Lagman Bukharian Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb lamb chop (with the bone on, substitute beef)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 small onion (chopped up)
• 1 small carrot (scrape outer skin and cut into bite size pieces)
• 3 small potatoes (clean and cut into bite size pieces)
• 1 bell pepper (red, green or yellow remove seeds and chop up)
• 1 medium tomato (skin removed and chopped up)
• 3 garlic cloves (chopped up)
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste (optional)
• 16 ounces noodles, pre-cooked
• 8 cups beef stock or 8 cups chicken stock or 8 cups other stock
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/2 lb bread (hard crusted optional)

Recipe

• 1 preparation-.
• 2 use lamb chops and de-bone the meat cutting up into bite size pieces, set aside.
• 3 heat up the 8 cups of stock and add 1 beef cube, set aside.
• 4 .
• 5 cooking instructions-.
• 6 in a pan add the oil, cumin, onion and stir fry a minute or two.
• 7 add the meat and stir fry a minute or two.
• 8 add the carrots, potatoes, bell peppers, chopped tomato, garlic, stir a little.
• 9 then add the soup stock and stir to mix.
• 10 add the tomato paste, lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 11 in a pot of boiling water, heat up the pre-cooked noodles, a few minutes before the soup is finished and set (do not overcook, place under cold water if needed to stop the cooking).
• 12 add to the soup salt and pepper to taste.
• 13 place a portion of noodles in individual bowls and then add the soup.
• 14 serve with a hard crusted bread, to your liking.
• 15 enjoy.
• 16 .
• 17 notes-.
• 18 i have used pre-cooked noodles, however, the authentic soup recipe calls for “hand pulled noodles.” google “hand pulled noodles” images and see how this is made. you can also serve this recipe in a dish and with less soup.