Red Cooked Lamb With Sweet Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 teaspoon 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 sugar
• 2 1/2 lbs lamb, cut into cubes
• 4 sweet potatoes, cut into cubes (2lb)
• 1/2 lb fresh spinach

Recipe

• 1 heat a large heavy pot or dutch oven over high heat. add oil and heat until hot. add scallions, garlic, ginger, cinnamon sticks, chile paste and aniseed; stir-fry until fragrant, about 15 seconds. 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.
• 2 add sweet potatoes and continue to cook, partially cover, until they are tender, about 20 minutes. discard the ginger and cinnamon sticks.
• 3 lightly mix in spinach. cover and cooked until spinach has wilted, about 1 1/2 minutes. ladle into soup plates and serve.