Slow-Cooked Lamb with Mint & Green Beans

Happy Easter everyone! Have you decided what to cook on Monday?

This tender and juicy lamb leg cooked in a slow cooker with herbs and spices is super easy and simple — you'll only need a few common ingredients. Apart from being delicious, lamb is perfect for the keto diet.

This recipe requires a slow cooker or crock pot but you can even use a Dutch oven or you could bake it in the oven on low, covered with a foil, for 3 to 4 hours.

If you have a busy lifestyle, you should consider getting the Instant Pot which does both slow cooking and pressure cooking. It's such a time saver and it's perfect for batch cooking. I use it on a regular basis to cook meat I get from my local farm: lamb, mutton, beef and pork.

A slow cooker is not just convenient but you'll also save money, as it's great for cooking inexpensive yet delicious cuts of meat such as brisket, pork shoulder or oxtail.

Step-by-step

1. Pre-warm the slow cooker. Using a paper towel, pat dry the lamb and season with salt and pepper. Grease a large pot with ghee.

   

2. Place the lamb in the pot greased with ghee and fry until golden brown.

   

3. Using tongs, turn on the other side and brown from all sides. When done, take off the heat and set aside.

   

4. Peel and slice the garlic and chop the mint. Place the lamb in the slow cooker and sprinkle garlic and mint all over. You shouldn't need any water, however, if the lamb becomes dry, add half to one cup of water.

   

5. Cover with a lid and cook on high for 6 hours or low for 10 hours in a slow cooker / crock pot.

   

6. After 4 hours of cooking, transfer the lamb to a plate.

   

7. Place the green beans into the slow cooker and add the lamb. Cook for another 2 hours until the green beans are crisp-tender and the meat is soft and juicy.

   Enjoy!

   

Recipe

Slow-Cooked Lamb with Mint & Green Beans

★★★★☆4.3 (98 ratings)

Easy crockpot lamb flavored with mint and served with green beans.

Hands on

15m

Overall

10h

Servings

4

7.6 g

Net carbs

39.6 g

Protein

38.3 g

Fat

552

kcal

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Ingredients makes 4 servings

• 1 lamb leg, bone in (about 1.6 kg/ 3.5 lb) - will yield about 50% meat
• 2 tbsp ghee, tallow or lard (30 ml)
• 4 cloves garlic
• ¹/₄ cup freshly chopped mint or 1-2 tbsp dried mint
• 6 cups green beans, trimmed (600 g/ 1.3 lb / 21.2 oz)
• ¹/₂ tsp sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Pre-warm the slow cooker. Using a paper towel, pat dry the lamb and season with salt and pepper. Grease a large pot with ghee.

2. Place the lamb in the pot greased with ghee and fry until golden brown.

3. Using tongs, turn on the other side and brown from all sides. When done, take off the heat and set aside.

4. Peel and slice the garlic and chop the mint. Place the lamb in the slow cooker and sprinkle garlic and mint all over. You shouldn't need any water, however, if the lamb becomes dry, add half to one cup of water.

5. Cover with a lid and cook on high for 6 hours or low for 10 hours in a slow cooker / crock pot.

6. After 4 hours of cooking, transfer the lamb to a plate.

7. Place the green beans into the slow cooker and add the lamb. Cook for another 2 hours until the green beans are crisp-tender and the meat is soft and juicy.

   Enjoy!

Nutrition per serving, about 170 g/ 6 oz + green beans

Carbs 6%Protein 30%Fat 64% of calories

Net carbs

7.6 g

Total carbs

12 g

Fiber

4.4 g

Sugars

4.9 g

Protein

39.6 g

Fat

38.3 g

Saturated fat

19.2 g

Calories

552 kcal

Sodium

731 mg · 31.8% RDA

Magnesium

84 mg · 20.9% RDA

Potassium

993 mg · 49.6% EMR

Nutrition by ingredient

Per about 170 g/ 6 oz + green beans	Net carbs	Protein	Fat	kcal
Lamb (leg), raw	0 g	36.5 g	30.4 g	430
Ghee	0 g	0 g	7.5 g	68
Garlic, fresh	0.9 g	0.2 g	0 g	4
Mint, fresh	0.2 g	0.1 g	0 g	2
Green beans, fresh	6.4 g	2.7 g	0.3 g	47
Salt, pink Himalayan rock salt	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Pepper, black, spices	0.1 g	0 g	0 g	0
Total	7.6 g	39.6 g	38.3 g	552

Serving size about 170 g/ 6 oz + green beans

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Egg free
• Nut free
• Nightshade free
• Pork free
• Avocado free
• Coconut free
• Fish free
• Shellfish free
• Beef free