Healthy Lamb Shank Vegetable Soup Food

NANNA'S SLOW COOKER LAMB SHANK AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Grate the zucchini, carrots, parsnips, turnips, and swede. Finely dice the onion and potato, then thickly dice the celery.
• Add all the grated and chopped vegetables to the slow cooker. Along with the rice, soup mix, powdered chicken shock, and vegeta.
• Make a well in the center and pour in 1 liter of water. Mix well.
• Once mix, press the lamb shanks down into the mixture and top up the water till it reaches the max level on your slow cooker.
• Put on the lid and set to low and let it cook for 8 hours.
• Once you reach the 6-hour mark, take the lamb shanks out and set them aside to cool. Give the mixture a stir and top on the water till it reaches the max level again.
• Once cooled, tear off the meat into bite-size chunks and add the meat back into the slow cooker. Stir well and let cook for the remaining time.
• Serve as is or with some cut up breadstick

LAMB SHANK SOUP

Steps:

• STOCK: Place all the ingredients for the stock in a large saucepan and cover with water.
• Bring to the boil, then reduce to a very low simmer and cook for about 2 hours, or until the meat is tender enough to fall off the bones.
• Strain, reserving the liquid and meat and discarding the vegetables.
• Shred the meat and refrigerate.
• Cool overnight, refrigerate, then remove the fat from the top of the stock and discard the following day.
• SOUP: Place all the ingredients (except the shredded, reserved meat) for the soup in a large stockpot.
• Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for about 1 hour, or until the soup mix is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Season well to taste, add the reserved meat and heat through well.
• Serve with crusty buttered bread!

LAMB SHANK AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stock pot/saucepan.
• Brown shanks well all over.
• Transfer to a plate.
• Add onions and garlic to pan.
• Saute until onions are tender.
• Stir in carrots, potatoes, turnip and pasrnip.
• Cook for 1 minute.
• Blend in remaining ingredients.
• Return shanks to pot.
• Bring to the boil.
• Reduce heat.
• Simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until barley is tender and lamb falls off the bone (add more liquid as required).
• Transfer shanks to a dish.
• Remove meat and chop roughly.
• Add meat to soup.
• Heat gently.
• Serve with bread.