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Stir-Fried Moroccan Lamb & Vegetables

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Stir-Fried Moroccan Lamb & Broccoli

Stir-frying is a technique rather than a cuisine, so the term can be used freely.

We had Slow-Roasted Moroccan Lamb last weekend.

Mon mari tells me (often) that his ‘mother always made Lamb Curry’ with leftover leg of lamb.

I don’t make curry.

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Stir-Fried Moroccan Lamb & Vegetables

Stir-Fried Lamb & Vegetables
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I used leftover lamb for this, but raw trimmed lamb would work as well – or pork or chicken. Notes made in recipe for using fresh meat.

  • Author: Kate
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 2 servings 1x
  • Category: Lamb
  • Method: Skillet

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 cups (12oz, 360gr) leftover lamb, cut into bite-size chunks
  • 1 onion, cut in half, then sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 carrot, cut into matchsticks
  • 1/2 head of broccoli, cut into small florets wit a bit of stem
  • 1/2 red pepper, cut into matchsticks
  • 1 cup (8oz, 240gr) peeled, chopped tomatoes, with juices
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp powdered ginger
  • 1/2 tsp saffron, crushed and soaked in
  • 2 tbs dry sherry
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) beef broth
  • 1 tbs cornstarch (maizena, corn flour)
  • hot sauce to taste…. for some people
  • Basmati rice:
  • 1/2 cup (3.3oz, 95gr) Basmati rice
  • 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) beef broth

Instructions

  • Dissolve the cornstarch in 2 tbs water and set aside.
  • Soak the saffron in sherry and set aside
  • To cook:
  • Basmati
  • Cook rice in broth, covered, over medium-low heat until done, about 16 minutes.
  • Lamb & Veg:
  • In a large skillet or wok heat the oil over medium-high heat.
  • Add pepper, carrot, onion, and stir fry 3 minutes.
  • Add garlic, broccoli, (and meat if using raw) and stir-fry 2 minutes longer.
  • Add the spices and stir-fry 1 minute longer.
  • Add the lamb, (if using leftover meat) tomatoes, saffron with sherry, and beef broth.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 3 – 5 minutes longer, until the broccoli is just tender, but not over done.
  • Give the cornstarch/water a stir to recombine and add it to the pan, stirring constantly until thickened.
  • Serve over rice.

Notes

Substitute 1 tbs minced fresh ginger for the powdered.
If you have leftover tomatoes, refrigerate or freeze for another use.
If you don’t have saffron, just skip it – there are enough other spices.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1/2 recipe
  • Calories: 628
  • Sugar: 12.4 g
  • Sodium: 832.8 mg
  • Fat: 18.1 g
  • Saturated Fat: 4.6 g
  • Trans Fat: 0 g
  • Carbohydrates: 70.7 g
  • Fiber: 10.7 g
  • Protein: 46.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 110.8 mg
Moroccan Lamb & Vegetables

Another dish using leftover lamb: Lamb & Black-Eyed Pea Risotto

I had a bad allergic reaction (I woke up in the Emergency Room with a priest hovering over me) the last time I ate curry, so I’ve been somewhat reluctant to eat it again.

So I decided a compromise might work.  This is not really a curry…. More of a North African Stir-Fry. It had more spices than I usually use in traditional stir-fry but no heat.

Mon mari was happy

Add your own ‘heat’ to taste – either during the cooking or as a garnish. Mon mari likes Sambel Oelek

6 thoughts on “Stir-Fried Moroccan Lamb & Vegetables”

  1. Oh my!! I’m glad the priest wasn’t really necessary, but what a scare! I don’t eat curry because it’s much too spicy for me but…oh my!

    I’d have to make this for husband, but it would be too spicy for me. And I’d have to use chicken or pork. You know how he is with lamb.

    • After a few years and a lot of testing, it was determined that I’m allergic to exercise…. Exercise induced anaphylaxis. Yes, it’s a real thing. It happens to me when I exercise after eating. So if I go to a dinner dance I either eat or dance, not both lol. I always exercise on an empty stomach or several hours after eating.
      And I still don’t eat curry – psychological imprint lol

      • Yes! It is a real thing! My younger daughter was an individual figure skater. She had to wait to eat until after she’d skated. She couldn’t eat before or she’d have the same thing, but she did grow out of it, thankfully and it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I was told she was fortunate that it didn’t strike as an adult or she would not have, so I get it completely. I haven’t met anyone else with it. I’m sorry it hit you as an adult though, but you know what it is, and that’s a good thing.

        • I was in my early 20’s the first time it happened. I used to bike to work and one morning (after a bigger than usual breakfast) I had hives by the time I got there. I thought I had been stung by a bee. Luckily, there was a nurse on site who knew what to do.
          Then I spent about 5 years while docs tried to figure it out. It was unheard of at the time. I went to Mayo and they didn’t know…

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