A touch of salt, a touch of pepper, mint sauce, even roast potatoes, peas and a little gravy if you are so inclined.
Add a knife and fork, and you are in heaven.
My roast lamb recipe - shove it in the oven, cook it, eat it.
Can you name a better meal that is this easy and tastes even half as good?
Fried Spam, eggs, and rice.
Adobo, sisig, rice and gojuchang.
British foods boring like the people in this forum thread.
A succulent Chinese meal
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A nice steak + salt.
May be wrong, but is this the first mention of Steak?
Can't go wrong with lamb.
I also strongly recommend Corned beef in the simplicity stakes
Search for a piece loaded with fat and gristle, boil it til it submits, then top it off with sophisticated condiments, like sauce and mustard, and 250g of butter garnished with mashed potato.
Why are chefs so afraid of this masterpiece?
Gristle doesn't render. Why do you want that in there?
Toast
You don't know what simple means, and yes, yes there is many more simpler and better meals.
Yeah, roast lamb shoulder.
Making any kinds of curry with pressure cooker.
The easiest one is a Japanese curry using curry cubes; chopped vegetables/potatoes, meat and water. For Thai or Indian using curry paste, probably need a bit of seasoning + coconut milk.
Hinanese chicken rice; rice, chicken pieces skin on, hinanese paste and water in rice cooker or pressure cooker. If you cannot find the paste, just add soy sauce, chicken power, ginger, garlic, pepper.
Wtf are curry cubes?
STOP putting the coconut milk in until the lid comes off. I just KNOW YOU DO IT, lol.
I mean just on the same animal, slow roasted lamb shoulder trumps leg every time, and smoked lamb ribs are absolutely superb. The leg has to be my absolute least favourite cut of lamb tbh.
Its a good meal but it doesnt sound all that simple. You gotta wait an awfully long time before theres something to eat, then you've got a horrendously crusted Pyrex dish to deal with.
I've not been able to make a tender roast leg of lamb - it usually ends up still tough, yet also dry. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Have been roasting shoulders instead, much more forgiving and very tasty, though very fatty (which is why it's more forgiving).
One day OzBargain will mature and recognise this guy as the true champion he is.
(Although I think he should have transferred his risotto to the indoor stove that one time his neighbour wanted to use it to save himself the headache).
That's gold Jerry, GOLD!
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Sounds horrible. Indomie mi goreng is objectively far better and far simpler.
Indo mee mate.
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Lamb smells like a dead rat soaked in liquid ass fart spray. Not for me, thank you.
dead rat soaked in liquid ass fart spray
Lol… How’d you possibly be sure of this?
Know the smell of dead rats from time to time on the farm. The fart spray I've been pranked with. I've also had the extreme misfortune if smelling lamb cooking. So I put 2 and 2 together and could affirmatively state that's what it smells like. I'd actually rather take the fart spray over the lamb smell if those were the only options. That's how much it stinks.
bruh!
I agree on the lamb's smell though. I remember the rare occasions I had it, it was cooked with curd or yoghurt (for curries) to get rid of that unique smell.
@kaleidoscope: I'd bet my right nut that the yoghurt doesn't make a dent in that disgusting smell. It's far too smelly for a neutral smelling substance to make any difference.
I'd have a bag wrapped on my head and be beaten with a baseball bat instead of having to smell lamb.
I agree! But anything roast is good (including fish). Feed heaps of people (plus leftovers), just shoving stuff in oven, and not processed. Not the healthiest (but that's why its tasty), pans can take a bit of cleaning, and better in winter. Other meals take more effort/attention, or are not cooked, or are processed, etc, (or just not as nice to my taste buds).
Fried rice.
Why spend money on a TV ad for the (dying) Australian lamb industry when you can create a Ozbargain post as a hidden advertisement for free?
Dying? Is that why lamb cutlets are $50/kg now?
I wish more people hated lamb
Aside from poor value, negative environmental impact, animal welfare concerns, and negative impact of red meat on human health - aside from those things - it tastes pretty good.
It tastes great but hardly what i would call easy.
$11 roast chicken from coles is hard to beat.
Cacio e pepe. Better and simpler.
I’ve had this at the Buffalo Dining Club (Syd). Please let me know if there’s other places you can recommended if you know any. Would love to try it. Thanks
In terms of lamb, a lamb rack roast is easier and will have better texture.
With regards to other dishes, can't go wrong with a steak frites on a pan.
Lamb shoulder - far superior :) Check this out https://www.slowcookerclub.com/slow-cooker-lamb-shoulder/
I bought a leg of lamb from Coles because of this thread. I haven't made lamb before so it better taste good OP :D
So uh, what was the verdict?
haven't cooked it yet, still in the fridge
I actually dont know how to cook it
According to OP, shove it in the oven, cook it and eat it
@inasero: Im cooking mine tonight, will post pics afterwards. I'm using my airfryer instead of the oven to save cost
I must say I can't cook to save my life so be prepared to be disappointed
Looks great - just the right amount of doneness. What did you think of it?
@inasero: I followed the recipe from here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iKlyJAJ7xI&t=5s
It was bit of work and it took 45mins to cook. I'll stick with pork and beef next time since it will take less time and taste just as good
cup noodles
Pork cooked in lard and then blackened on the BBQ for everybody else….
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Grew up on legs of lamb around the family dining table and have had a few since, plus the odd shoulder and even cuts of goat. In my 20s roast lamb would have definitely made the theoretical list of what I would chose for my last five meals.
Thirty years later, those five dishes would be much different.
I blame Anthony Bourdain…
Pork or Lamb
I love em both.
The thing is I can never get a good gravy,
I tried one of those Maggi powdered gravy mix, it was ok better than gravox that I bought earlier.
But it's still not as good as those gravy they made in the bistro or restaurant, anyone care to share their gravy recipe ??
We cooked roast lamb shoulder today, always use this recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/slow-roasted-rosemary-garlic-l…
We parboil the root veg before roasting them alongside. We keep the water from the parboiling.
For the gravy, when the roast is uncovered for browning, I drained the liquid from the roasting dish into a saucepan, skimmed the fat, and thickened it with a slurry of plain flour and some of the vege water. You need a fairly large amount of plain flour for this, compared to say corn flour. This is not the usual way to do this, normally you'd do a roux by putting the flour into the roasting dish and cook it into the fat and then extend it with the liquid, but this is easier for this recipe and doesn't taste floury to me, but doesn't have the brown colour you get from using a roux. Stirred it constantly while thickening to avoid lumps. Seasoned with various things - I use salt, pepper, a little soy sauce for umami and to make up for the colour.
It was great, very tender lamb and heaps of gravy.
Dang now im hungry before going to bed 🤣.
Thanks for this mate i never thought of using the water from boiled vegies as lart of the gravy. Will try the recipe
Instant noodle and egg
Egg fried rice
Mint sauce?! You animal
Indomie Goreng… (mic drop)
Thai curries, or a tikka masala.
Is that like Sunday computer markets? Where too many people don't have a shower first?