Lamb Neck & Cabbage Potjie

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 14 lamb neck chops
• 8 ounces bacon, diced
• 16 small potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 1 small cabbage, cut in 8 pieces
• 1 dash lemon juice
• 2 cups water
• 1 dash mixed herbs
• salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a medium-size potjie, then fry the onions, bacon and lamb chops for about ½ hour, stirring from time to time. cover with lid and leave to cook for about 45 minutes. *if using a crockpot do this step in a cast iron skillet on the stove.
• 2 open pot, stir, then add layer of potatoes, finishing off with the cabbage. add the water and lemon juice mixture, herbs and spices. (don't stir yet).
• 3 cover with lid and cook for about another 2 hours slowly over medium coals ; (or high in a crockpot) check if there's enough water after a while, and add more if necessary.
• 4 stir through ; the meat should fall off the bones.
• 5 serve with brown rice and sweet mashed cinnamon pumpkin.