St. Patrick's Day Lamb Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 lbs lean lamb fillets, boneless shoulder cut into 3/4 inch cubes
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle beer (if you prefer) or 3/4 cup water (if you prefer)
• 1 teaspoon seasoned pepper
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans beef broth
• 1 (7/8 ounce) package brown gravy mix
• 3 cups cubed new potatoes
• 2 cups thinly slice carrots
• 2 cups shredded thin cabbage
• chopped parsley (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in 3-quart saucepan over medium high heat. cook and stir lamb and onion in oil until lamb is brown and onion is soft; stir in beer and pepper.
• 2 bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to low cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• 3 stir in brown gravy mix and broth; add potatoes and carrots. cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes until lamb and veggies are fork tender. stir in the cabbage; cook just until the cabbage turns bright green.
• 4 garnish with chopped parsley.