RecipesDelicious Peppered Lamb And Asparagus Recipe
Preparation time: 35 minutes + 20 minutes marinating
Total cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 400g (13 oz) lamb fillets
- 200g (61/2 oz.) broccoli florets
- 16 small asparagus spears, chopped, tough ends discarded
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons green peppercorns, chopped
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1/3 cup (80ml/23/4 fl oz.) dry sherry
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 onion, cut into small wedges
- 1 green capsicum, cut into strips
- garlic chives, snipped, to garnish
Directions:
1. Trim away any sinew from the lamb and cut it into small pieces. Then combine in a bowl with the green peppercorns, the garlic and the oil and then toss well and set aside for about 20 minutes or so.
2. After that heat a wok over very high heat until it becomes slightly smoking. Then add the lamb and stir-fry in batches until it becomes brown. Then remove and cover and keep warm.
3. Then reheat the wok and stir-fry the onion and 2 teaspoons of the sherry for about 1 minute or so. After that, add the capsicum, the sugar and a large pinch of salt. Cover and steam for about 2 minutes or so. Then add the asparagus, the broccoli and the remaining sherry and stir-fry for another 1 minute or so. Cover and steam for about 3 minutes, or until the vegetables become a bit tender. Then return all the lamb to the wok and add the oyster sauce and stir well. Then top with the chives.
Nutrition Value:
- Protein 25g;
- Fat 12g;
- Carbohydrate 8g;
- Dietary Fibre 4g;
- Cholesterol 65mg;
- Energy 1100kJ (265cal)