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For the Far East Throwdown, I prepared Tandoori Leg of Lamb and some Naan bread.
The Leg of Lamb is a Steven Raichlen recipe that I found here and the recipe for Naan came from the Big Green Egg Cookbook.
Ingredients for the lamb marinade:
Onto the Small BGE:
Almost there:
Shooting for 140 IT:
and verifying with the trusty Thermapen:
pulled and placed on a bed of onions and cilantro:
Earlier I'd made the dough for the Naan:
and was baking it in the XL BGE as the lamb was finishing up & resting:
onto the platter:
and sliced:
As for how it all came out... The Naan was pretty tasty but if you'd have given it to me and didn't tell me it was Naan, I wouldn't have known as it didn't look or taste quite like Naan I'd had in Indian restaurants. The lamb smelled incredible and the flavor on the outer parts was there but my wife & found the flavor didn't penetrate into the meat like we'd hoped (despite a 16 hr marinade and pushing the marinade into 1" slits in the meat).
Overall, a little disappointing but I tried something new for me and I don't regret that. That's what I like about the Throwdowns, they push me to try things I otherwise likely wouldn't.
Thanks for looking!
The Leg of Lamb is a Steven Raichlen recipe that I found here and the recipe for Naan came from the Big Green Egg Cookbook.
Ingredients for the lamb marinade:
Onto the Small BGE:
Almost there:
Shooting for 140 IT:
and verifying with the trusty Thermapen:
pulled and placed on a bed of onions and cilantro:
Earlier I'd made the dough for the Naan:
and was baking it in the XL BGE as the lamb was finishing up & resting:
onto the platter:
and sliced:
As for how it all came out... The Naan was pretty tasty but if you'd have given it to me and didn't tell me it was Naan, I wouldn't have known as it didn't look or taste quite like Naan I'd had in Indian restaurants. The lamb smelled incredible and the flavor on the outer parts was there but my wife & found the flavor didn't penetrate into the meat like we'd hoped (despite a 16 hr marinade and pushing the marinade into 1" slits in the meat).
Overall, a little disappointing but I tried something new for me and I don't regret that. That's what I like about the Throwdowns, they push me to try things I otherwise likely wouldn't.
Thanks for looking!
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