Back to Recipe

Lamb Shank Soup

Here's how you make Lamb Shank Soup
Pause Continue Reading
  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 135m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 tablespoons oil (vegetable or olive oil)
  • 1.2 kilogram lamb shanks (4 shanks)
  • 1 yellow onion (coarsely chopped)
  • 2 carrots, coarsely chopped
  • 2 stalks celery (finely chopped)
  • 2 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 red chilli (fresh, long, thinly sliced)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 6 cups water, boiling
  • 3 large (30 grams) vegetable bouillon cubes (stock cubes)
  • 1 can (400 gram) garbanzo beans ( chickpeas, rinsed)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary leaves
  • 50 grams baby spinach leaves
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 oil in a large heavy based saucepan over moderately high heat and add the lamb anc cook and turn for 3 minutes or until browned and transfer to a heatproof plate.

  • Step 2: Add onion, carrot and celery to pan and cook and stir for 5 minutes or until soft and add tomato paste, chilli and garlic and cook and stir for 1 minute or until fragrant.

  • Step 3: Add the water, crumbled stock cubes and rosemary and return lamb to pan and bring to the boil and reduce heat and simmer covered for 2 hours or until lamb is very tender.

  • Step 4: Remove lamb from pan and when cool enough to handle, shred meat from the bones.

  • Step 5: Return the shredded lamb to the pan and add the chickpeas and spinach and cook and stir for 2 minutes or until heated through.


We hope you enjoy this recipe!

This page is built for your convenience in the kitchen.

If you want helpful tools, tips and recipes from our community of real cooks, please consider signing up.

Oh... And one more thing... We also have some pretty wild forums.