# Lamb Ribs or Shoulder with Rice

Recipe · Yalanji Kitchen · https://yalanjikitchen.com/r/37?l=en
Categories: Meat, Main Dishes

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## Ingredients

### Meat

- Lamb ribs or shoulder
- Whole five-spice (bay leaf, 2 cinnamon sticks, 5 cardamom pods, 5 cloves, 1 nutmeg)
- 1 onion
- 1/2 head of garlic
- Water for boiling the meat
- Lemon
- 2 tbsp butter
- Salt
- Black pepper

### Rice

- 2 cups Abu Bint rice (or American long grain)
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- A squeeze of lemon
- 2 chicken stock cubes
- Almonds and pine nuts
- Raisins, soaked in water

## Method

1. Cover the meat with cold water, bring to a boil and skim off the white foam.
2. Add the onion, garlic and whole spices and cook in a pressure cooker for two hours.
3. Place the meat in a tray, rub well with the butter, salt, lemon and black pepper, then roast in the oven with a little of the cooking liquid until browned.
4. Cook the soaked rice in the meat stock, using 1 1/2 cups stock per cup of rice, with salt and a stock cube. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat until the rice is cooked.
5. For sautéed vegetables: briefly boil any vegetables you like, then add butter, salt and pepper and toss on a pan or grill.
6. Garnish the rice with the almonds, pine nuts and raisins.

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