I love a good roast dinner. Lamb is probably my favourite - and my step-mum makes possibly the best roast lamb ever ... it's testimony only to the size of the lamb that there were leftovers at all!
We had the roast lamb last Sunday with mint sauce - of course - and roast potatoes and vegetables and an incredibly good gravy.
And on the Monday evening I made a simple stir fry with the leftovers (even simpler for me as my dad had done the work slicing all the meat into small-ish strips).
I really like using fresh mint leaves in this - it's a sort of nod to the mint sauce of the day before.
We had enough lamb to serve four as a stir fry with rice.
Here's what you need:
1 garlic clove, minced
1 red chilli, finely chopped
1 stalk of lemongrass, outer tough parts removed and finely chopped
1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and minced
Some chopped vegetables- we had peppers and mushrooms
2-3 spring onions, sliced
cooked lamb, cut into strips or diced
fish sauce
light soy sauce
zest and juice of a lime
a handful of coriander leaves, chopped
a handful of mint leaves, chopped
rice, to serve
Heat a pan, add a little oil and when hot, tip in the garlic, chilli, lemongrass and ginger and stir over quite a high heat, moving the ingredients around in the pan constantly to prevent burning.
After about 30 seconds, when it starts to smell good, add the chopped vegetables and a little splash of water, enough to loosen it and make it easy to turn in the pan.
After a minute or so, add the cooked lamb, a couple of sloshes of soy sauce, one of fish sauce and the lime zest and juice, and continue cooking until the lamb is hot right through.
Do taste and taste and taste as you add the sauces and lime - add half in first, stir and taste, before adding the remainder of each so you can check you're happy with how it tastes. If you think it's a bit too sour, just add a pinch of sugar.
When it's all ready, throw in the fresh herbs, immediately remove from heat and stir in to wilt.
And that's it!
Serve with rice .... this is such an easy delicious dinner - I do hope you try it!
