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Oriental Rice with Pulled Lamb

Course Main Course
Cuisine Lebanese
Servings 4 People

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg Lamb neck cut
  • 3-4 lamb bones
  • 1 onion roughly chopped
  • 1 carrot roughly chopped
  • 2 celery sticks roughly chopped
  • 3 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp all spice
  • 1 tsp cardamom powder
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 cardamom pods
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 4 cloves
  • 7 cups water for broth
  • 2 Tbsp white vinegar
  • 4 cups water to soak bones in
  • 500 g minced lamb
  • 3 Cups italian rice pre washed any short grain rice
  • 1/2 cup almonds
  • 1/2 cup pine nuts
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp all spice
  • 1 tsp salt or more to taste
  • 1 tsp cardamom powder

Instructions
 

  • Soak your bones in cold water and vinegar for at least 10 mins
  • Meanwhile, in a pressure cooker, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, celery, and carrots and fry around for a couple of minutes
  • Rub the lamb neck with spices and salt and place in pressure cooker
  • Brown the lamb neck for 3-5 minutes on each side
  • Add the cinnamon stick, bay leaves, cardamom pods and cloves and top with water (you can always add extra water to save more stock in your freezer)
  • Add the bones without rinsing them, close pressure cooker and cook for around an hour
  • In a large pot, fry your minced lamb with the rest of the spices and salt without any oil or butter as it has a lot of fat in it
  • Once cooked add the rice and fry it around for a few minutes
  • When the meat is done, strain the stock. Remove the lamb neck and shred it in a plate
  • Top with stock. Around 6 cups (you want the stock to be just above the rice)
  • Close the pot, lower the heat and cook for around 10-15 mins
  • Meanwhile, fry the nuts in the butter
  • Once rice is done, turn heat off and keep lid closed for a minimum of 20-30 mins
  • To serve, place in a plate and top with the pulled lamb and fried nuts

Notes


This is a very heavy meal, you can replace the minced lamb with beef if you want a “lighter” meal. 
Save the extra strained stock in the freezer for later use, up to 3 months.