5 Spice Lamb

Ingredients
625g Lamb (boneless cut into thin strips)
1 Red Pepper (de seeded and sliced thinly)
1 Green Pepper (de seeded and sliced thinly)
1 Yellow Pepper (de seeded and sliced thinly)
4 Spring Onions (cut diagonally into inch long strips)
175g Green Beans (cut diagonally into inch long strips)
4 Tablespoons Sherry
2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
3 Tablespoons Sunflower Oil
2 Teaspoons Chinese 5 Spice Powder
Salt and Pepper
Rice Noodles to Serve

Equipment
1 SHARP Knife
1 Chopping Board
1 Wok
1 Spatula
1 Mixing Bowl
1 Metal Spoon
1 Slotted Spoon

The Good Bit

1. Place the lamb in a mixing bowl, and sprinkle over a pinch of salt, add in the 5 spice powder, stir well and leave covered over night.
2. Heat half the oil in the wok until it is very hot, add in the lamb and cook for 3-4 minutes, keep it moving all the time until it is almost cooked, remove with the slotted spoon and set aside.
   
3. Now add the rest of the oil to the pan and drop in the peppers and spring onion, keep these moving for 3 minutes before you add in the green beans, only cook these for 1 minute before adding in the soy sauce and sherry, get this hot then add the lamb back in, stir fry for another minute before seasoning then serving on rice noodles.
   

Serves 4

Lamb Hot Pot

Ingredients
4 Lamb Steaks (100g each or just over the palm of your hand in size)
1 Onion (finely chopped)
1 400g Can Chopped Tomatoes
120ml Mixed Stock (1 chicken and 1 veg cube)
100g Green beans (sliced in half, not length ways!!)
Tabasco Sauce
500g Potatoes
A Splash of Oil
A Knob of Butter
1/2 Teaspoon Dried Mixed Herbs (you should always have this in your stock cupboard)

Equipment
2 SHARP Knifes
1 Chopping Board
1 Large Pan (2/3rds full boiling salted water)
1 Large Frying Pan/Wok (with a lid)

The Good Bit

1. Put The potatoes whole (or Halved if they are very large) in the pan of boiling water and cook for 10mins. Meanwhile cut each of the lamb steaks into 4 strips then place in the frying pan with the onion and a splash of oil and cover and cook for 4 minutes until well browned.
2. Pour in the tomatoes, the stock, the green beans and sprinkle over the herbs, add a dash of tabasco (only if you like a little bite to the meal) and bring to the boil then turn down the heat to a low simmer whilst you do the next bit.
3. Drain the potatoes and slice as thin as possible (you may want to run them under a little cold water to allow you to handle them, then arrange the slices in overlapping layers on top of the lamb, cover the frying pan turn up the heat a little and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. The icing on the cake if you can do it, is to dot butter on to the potatoes at this stage and whack under a high grill for a couple of minutes to crispen those potatoes off.

Serves 4