

Tasty lamb and bean soup
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
- 1 carrot, thinly sliced
- ½-1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- 3 trimmed lamb shanks (about 600g meat)
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- ½ head cabbage, roughly shredded
- 400g can cannellini beans, drained, rinsed
- 2 sprigs rosemary, roughly broken
- 7 cups salt-reduced vegetable or meat stock made with 7 cups water and 4 teaspoons salt-reduced vegetable or meat stock powder
- 4 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
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Instructions
1 Heat oil in a large non-stick pan and cook onion and garlic until softened. Add celery and carrot with chilli flakes and cook for a few more minutes.
2 Transfer to a slow cooker and add the remaining ingredients, adding liquid last. Cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 6 1/2 hours until the meat begins to fall off the bone and is tender.
3 Remove meat from cooker and roughly chop. Return to cooker and heat through. Scatter over fresh basil.
Serving suggestion
Serve with crusty bread
Variations
- This soup is also delicious served with cooked small pasta shapes stirred in.
- Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free stock.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 249cal
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Kilojoules 1040kJ
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Protein 25g
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Total fat 10g
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–Saturated fat 3g
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Carbohydrates 15g
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–Sugars 9g
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Dietary fibre 6g
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Sodium 580mg
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Calcium 110mg
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Iron 3.5mg
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