Oven Potatoes Tray (saniat Patates Ba El-lahma Fi Al-forn)

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 5 lbs potatoes
• 3 -4 large onions
• 1 -2 lb stew meat (beef)
• 1 -2 cup butter
• 2 (18 ounce) cans tomato paste
• salt and pepper
• water

Recipe

• 1 wash the potatoes very well.
• 2 dry the potato.
• 3 peel the potatoes and cut into medium slices.
• 4 peel and cut the onions into thin round slices.
• 5 put peeled potatoes and onions into a pot filled with water.
• 6 boil the potatoes and the onions for about 8 minutes.
• 7 wash the stew meat (beef) well.
• 8 put the meat into another pot (filled with water).
• 9 boil the meat for about 7 minutes (skimming off the fat and the blood as it boils).
• 10 place 2 sticks of butter 8 oz (4 oz each) in a very large oven pan or tray.
• 11 if you do not have a very large oven pot use 2 medium oven pans.
• 12 mix everything together.
• 13 put meat over the butter.
• 14 add the boiled potatoes, onions, and 2 cans of tomato paste to the meat.
• 15 add water from the meat to cover the potatoes.
• 16 if the water is not enough, then, use more water from the boiled potatoes to cover the potatoes.
• 17 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 18 stir all (about 3 minutes) well to mix the tomato paste.
• 19 bake in 350 degree oven (without cover) for 1 hour or more, until potatoes become soft.
• 20 serve over rice.