Lamb Stew

Ingredients

2 pounds breast of lamb
1/2 cup sliced onion
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons rice
2 cups potato cubes
1 cup strained tomato
2 tablespoons butter or pork fat
salt and pepper

Directions

Brown the onions in hot fat, cut meat in two-inch pieces, add to onions, cover with hot water, and simmer two hours. Parboil potatoes. Add rice when meat has cooked one hour. Add parboiled potatoes one half hour before serving. Add tomato ten minutes before serving. Season with salt and pepper. The tomato may be omitted and one cup of water substituted.