Recipe Type: Stew
Lamb in Yogurt Sauce – Laban Emmo aka Shakriyeh
This Lebanese dish is cooked with lamb meat (usually shank) and yogurt, and served with a side dish of vermicelli rice (recipe on this website). It’s tasty, comforting, healthy and easy to prepare. Traditionally, it’s made using goat or sheep milk yogurt but I do it with cow milk Greek ...
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Irish Stew
Irish Stew is Ireland’s hearty national dish, popular also in UK and America, mainly in the New England area where the immigrants first settled in the 19th century. It’s liked for its simplicity and wholesome flavours!
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Olla Gitana – Spanish Gypsy Stew
This Spanish Gypsy stew is one of Spain’s most iconic dishes. It’s loaded with flavours and easy to make. It is said that this autumnal and hearty stew originated with the Romany travellers who arrived in Spain in the 1450s, settling mostly in Andalusia, Southern Spain. It was a stew ...
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Batata Chtiha – Algerian Potato in Tomato Sauce
This Algerian potato stew is usually made with a paste of garlic, chili and spices called Dersa. It’s delicious as a vegetarian main or a side dish. NB: I have added some boiled eggs (entirely optional) to make a wholesome dinner dish! The boiled eggs are added at the very ...
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Authentic Chili Con Carne
This famous Texan-Mexican dish was the #1 dish on my Tex-Mex restaurant’s menu, in Africa. The name in Spanish means “Chili with meat”. We cooked this spicy stew from scratch and served it in big bowls, with homemade fried tortillas. It’s an ideal dish to serve to family and also ...
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Eggplant and Lamb in Tomato Sauce (Yakhnet Batinjen)
Aubergine or eggplant is a great source of fibre, vitamins and minerals. It is a versatile vegetable which can be fried, grilled or pickled. This recipe is Lebanese! It is really tasty. It’s one of my husband favourite dishes! It looks like a stew but the two main ingredients are ...
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Chicken Cacciatore – Chicken Hunter-Style
This Recipe is Italian (Tuscan more precisely). The French have their own version, called “Poulet Chasseur”(same meaning) which is quite similar. I prefer though the Italian one because of some additional ingredients that I like. This dish is usually made with thighs and/or drumsticks, or also a whole chicken cut ...
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Chickpeas & Sweet Potatoes Curry
This is a nice and nutritious vegan dish! Serve it with rice or Indian breads such as chapati, naan, paratha…
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Butter Beans and Lamb Chops Stew with Vermicelli Rice
This is one of my preferred Lebanese stews. Butter beans and lamb chops are not a must. You can use instead cannellini, pinto or kidney beans, and any lamb or beef cut. I always make this stew with dry beans that have been soaked in water overnight then cooked on ...
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Green Peas, Carrots and Lamb Shanks Stew
This is another Lebanese dish, hearty, easy to cook and full of goodies. it is tastier if cooked with lamb shanks because of the bone but you can use any other lamb cuts or even use beef instead. it is usually served with “Vermicelli” rice. The recipe of this will ...
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