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Sticky Honey & Soy Braised Lamb Shanks

Here's how you make Sticky Honey & Soy Braised Lamb Shanks
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 3h
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 80 ml soy sauce (1/3 cup)
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • Fresh ginger root (2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely shopped)
  • 2 brown onions (cut into wedges)
  • 1 tablespoon oil (vegetable oil)
  • 1.4 kilogram lamb shanks (4 shanks)
  • 1 whole star anise
  • 1 spring onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 red chilli pepper (long pepper, seeded and thinly sliced)
  • Steamed jasmine rice, to serve
  • 2 bunches broccoli (Chinese broccoli, steamed to serve)
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: Preheat oven to 160C.

  • Step 2: Combine the honey, soy sauce, garlic and ginger in a jug.

  • Step 3: Place onion in a baking dish.

  • Step 4: Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium high heat and cook lamb for 5 minutes or until browned all over.

  • Step 5: Transfer lamb to baking dish and pour over honey mixture and add star anise and then cover and bake, turning occasionally for 2 hours 40 minutes or until lamb is tender.

  • Step 6: Increase oven to 200C and uncover baking dish and bake for 15 minutes, basting with the soy mixture every 5 minutes or until browned.

  • Step 7: Remove and discard star anise and sprinkle lamb with spring onion and chilli and serve with rice and Chinese broccoli.


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