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Bought a Lamb at the County FFA auction and slaughtered it at the ranch. made some tacos using Naan29512700_10216151881932317_557276794768129258231_10216072686672485_7925614312378

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I've never been a big lamb fan my entire life.  Then I went to Iceland last Summer and tried their lamb stew.

I couldn't wait to get home and try to recreate the recipe.

Instapot, holla!  Damn good stuff!

I've never been a big lamb fan my entire life.  Then I went to Iceland last Summer and tried their lamb stew.
I couldn't wait to get home and try to recreate the recipe.
Instapot, holla!  Damn good stuff!

Aye share that recipe bro.
3 minutes ago, Bevo VIII said:


Aye share that recipe bro.

I've made it twice now.  Both times I used Lamb Loin chops (mini t-bones of lamb).

I rub them down in salt and Slap Yo' Mama and then brown them in a frying pan with butter and olive oil.  Then place them in the bottom of the Instapot or crockpot.

Add a little more butter, olive oil and saute diced onions, celery and garlic with sugar cube sized carrots (I take the organic baby carrots, line them up and cut them into thirds).  I season this mixture while it sautes for a few minutes with oregano, salt and more Slap Yo' Mama.  Add to the Instapot on top of the lamb chops and include 2-3 Bay leaves.

At this point you can add new potatoes or fingerling potatoes and mushrooms if you like.  I do both.

Then add a mixture of bone broth with either chicken broth or beef broth (depending upon the flavor profile that you're shooting for and the wine that you plan to serve with it).  Depending upon which one I pick, I'll also add some bouillon.

Set Instapot to 60 minutes, highest pressure and select "Meat/Stew".

Pour a glass of wine and enjoy the house filling up with the aroma of awesomeness!

I'm gonna give lamb chops a try on the smoker Sunday. Any tips y'all can share?

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1 hour ago, Bevo VIII said:

That looks amazing. Good job OP! Did you make the sauce yourself?

Yea, I made it from some leftover greek yogurt that I used in the marinate for the lamb. It's greek yogurt, agave, siracha, lemon and lime juice, tarragon, chives and salt.

The tacos were lamb, yogurt sauce, sliced onion, cucumber, baby kale from my garden, cherry tomatoes and chives.

Grilled the lamb on my big green egg using oak.

6 hours ago, UnivTex34 said:

I'm gonna give lamb chops a try on the smoker Sunday. Any tips y'all can share?

I'd keep a close eye on them.  I'd keep it short to get some smoke flavor and finish quickly over higher heat.  To be honest, I probably wouldn't bother with the smoker at all, unless you were doing a leg or some lamb breast. 

I think that its pretty damn hard to beat double cut rack of lamb, sous vide, and finished in cast iron. 

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7 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

i believe i'll do lamb on sunday.  duck and lamb are my two favorite meats.

yeah same. lamb, duck then all teh rest of the animal kingdom

 

sous vide the lamb lollipops is interesting. they are so incredibly forgiving, but i always cook em one rib, not two. iron skillet and whatever flavors you want.

looks great. thanks for posting. loving the lamb pics

yeah, i started doing the double cut last few times I made it.  I found that the single chops get overdone, but the double chop sous vide seared and then cut down to one bone gives you the right balance between nice med rare meat and charred exterior.  And makes for a pretty nice presentation. next weekend will be the easter lamb roast. I still need to circle back and perfect lamb ribs on the smoker.  first time i tried those it was transcendental. 

10 hours ago, UnivTex34 said:

I'm gonna give lamb chops a try on the smoker Sunday. Any tips y'all can share?

use high heat.  basically, grill method but using plenty of smoke wood. 

Just now, elfenix said:

use high heat.  basically, grill method but using plenty of smoke wood. 

350?

so I’d guess 30 minutes or so

Just now, UnivTex34 said:

350?

so I’d guess 30 minutes or so

450 for 8 minutes is more like it.  you're going to be way overcooked at 350 and 30 minutes.

