Lamb Guides

Whether you're roasting a rack or braising a shank, our lamb guides break down everything you need to know to give you tender meat that will work in a number of recipes.

5 Great Spices for Grilled Lamb

Lamb barbacoa on a blue corn tortilla on a yellow plate.

Three Days and a Pit Oven: How the Best Barbacoa Is Made

The Right Way to Use a Meat Thermometer

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From the Archive: The Food Lab on Resting Meat

A slow-roasted leg of lamb sliced on a cutting board, flanked by rosemary sprigs, peeled garlic cloves, and wedges of lemon.

The Food Lab's Definitive Guide to Buying and Cooking Leg of Lamb

How to Clean and French a Lamb Rack | Knife Skills

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Warm panzanella salad with bread tomatoes and greens in a bowl

This Hearty, Peak-Summer Panzanella Is So Much More Than a Meal to Me

Plate of pasta with ground beef and herbs being served

This Creamy, Tangy Pasta Is Better Than Mac and Cheese—and Just as Easy

2 bowls of Loubia Stew on a wooden board with bread on the side and fabric napkin on the bottom of photo

Loubia (Moroccan Stewed White Beans With Lamb)

Overhead view of hummus fatteh

Hummus Fatteh (Hummus With Crisp Pita, Fried Meat, and Pine Nuts)

Overhead view of shish kebabs on pita on a plate

Khorovats (Armenian Shish Kebabs)

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Hot and Numbing Shredded Lamb Noodle Soup Recipe

Overhead view of lamb biryani

Lamb Biryani With Saffron, Yogurt, and Caramelized Onions

Braised Lamb Shoulder With Dried Chiles and Dates, served as a taco with cotija, avocado, radish slices, and a quartered hakurei turnip and its green top.

Braised Lamb Shoulder With Dried Chiles and Dates Recipe

Overhead view of leg of lamb sliced

Slow-Roasted Boneless Leg of Lamb

Homemade Merguez Sausage

A roasted rack of lamb topped with couscous stuffing.

Crown Roast of Lamb With Pistachio-Mint Sauce

A sliced leg of lamb on a cutting board.

9 Easter Lamb Recipes That Will Steal the Show at Your Holiday Table

Overhead view of Qidreh with a side plate of yogurt

Qidreh (Palestinian Bone-In Lamb With Spiced Rice)

Overhead view of kafta in baking dish next to a bowl of rice.

Kafta bi Bandora (Palestinian Ground Meat Patties in Tomato Sauce)

A plate of deep-fried lamb's testicles, also known as Rocky Mountain oysters.

Testicles, Grilled and Fried Recipe

Lamb's Head Recipe

OVerhead view of a bowl of scotch broth.

Scotch Broth Recipe

Chinese hot pot filled with simmering broth, fish balls, tofu, and vegetables

Chinese-Style Hot Pot With Rich Broth, Shrimp Balls, and Dipping Sauces

Roasted Spiced Lamb Ribs With Whole Grain Mustard Sauce Recipe

The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Neck Stew Recipe

The bottom of a glass jar filled with cornstarch

The Function of Cornstarch Recipe

Overhead view of two kidneys on a cutting board.

The Nasty Bits: Deviled Kidneys Recipe

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The Nasty Bits: Lamb Kidneys Recipe

Braised Lamb Ribs with Apricots and Onions Recipe

Deviled kidneys on toast

Sunday Brunch: Deviled Kidneys on Toast Recipe

Goat or Lamb Ribs, Dong-Bei Style Recipe

Hummus Kawarma (Lamb) with Lemon Sauce from 'Jerusalem'

Grilled Merguez Sandwiches With Caramelized Onions, Manchego, and Harissa Mayonnaise Recipe

Vadouvan Crusted Lamb Chops with Toasted Garlic Yogurt Sauce Recipe

The Secret Ingredient (Pink Peppercorn): Lamb au Pink Peppercorn Poivre Recipe

Spicy Cumin Lamb Skewers | Grilling

Merguez Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions, Manchego, and Harissa Mayonnaise | Grilling

A rack of lamb cooked sous vide and sliced into individual portions, all fanned out on a wooden cutting board with a pile of salt and sprigs of fresh herbs all around.

Sous Vide Rack of Lamb Recipe

Greek-American Gryo wrapped in aluminum foil on a bright blue plate.

Greek-American Lamb Gyros Recipe

Spooning butter on a pan-roasted rack of lamb.

Pan-Roasted Rack of Lamb Recipe

Skewers of spicy cumin lamb (yang rou chuan) on an oval platter.

Spicy Cumin Lamb Skewers (Yang Rou Chuan) Recipe

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Grilled Lamb Arrosticini: A Study in Grilled Skewer Simplicity

Overhead view of finished eggplant stew

Khoresh-é-Bādemjan (Persian Meat and Eggplant Stew)

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Grilled Italian-Style Lamb Skewers (Arrosticini Abruzzesi) Recipe

Shepherd's Pie in red casserole dish with one square portion removed

Classic, Savory Shepherd's Pie (With Beef and/or Lamb)

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Jeff Koehler's Moroccan Grilled Lamb Kefta Brochettes Recipe

Closeup of braised lamb shank with mustard and fresh mint leaves

Fall-Apart Lamb Shanks Braised with Mustard and Mint Recipe

Plated lamb burger showing all its layers

The Best Lamb Burgers Recipe

Tender Braised Lamb Shanks With Bitter Herb Salad Recipe

Yogurt- and Mint-Marinated Lamb Skewers getting lightly charred in a grill grate.

Yogurt- and Mint-Marinated Lamb Skewers

Closeup of an Indian-spiced pulled lamb sandwich

Indian-Spiced Oven-Cooked Pulled Lamb Sandwiches

Grilled Moroccan-Spiced Rack of Lamb Recipe

perfect slow-cooked lamb racks arranged standing up on platter

Perfect Slow-Cooked Rack of Lamb for the Grill or the Stovetop Recipe

Closeup of grilled berbere-spiced lamb chops, shingled on top of cucumber-lentil salad.

Grilled Berbere-Spiced Lamb Chops With Cucumber-Lentil Salad

Grilled lamb ribs on a white ceramic plate.

Perfectly Grilled Lamb Rib or Loin Chops

Grilled Garlic- and Mint Pesto–Stuffed Leg of Lamb Recipe

Smoked Lamb Barbacoa Recipe

French in a Flash: Grilled Lamb Chops with Port Syrup, Garlic Confit, and Sauce Vierge 'Persillade' Recipe

Spicy Cumin Lamb Skewers Recipe

Lamb with Cumin and Chiles Recipe

Mangalorean mutton gravy, served in a small bowl.

Mangalorean Mutton Gravy Recipe

Sichuan Roast Leg of Lamb With Celery-Mint Salad Recipe

Closeup of sliced sous vide leg of lamb with black olives served on a white plate.

Sous Vide Leg of Lamb With Black Olives Recipe