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Lamb Recipes - Grilled and Smoked Recipes for Lamb

Grilling, Rotisserie and Smoking Recipes for everything Lamb from Lamb chops to Leg of Lamb to Rack of Lamb.

Top 10 Lamb Recipes

Lamb is the most overlooked meat to hit the grill. If you are not grilling lamb then you are missing out on something wonderful. Whether you are grilling lamb chops, rack of lamb, lamb burgers, leg of lamb (yes, the list goes on), there recipes are here to help you out.

Spicy Rotisserie Leg of Lamb

This is a wonderful Mediterranean rotisserie lamb dish. Serve up with yogurt dressing and pita bread or with grilled potatoes.

Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb

This leg of lamb recipe from the American Lamb Board is a great way to grill up a leg of lamb without a rotisserie and without having to worry about drying out the lamb before the center gets cooked. Typically a boneless leg of lamb is already butterflied but you want to make sure that it has a uniform thickness so it will cook evenly.

Greek Style Lamb Kabobs with Pita and Tzatziki Sauce

This great lamb recipe from the American Lamb Board makes a fantastic pita sandwich. Keep your kebabs the width of your pita so you can simply slide the skewer off into your sandwich.

Stout and Honey Mustard Lamb Leg

If the stout is too bitter for your tastes, by all means, add more honey to the mixture.

Grilled Lamb Kebabs with Saffron

These lamb kebabs are lightly seasoned in exotic spices and red wine. Don't worry, you can always prepare it without the saffron threads and it will still be delicious.

Grilled Lamb Burgers with Mint

These minty lamb burgers work well served either on pita bread or a bun. If you are using pita, a nice yogurt sauce with cilantro would enhance the already delicious flavor of the meat. Experiment with condiments and see what works best for you.

Smoked Irish-Style Lamb and Potatoes

This is convenient dish since you can cook everything in the smoker. Just load everything up and let it go for 3 or so hours.

Grilled Lemony Lamb Burgers

These lamb burgers are great for any occasions. You can use lean lamb if you want to cut the fat content of the dish.

Grilled Indian-Style Lamb Chops

This grilled lamb chop recipe is marinated in an Indian-style marinade and cooked hot and fast. This dish goes well with rice or grilled vegetables.

Rosemary Lamb Chops

This is a simple grilled lamb chop recipe to prepare and a great make ahead meal.

Moroccan Lamb Leg

This is a flavorful, simple, yet exotic way to prepare a grilled lamb leg.

Grilled Ginger and Red Wine Lamb Chops

The red wine marinade not only adds flavor to this lamb chop dish, but helps to tenderize the meat. Enjoy with your favorite grilled sides.

Apple Glazed Lamb Chops

What makes these lamb chops great is the combination of sweet with savory flavors. And it's easy to make. Use lamb loin chops because they have a better flavor.

Grilled Tequila and Chile Chipotle Rubbed Lamb

If you aren't fond of lamb, this works well with pork tenderloin. Use perhaps 2 to 3 tenderloins.

Chinese Lamb and Chilies

This lamb roast is cut up, skewers and marinated in a great sauce. Add whatever vegetables you want and make the kebab a whole meal.

Ground Lamb on Skewers

This is a very old and traditional Middle Eastern recipe. The trick is getting the meat to hold onto the skewers. Be gentle with them. As they cook the meat will harden and hold fast.

Smoked Mutton Chops

Mutton can be tough and has a strong flavor. Slow smoking these mutton chops is the answer to a tender chop with a great flavor.

Lamb Chops with Mint

These lamb chops are served up with a great minty sauce that gives them moisture and flavor.

Chili Rubbed Lamb Chops

These Lamb Chops are rubbed with a great spice mixture and served up with a hot pepper jelly that will surprise anyone who doesn't normally like lamb.

Teriyaki Lamb Kebabs

You generally don't think of lamb when it comes to teriyaki, but the blending of flavors is perfect for lamb. These kebabs make a great meal. Serve it with rice.

Armenian Lamb Chops

Set these lamb chops in their marinade the night before and you will be able to put tomorrows dinner together in a few minutes.

Tandoori Rack of Lamb

This rack of lamb has a traditional Indian spice rub on it give the lamb a load of great flavors. You want to sear the lamb hot to seal in the juices and give it a great crusty surface.

Traditional Shish Kebabs

Traditional Shish Kebabs are made with lamb. It's really the only choice. Marinate the meat and then grill it hot and fast. This is truely a classic of cooking.

Garlic Lamb with Mushrooms

This leg of lamb is stuffed full of flavor. You can sear the lamb over direct heat before you switch to indirect cooking to give it a good crust over the surface.

Lemon Thyme Lamb Chops

These lamb chops are lightly flavored with lemon and thyme leaving them with a great grilled lamb flavor.

Mustard Covered Rack of Lamb

These racks of lamb are coated in a garlic flavored, mustard marinade then seared on the grill. Finish them off indirectly to keep the surface moist while the inside gets cooked through.

Leg of Lamb Provençal

This is a classic European recipe for leg of lamb. The slow roating on the rotisserie makes this self basting and absolutely delicious.

Greek Burgers

This is one of my favorite hamburgers. I like to put some feta cheese on the patty a minute or so before I take them off the grill.

Balsamic Herb Lamb Chops

This is a quick way to make some really great lamb chops. The combination of flavors will make even people who don't like lamb come back for more.

Herb and Garlic Lamb Loin Chops

This lamb recipe is very greek in style and is loaded with great flavor. Get the loin chops, versus regular lamb chops for a more tender cut of lamb.

Greek Lamb Chops

These lamb chops are loaded up with great flavor. Marinate for tenderness and grill them hot and fast.

Leg of Lamb

This is a classic, rotisserie cooked leg of lamb with a great marinade that gives you the perfect, boneless lamb leg.

Grilled Rack of Lamb

Doc Donald posted this traditional recipe for a rack of lamb on the grill. The marinade is a combination of great flavors for lamb.

Lamb Chops Dijon

The combination of the mustard, orange and thyme really make these lamb chops fantastic. Put them on a hot, hot grill and cook to just barely done. Allow them to sit a minute before you serve.

Greek Marinated Leg Of Lamb

This is a classic Greek style rotisserie leg of lamb. A great meal for any Holiday and a particular favorite for Easter.

Smoke Roasted Rack of Lamb

Get a couple of racks of lamb, french cut and marinate them in this very flavorful marinade. You'll make a truly great meal.

Spicy Indian Rack of Lamb

This recipe is the one that stands out as the single most asked for thing I grill. Tender rack of lamb, coated with spices, and grilled over a...

Mint-Jalapeno Lamb Chops

This is a quick and easy way to prepare some great lamb chops. The combination of mint and jalapeno packs a powerful glaze over these chops as you grill them.

Tandoori Mixed Grill

Can't decide what you want for dinner? How about a little of everything. This Indian Mixed Grill recipe uses lamb chops, chicken, shrimp, and vegetables to give you, your family, a few dozen of your closest friends exactly what you want, the ability to choose. Mixed up with a Tandoori marinade and then grilled, you end up by throwing everything...

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