Middle Eastern Lamb Slow Cooker Stew

POINTS® Value: 6 Servings: 4 Preparation Time: 20 min Cooking Time: 480 min Level of Difficulty: Easy Works with Simply Filling

Fresh ginger and ground cinnamon give this stew a sweet bite. It's an easy recipe: just toss everything into your slow cooker and set it on low.

Ingredients

	1 pound(s) lean leg of lamb, stew meat, cut into 1-inch chunks
	15 oz canned chickpeas
	14 1/2 oz canned diced tomatoes, undrained
	1/2 cup(s) canned beef broth
	1 large onion(s), chopped
	1 large garlic clove(s), minced
	2 tsp ginger root, freshly grated
	1 tsp table salt
	1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
	1/4 tsp black pepper
	1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Instructions

• Place lamb in a 5-quart slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients, except lemon juice; stir well. Cover and cook on low for 7 to 8 hours.
  
  
• Stir in lemon juice and let stand for 5 minutes for flavors to blend. Yields about 1 1/2 cups per serving.

  Notes

• Looking for something exotic? Add a pinch of saffron threads, available in gourmet food stores and some supermarkets, to tint this stew gold.