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Red Cooked Lamb With Sweet Potatoes

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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 80m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 teaspoon oil (olive oil)
  • 8 scallions, cut into 1-inch sections
  • 8 garlic cloves, sliced
  • 8 slices fresh ginger
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons chili paste
  • 1 teaspoon anise seed
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons rice wine
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 2 1/2 pounds lamb, cut into cubes
  • 4 sweet potatoes, cut into cubes (2lb)
  • 1/2 pound fresh spinach
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Heat a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over high heat. Add oil and heat until hot. Add scallions, garlic, ginger, cinnamon sticks, chili paste and aniseed; stir-fry until fragrant, about 15 seconds.

  • Step 2: Add soy sauce rice wine and sugar. Pour in 5 cups of water and bring to a boil. Add lamb and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, partially cover, and simmer until the lamb is just tender, about 1 hour.

  • Step 3: Add sweet potatoes and continue to cook, partially cover, until they are tender, about 20 minutes. Discard the ginger and cinnamon sticks.

  • Step 4: Lightly mix in spinach. Cover and cooked until spinach has wilted, about 1 1/2 minutes. Ladle into soup plates and serve.

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Large heavy pot or Dutch oven

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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