Kuzu Guvec - Turkish Lamb Stew
Lamb stew with simple ingredients such as onion, potatoes, carrots, peppers and tomato. It is one of the easiest tasty stew recipes.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 700 g lamb (diced)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 10 shallots (peeled)
- 2 large potatoes (sliced into large cubes)
- 2 medium green peppers (diced)
- 2 medium carrots (diced)
- 4 cloves garlic (peeled)
- 2 large tomatoes (diced)
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1 cup water (hot)
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 3 sprigs thyme
Instructions
- 1
Put diced lamb in a cast iron pan or a stainless pan. Add in the butter and cook covered with the lid over medium high heat for 5 minutes.
- 2
Let the lamb pieces release water and then absorb it back.
- 3
When there is little water left in the pan, reduce the heat to medium low. Cook it without the lid, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes.
- 4
Add in the shallots, potatoes, peppers, carrots, garlic cloves and tomatoes.
- 5
Sprinkle salt and pepper over these. Put a few sprigs of fresh thyme or oregano on the top.
- 6
In a small bowl, whisk together the tomato paste and hot water. Pour this over the pan and cook covered over low heat until everything is tender but not mushy. This might take about 35-40 minutes.
- 7
Remove from the heat, let it rest for 15 minutes and then serve.