Turkish Lamb Stew is a classic comforting food with a few ingredients. Lamb pieces are browned and then combined with onion, pepper and tomato. Flavored with spices, this one-pot stew makes a perfect winter weeknight dinner.
Lamb stew is a simple yet special Turkish food that is cooked on special days like weddings. If you like easy meat dishes, this recipe is right for you! It is as popular as our lamb shish kebab and Adana kebab.
Lamb stew is as popular as classic Turkish beef stew. You can find these meat dishes in any Turkish restaurant serving homemade dishes or sulu yemek as we say in Turkish. If you haven't seen yet, go check our best kebabs in Turkey too!
Today, our dinner was Turkish Lamb Stew served with our usual side dish, Rice Pilaf with Orzo.
How To Make
Put lamb pieces in a regular pot or in a clay pot, pour ⅓ cup water over them, cover it and cook it over low heat until it releases its water and then absorbs it back.
Add in olive oil and stir. Sprinkle salt and other spices.
Put peppers first and stir it until they get tender, then add in onions and keep stirring.
After they all get tender, pour pureed tomatoes and stir once. Cover it and cook for about 10 minutes more.
Finally, take it from the heat and put the bay leaf on the top, cover it again. Let it rest for some minutes. The flavor of the bay leaf will spread into the dish during this time. As I don’t love a very strong flavor of bay in my dish, I use this method, but if you love it, you may put it into the pan with the spices.
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PrintTurkish Lamb Stew
Lamb stew with simple ingredients such as onion, pepper and tomato.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients
- 1 pound lamb, chopped
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 green peppers, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped in half moon
- 2 tomatoes, peeled and pureed
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon thyme
Instructions
- Put lamb pieces in a pot, pour ⅓ cup water over them, cover it and cook it over low heat until it releases its water and then absorbs it back. Add in olive oil and stir. Sprinkle salt and other spices.
Put peppers first and stir it until they get tender, then add in onions and keep stirring.
After they all get tender, pour pureed tomatoes and stir once. Cover it and cook for about 10 minutes more. - Finally, take it from fire and put the bay leaf on the top, cover it again. Let it rest for some minutes. The flavor of the bay leaf will spread into the dish during this time. As I don’t love a very strong flavor of bay in my dish, I use this method, but if you love it, you may put it into the pan with the spices.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 261
- Sugar: 4.6 g
- Sodium: 93.8 mg
- Fat: 15.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Protein: 24.2 g
- Cholesterol: 74.8 mg
Keywords: spicy lamb, lamb stew, lamb recipe
OysterCulture says
This dish looks so tasty and I've had so much fun learning about the Ramadan traditions. I cannot wait to try the recipe.
lisaiscooking says
I'm enjoying learning more about Ramadan traditions. The packages are a generous and lovely gesture.
Zerrin says
Divina- There are a lot more Ramadan traditions, I'm just telling some of them here. As you see, it's a very special month for us.
Natasha- It's the best with rice pilaf!
Jenn- Thank you too, for saving time for reading these 🙂
Erkin- I completely agree, a high quality red wine and red meat are always the best companions!
Faith- Yes, ramadan packages help a lot of poor people during this month. Wish we have such traditions more often.
Turkish Food Passion- Teşekkürler Nihal, ben de günlük hayatta farketmeden, olağan şekilde yaşadığımız bu geleneklerimizin burada anlatırken, aslında ne kadar değerli olduklarını farkediyorum.
Turkish Food Passion says
Yemek cok lezzetli gorunuyor. Ramazan geleneklerini de cok guzel anlatiyorsun.
Erkin says
Zerrin, this recipe sounds great. I couldn't help associating it with a glass of red wine. I think they will make a wonderful dinner dish. Thank you.
jenn (Bread + Butter) says
Looks good.
It's pretty neat to learn some food traditions of Ramadan. Thanks for sharing these recipes.
Faith says
This dish sounds so tasty! What a beautiful tradition the Ramadan package is!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie says
It's a wonderful tradition! Thanks for sharing with us! I like this flavorful and delicious veal preparation, would love to try with rice pilaf!
Divina says
Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe and the Ramadan tradition you have in Turkey.