Thick Irish Stew

Savory lamb meat and vegetables simmer for hours with split peas to create a thick and very flavorful stew.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 389 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 pinch salt
• 4 carrots, coarsely chopped
• 3 bay leaves
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• ¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper
• water, or amount to cover
• 8 (4 ounce) lamb shoulder blade chops
• 4 onions, coarsely chopped
• 6 potatoes, coarsely chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) bag dry split yellow peas

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place lamb shoulder chops, carrots, onions, and potatoes in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in salt and cracked black pepper.

Step 2

Pour in vegetable broth and enough water to cover; drop in bay leaves. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Step 3

Stir in split peas and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until lamb is very tender and split peas have broken apart to create a thick stew, about 1 1/2 more hours. Stir occasionally to keep stew from burning on the bottom.