Sweet Lamb

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 kg lamb, round
• 2 onions
• 1 tablespoon nuoc nam, plus
• 4 tablespoons nuoc nam
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons whiskey
• 8 tablespoons sugar (to make liquid caramel)
• 2 small chili peppers
• 1 bunch chives

Recipe

• 1 remove the skin and fat from the lamb (the dish will taste better), cut the lamb into cubes.
• 2 boil water in a pot and add one tablespoonful of nuoc-mam. add the lamb. cook for 30 to 45 minutes. drain the lamb.
• 3 thinly slice the onions and brown in a pan with the lamb, nuoc-mam, soy sauce and whiskey.
• 4 make caramel (cover 8 tablespoons or more of sugar with water and bring to the boil. as soon as the sugar begins to brown add a little water).
• 5 pour the caramel over the lamb and stir.
• 6 sprinkle chopped chives and chili peppers over the dish and serve hot.