Best Leftover Lamb Roast Dish

My Friend and Host Mary had bought a rather large leg of lamb
It was to feed 5 of us but obviously… it could have fed probably 8-10
So even before we had leftovers, I did a search for a way to use them up
Of course there is always Shepherds pie BUT we wanted something different
Epicurious had a recipe that inspired me. I made a few changes
So so simple and so so tasty
Beautiful flavoured rice
Cant get much better than that, I reckon

Not only did we have lamb but also gravy and mint sauce leftover, so perfect
AND there was still lamb for a sandwich the next day

To serve 4
Heat oven to 175C
Grease a casserole dish with butter

3 Tablespoons butter
2 medium onions peeled and thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups leftover Lamb
1 cup of leftover gravy including 1/2 cup mint sauce
1 1/2 cups of stock (I used powdered stock in water
1 clove garlic
1 1/2 cups basmati rice
1/4 cup chopped parley
Extra parsley for garnish

Saute onions in butter until soft and delicately browned
Add rice
Stir and cook for about 5 minutes till rice is almost toasted

 
Mix together gravy, mint sauce and stock and parsley
Add to pan
Stir well
Add leftover lamb and parsley

Bring to boil and turn into Casserole dish

Into oven and bake for about 30-40 minutes when rice is cooked and has absorbed most of the liquid
Check at 25 minutes to make sure it not drying out

Garnish with extra chopped parsley and serve