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Beijing (Peking) Braised Lamb

Beijing (Peking) Braised Lamb recipe, eat well on universal credit

“An indulgent Peking lamb recipe. This delicious braised lamb dish, inspired by the flavours of Beijing, is beautiful served with vegetables and sticky rice.” If Ken Hom says so, it has to be worth a shot?

Ingredients:-

A Shoulder of lamb, Cubed
2 Spring onions, sliced
2 Slices of fresh ginger
1 tbsp of Oil
1 small Onion, finely chopped

Ingredients for the Braising Stock:-

900ml of Chicken Stock
2 Star Anise
50g of Rock Sugar
3 tbsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
3 tbsp     of Shaoxing Wine
1 Cinnamon stick
2 tbsp of Sesame Paste
2 tbsp of Hoisin Sauce (Gluten free for us)

Method:-

(1) Blanch the lamb by plunging it into boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove the meat and discard the water.
(2) Heat a wok or a large frying pan over a high heat. Add the oil, and when it is very hot and slightly smoking, add the pieces of lamb and stir-fry them until they are brown.
(3) Add the spring onions, ginger and onion to the pan and continue to stir-fry for 5 minutes.
(4) Transfer this mixture to a large casserole dish and add the braising sauce ingredients.
(5) Bring the liquid to the boil, skim off any fat from the surface and turn the heat down to 120c.
(6) Cover and braise for 1½ hours, or until the lamb is tender.
(7) To server drizzle with sauce from the casserole dish.

We served ours with pan seared Pak Choy and Five Spice Potatoes, garnished with sliced Spring Onions.


 

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Skoudehkaris & Khamir recipe, eat well on Universal Credit
 
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Ingredients:-
 
1lb Lamb Shoulder
2 ½ cups of Rice
5 Tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
1 tbsp Tomato Purée
1 Red Onion, sliced
1 White Onions finely chopped
4 cloves of Garlic, grated
¼ tsp Chilli powder
4 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Cumin
6 Cardamom Pods
2 pinches of Cinnamon
Salt
Coriander leaves
 
Method:-
 
Preheat oven at 350 F.
In a dutch oven, pan fry the meat over medium high heat. Brown on all sides without burning. 
Add all the onions and sweat. 
Add garlic, tomatoes, chilli peppers and tomato paste. Add salt and spices.
Cover everything with boiling water and put the dutch oven in the oven for 45 minutes. 
Check the tenderness of the meat and continue cooking if necessary. Also check the liquid level and add water while cooking if necessary. 
Remove the dutch oven from the oven and place on medium heat.
Add the rice to salted boiling water, cover and cook rice 15 minutes (5 minutes over medium heat then 10 minutes on low heat). Check the amount of liquid and add water to cook the rice if necessary. The rice should be slightly sticky and.
Sprinkle with Coriander leaves and serve hot.
Drain the rice and serve the Skoudehkaris over it with the Khamir as a side.
 
Khamir
 
1 ¼ cup (Gluten free) Flour
2 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Baking powder
Pinch od Salt
1 Egg
¼ cup of Milk
 
Method:-
 
Mix all the dry ingredients.
Add the milk and Egg.
Blend into a smooth dough.
Roll out on a floured surface until ¾” thick.
Cut into squares
Fry on both sides.
Drain on kitchen paper.
 

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