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- [Man] Welcome to bbqpitboys.com
Today we're cooking up some lamb shanks at the pit
and they're real easy to do.
Here we've got some Marketside brand lamb shanks.
These are American lamb shanks with no added hormones
and they're from Walmart.
Check them out.
You're gonna need, for this recipe,
a couple bottles of beer.
You're gonna need some beef broth.
You're gonna need some garlic.
You're gonna need some SPG
and we add a little Italian seasoning there.
This here's lamb shank, if you don't know what it is.
It's full of connective tissue.
It's the bottom portion of the leg.
And the way to cook it is low and slow, real slow.
You want to salt and pepper well, each shank.
That's easy to do, right?
We're using SPG.
You can use salt and pepper, what you got.
The first thing we're gonna do is sear them, sear them well.
This is gonna add a lot of flavor to the stew pot.
That's only taken a few minutes
and now we're gonna place them in our black iron pot here.
Use what pot you have, but these work really well
with the pit, of course.
Oh man, it smells good.
Now you have to slow cook these shanks,
because they're full of connective tissue.
These look good enough to eat already,
but it's gonna take three, four hours
of a slow simmer to get this done right.
We've added some beer
and to the pot we're gonna add the garlic.
And use as much as you like.
In goes about two tablespoons of
what we call Italian seasoning
and a couple tablespoons of SPG
and here, of course, following up
with one more bottle of beer and our beef broth,
about two quarts.
All right.
After about three hours, three and half,
maybe four hours this is what it's gonna look like.
It's pulled back on the bone.
It's gotten real tender now.
That's the objective.
Again, because of that connective tissue,
you gotta cook these low and slow.
While we're waiting for that to finish off,
we're gonna make some minted peas.
You know about these, right?
You got some fresh peas, a little bit of butter
and we put in some mint jelly.
And of course, lamb shanks really go well
with mashed potatoes, so a little bit of butter,
a little bit of garlic in there.
We're making ourselves some mashed potatoes.
And in the miracle of time these lamb shanks are done.
Take a look at that.
I say it's time to plate it up.
Are you getting hungry or what?
I told you this is real easy to do.
It just takes a little bit of time.
We all got a little bit of time now, don't we?
And if you don't, you better make some time,
because good living don't get any better than this.
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I'll show you how tender these shanks are.
Look at that.
Like I said, moist, tender,
melt in your mouth.
Oh, yeah.
Good.
We'd like to give a big thanks to
the Marketside brand at Walmart, for sponsoring this video.
We appreciate your support,
as we do all our corporate sponsors.
You keep us going and in support
of all of our chapters worldwide.
This is good.
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So the next time you're looking for
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