Lamb And Rice Casserole Food

LAMB AND RICE STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat; heat oil in the melted butter. Cook and stir 1/2 diced onion until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 teaspoon black pepper, cumin, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and oregano. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Combine lamb, rice, 2 teaspoons salt, 1/4 cup parsley, almonds, and currants in a large bowl. Add cooled onion mixture and mix until combined. Cover and place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
• Fill a large pot halfway with water and bring to a boil. Remove the core from the cabbage head and place the head in the boiling water. Cover and simmer until leaves begin to fall away, about 5 minutes. Remove the 2 outer layers of leaves to a paper towel-lined plate, cover and continue cooking for 1 to 2 more minutes. Remove the remaining large leaves to the plate. You will need 8 large and about 7 smaller leaves.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Take 1 cabbage leaf and remove the root end. Place about 1/2 cup of the lamb mixture toward the bottom edge of the cabbage leaf and roll into a log. Repeat with remaining lamb mixture and 7 more large leaves to create 8 cabbage rolls.
• Line the bottom of a large casserole dish or Dutch oven with 4 or 5 smaller cabbage leaves. Place cabbage rolls on top; season with salt and black pepper. Add bay leaves and tomato puree. Pour in chicken broth. Sprinkle 1/2 sliced onion over the top and cover with 3 or 4 more cabbage leaves. Cover casserole.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the lamb is tender and the rice is cooked, 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 30 minutes. Serve with pan juices poured over the top and garnished with feta cheese and 2 tablespoons parsley.

RICE AND LENTIL CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, brown the sausage until no pink shows. Stir in the onion and green pepper, and saute until the onions are tender. Stir in the lentils, rice and chicken broth. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 40 to 60 minutes.

LEFTOVER LAMB & RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium frying pan saute the onion in butter until soft and lightly browned.
• In a medium sized casserole combine the sauteed onions with the remaining ingredients, add salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake covered for 45 minutes.

LAMB AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cook lamb, stock, tomatoes, and onions over very low flame for 15 minutes. Do not boil. Season lightly with salt and pepper and set aside. In a frying pan, melt the butter and stir in raw rice. Cook until nicely browned. Add Worcestershire sauce. Combine rice and lamb and turn the mixture into a well-buttered casserole. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.

LAMB AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in casserole.
• cover and bake@ 350 45 minutes or untill rice is tender.
• NOTE: for thicker casserole, use more rice, for thinner, use less.

LAMB AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Trim fat from lamb shanks.
• In a heavy pot, brown well in butter.
• Add onions; saute until soft.
• Add 2-1/2 cups water, tomato paste, allspice, cinnamon, 1 tsp.
• salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil.
• Cover and simmer 1-1/2 hours.
• When lamb is tender melt butter to bubbling in saucepan.
• Saute rice, stirring constantly, untillightly browned and butter begins to foam between rice kernels.
• Add remaining salt; set aside.
• Remove lamb shanks from pan.
• Measure broth and add water to measure 2-1/2 cups.
• Return shanks to pan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Stir in sauteed rice and butter.
• Simmer, covered, 30 minutes.
• Allow to stand, covered, 10 minutes before serving.
• Spoon yogurt over top of rice.

EGGPLANT, LAMB AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F Place eggplant halves, cut side down, in a roasting pan. Add 1/2" of water to pan and bake 20-25 minutes, until tender. Reduce oven temp to 400°F
• While eggplant in roasting, heat a large dutch oven over med-high heat. Add ground lamb and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, 3-5 minutes. Transfer to colander to drain off fat. Set aside.
• Add oil to the dutch oven and heat over med heat. Add onions and cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Add red peppers and garlic and cook for 2 minutes more. Stir in tomatoes and their juice, oregano, thyme, cinnamon and cloves. Simmer, breaking up the tomatoes a bit with the spoon, until mixture has thickened slightly, 3-5 minutes.
• Scoop out eggplant flesh and chop coarsely. Stir rice, beef broth, chopped eggplant and lamb into tomato mixture. Bring to a simmer, then cover the pan and place in oven. Bake 30-35 minutes, or until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed. Season with salt and pepper. Dot with feta cheese and serve.

LAMB CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Tie the sprigs of parsley and thyme together with the bay leaves or place them in a cheesecloth and tie closed, because you will want to easily remove the herbs later. Place the herb bundle, lamb, ham, onion, tomato, garlic and stock in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for about 1 hour. Stir in the beans and sausage and continue to simmer for about 15 minutes, or more if you want a thicker consistency.

LEBANESE LAMB AND RICE

Steps:

• Brown lamb in a bit of butter and set aside.
• Saute' onion in rest of butter, until tender.
• Add the rice, then saute' until rice is barely golden brown.
• Add the water, pinenuts, cinnamon, allspice, cooked lamb and salt.
• Bring to boil, cover and reduce heat to low, cook 30 minutes or until rice is done.
• NOTE: This can be used with lamb that is cut up in bite size pieces also.
• If there is a bone in the lamb, you can add more flavor to the dish by browning the bone and letting it cook with the rice, then remove the bone when serving the dish (but of course you know that).

LEFTOVER LAMB CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Sauté 2 medium onions, cut in thin slices, in 3 tablespoons butter until delicately browned. Combine with 1 1/2 cups diced cold lamb, 1 cup leftover lamb gravy or canned beef gravy, 1 clove garlic, finely chopped, 2 cups cooked rice and 1/4 cup chopped parsley. Correct the seasoning and bake, covered, at 350°F for 45 minutes.
• Delicious served with butter French peas and sliced ripe tomatoes with dill dressing. For dessert, oven-baked apples with raisins and honey with sour cream.