Yeah, everything I had been looking at said 210-220 for an hour and 15.

Anastasis, those chops look fucking awesome.  I wish we weren't traveling for Easter.  Will be the first year since we were married that I'm not doing some type of Lamb on Sunday.  Instead we get my m-i-l's bland whatever she decides to make. 

9 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

Yeah, everything I had been looking at said 210-220 for an hour and 15.

we're talking chops, what anastasis posted above, correct?  leg of lamb that may be about right (with a high temp sear afterward).  chops i don't see how they wouldn't be well done (or beyond) at that point. 

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Did 2 boneless legs on the BGE. Cut them each into 3 pieces along the natural separation spots. Smoked for 30 minutes at 250-300 and then seared until 120.

 

They marinated overnight in lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, rosemary, oregano, parsley mixture.

 

Totally forgot to take a money shot afterwards.

 

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Unless you're doing the whole rack, I wouldn't bother trying to smoke lamb chops. You get plenty of smoke on them if you grill them over a wood fire

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3 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Did 2 boneless legs on the BGE. Cut them each into 3 pieces along the natural separation spots. Smoked for 30 minutes at 250-300 and then seared until 120.

 

They marinated overnight in lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, rosemary, oregano, parsley mixture.

 

Totally forgot to take a money shot afterwards.

 

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I rep this despite strong reservations over the lack of a money shot. 

I pledge to post pictures of non-heretic easter lamb, whole on spit next weekend for you heathens. 

ruby’s—may it rest in peace—used to smoke a leg of lamb and serve it like pulled pork on sandwiches every now and again.  it was awesome.  micklethwait has smoked lamb fairly consistently, if not all the time.  

On 3/30/2018 at 8:46 PM, BlueGreySky said:

Anastasis, those chops look fucking awesome.  I wish we weren't traveling for Easter.  Will be the first year since we were married that I'm not doing some type of Lamb on Sunday.  Instead we get my m-i-l's bland whatever she decides to make. 

My ILs are great and my MIL will make some bad azz lebanese food. But I tend to take over the grill wherever I am. Everybody's happy. 

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The best lamb I ever had was smoked lamb breast. The meat is fatty like pork belly with small bones through it.

I would sprinkle garlic salt on both sides and start it at 300-350 for the first 30 minutes so the fat starts to brown and render and reduce the heat to 220 after that.

I wrap them in foil after 2 hours and do another 1.5 or 2 wrapped. Then unwrap them to firm up the last 20 minutes or so and reserve the juice for dipping.

Eat with Naan, tortillas or whatever pocket bread you may have handy. It drips tasty fat juices. Tear it apart with your hands and knaw on the riblets.

 

 

On 3/30/2018 at 9:48 AM, UnivTex34 said:

I'm gonna give lamb chops a try on the smoker Sunday. Any tips y'all can share?

Greek seasoning is the best on lamb chops!  

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

My ILs are great and my MIL will make some bad azz lebanese food. But I tend to take over the grill wherever I am. Everybody's happy. 

Would loved to have grilled today.  But, it's April and I've got 3+ inches of snow on the ground today.  Since the first day of spring we've had 12 inches of snow.  Man, fuck the midwest winters.

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did 215 for an hour and a half. Was fantastic. 

 

 

 

 

 

9 hours ago, RayDog said:

The best lamb I ever had was smoked lamb breast. The meat is fatty like pork belly with small bones through it.

I would sprinkle garlic salt on both sides and start it at 300-350 for the first 30 minutes so the fat starts to brown and render and reduce the heat to 220 after that.

I wrap them in foil after 2 hours and do another 1.5 or 2 wrapped. Then unwrap them to firm up the last 20 minutes or so and reserve the juice for dipping.

Eat with Naan, tortillas or whatever pocket bread you may have handy. It drips tasty fat juices. Tear it apart with your hands and knaw on the riblets.

 

 

All of this. Lamb breast is awesome. 

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