Chipotle-Squash Lamb Tacos

Ingredients:
1 medium onion, cutting into rings
three 1/2 lbs boneless leg of lamb
2-3 large banana leaves*

for the sauce/marinade
1 (7-oz) canned chipotle peppers inwards adobo
1 pocket-size onion, quartered
four cloves garlic
1/4 loving cup apple tree cider vinegar
two tablespoons love apple tree paste
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 loving cup roasted acorn mash (about 1/2 of a squash)
body of body of water salt
freshly the world dark pepper

to serve:
shredded blood-red cabbage
diced onion
shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese
warm corn or flour tortillas



Directions:
Blend all of the sauce ingredients inwards a blender until smooth. Set aside.

Line the bottom of a four quart deadening cooker with the onion rings.

Place the lamb inwards the middle of the banana leaves. Pour the sauce over the lamb, turning to coat.

Wrap the leaves around the lamb to shape a package. Place on the onion rings.

Cover too fix on high six hours. Remove the lamb from the deadening cooker too cube it. Divide alongside tortillas too move past times with desired toppings.

*I purchase these frozen too defrost them overnight inwards the refrigerator.

My thoughts:

The American Lamb Board asked if I'd last willing practise do a novel recipe using lamb, I was happy to practise so! I similar lamb only rarely fix with it, it tin hand notice last tricky to find. I idea I'd brand tacos only with a fall-twist; the clandestine constituent is acorn squash! It it added a subtle flavour too helped to temper the rut from the peppers. I've e'er wanted to fix something inwards banana leaves too then when I saw them frozen at the grocery store, I picked them up. Cooking meat for tacos (in a pit!) is a traditional agency inwards United Mexican U.S.A. too then I tweaked it to operate inwards the deadening cooker. It worked well, the meat stayed really moist. It actually is a cracking recipe for person who peradventure has never tried to fix with lamb before; uncomplicated soundless yielding delish results.
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