, season with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Grill until softened and tender.
- Throw the cherry tomatoes on the grill with the other vegetables and cook until slightly blistered.
- Cut the kernels off the corn cob into a bowl. Season with salt and pepper and mix in the butter.
- To plate, start with a scoop of grits, then add the mushrooms, corn, eggplant, Hatch chiles, and tomatoes. Top with one of the lamb chops, hit it with a drizzle of chipotle sauce, and garnish with bacon bits and sliced green onions. Dig in!