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Lamb Rice



Ingredients you will need to make Lamb Rice Pilaf Recipe:

  • 1½ – 2 lb Lamb sirloin or good quality Lamb(I used Lamb  Round Top from Costco)
  • 2 medium onions, sliced
  • 5 medium carrots, peeled & julienned
  • 2½ cup Basmati rice, washed
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoon kosher salt, more if needed
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin, divided
  • ½ teaspoon saffron
  • 1 whole garlic, top cut off
  • black pepper, to taste
  • 5 cups water

    How to make  Lamb Plov

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    Step One

    Get all of the ingredients ready by cutting 2 lb beef into 1 inch cubes, slicing 2 onions and julienning 5 carrots.

    One Pot Meal - Beef Rice Pilaf Recipe (Uzbek Plov) - It is so Good!!! www.Munchkintime.com
    Step Two

    Pour ½ cup olive oil into your dutch oven and heat on medium/high heat until it is super hot. Carefully add 2lb cubed steak, and cook until browned about 7-10 minutes, stirring few times.

    One Pot Meal - Beef Rice Pilaf Recipe (Uzbek Plov) - It is so Good!!! www.Munchkintime.com
    Step Three

    Now, add 2 sliced onions, ½ teaspoon ground cumin, 2 teaspoons kosher salt and black pepper to taste. Stir and cook on medium/high, until onion is cooked thru about 10 minutes.  Add 5 julienned carrots, ½ teaspoon ground cumin and ½ teaspoon saffron. Mix and cook until carrots are cooked thru about 5 -7 minutes, stirring few times.

    One Pot Meal - Beef Rice Pilaf Recipe (Uzbek Plov) - It is so Good!!! www.Munchkintime.com
    Step Four

    Pour 5 cups of water, bring it to a boil, cover and simmer on low for about 4o minutes or until meat is tender.  Then add 2½ rice and 1 whole garlic. Bring it to a boil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and simmer on low until rice is cooked thru, about 30 minutes.

    One Pot Meal - Beef Rice Pilaf Recipe (Uzbek Plov) - It is so Good!!! www.Munchkintime.com
    Step Five

    Serve warm with Crazy Delicious Greek Salad or Loaded & Baked Eggplants. Grab a fork and enjoy!

     

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    One Pot Meal -  Lamb Rice Pilaf Recipe (Lamb  Plov)
     
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    Recipe type: Dinner
    Serves: 6-8
    Ingredients
    • 1½ - 2 lb  Lamb sirloin or good quality Lamb  (I used  lamb Round Top from Costco)
    • 2 medium onions, sliced
    • 5 medium carrots, peeled & julienned
    • 2½ cup Basmati rice, washed
    • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
    • 2 teaspoon kosher salt, more if needed
    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin, divided
    • ½ teaspoon saffron
    • 1 whole garlic, top cut off
    • black pepper, to taste
    • 5 cups water
    Instructions
    1. Get all of the ingredients ready by cutting 2 lb Lamb into 1 inch cubes, slicing 2 onions and julienning 5 carrots.
    2. Pour ½ cup olive oil into your dutch oven and heat on medium/high heat until it is super hot. Carefully add 2lb cubed  Lamb and cook until browned about 7-10 minutes, stirring few times.
    3. Now, add 2 sliced onions, ½ teaspoon ground cumin, 2 teaspoons kosher salt and black pepper to taste. Stir and cook on medium/high, until onion is cooked thru about 10 minutes.
    4. Add 5 julienned carrots, ½ teaspoon ground cumin and ½ teaspoon saffron. Mix and cook until carrots are cooked thru about 5 -7 minutes, stirring few times.
    5. Pour 5 cups of water, bring it to a boil, cover and simmer on low for about 4o minutes or until meat is tender.
    6. Then add 2½ rice and 1 whole garlic. Bring it to a boil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and simmer on low until rice is cooked thru, about 30 minutes. Serve warm with Crazy Delicious Greek Salad or Loaded & Baked Eggplants. Grab a fork and enjoy!

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    Let me know in the comments below, I would love to hear from you!

    One Pot Meal - Beef Rice Pilaf Recipe (Uzbek Plov) - It is so Good!!! www.Munchkintime.com