Lamb With Lentils (crock Pot)

Total Time: 9 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 2 lbs lamb, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 onions, chopped
• 8 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 4 stalks celery, sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons herbes de provence
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon peppercorn, cracked
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, chopped
• 2 cups lentils, rinsed
• 8 cups swiss chard, stemmed and chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet over medium high heat heat 1 tablespoon oil for about 30 seconds or so.
• 2 add lamb to skillet, cook until browned (3-5 minutes) in batches if necessary. transfer lamb to slow cooker as it is cooked.
• 3 reduce heat to medium and drain all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the skillet.
• 4 add onions, carrots and celery to skillet and cook stirring until vegetables are soft (5-10 minutes).
• 5 stir in garlic, herbes de provence, salt and peppercorns and cook another minute or so.
• 6 stir in bay leaves, broth and tomatoes (with the juice) and bring mixture to a boil and then transfer mixture to slow cooker. (see my note in description - i also added a lamb bone chopped into two pieces so it would fit in my crock pot).
• 7 stir in lentils.
• 8 cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours or until mixture is bubbly and lamb and lentils are tender.
• 9 (remove bone from crock pot - see note in description) stir in chard in batches, stirring into the stew. cover and cook on high for 20-30 minutes or until chard is tender. discard bay leaves.