List of lamb dishes facts for kids

Lamb chops with new potatoes and green beans

Have you ever wondered about the different kinds of meat we get from sheep? This article explores many delicious dishes made from lamb and mutton. Lamb and mutton are both meats that come from domestic sheep. The age of the sheep changes what we call its meat. When a sheep is less than one year old, its meat is called lamb. If a sheep is a bit older, more than a year but not yet fully grown, its meat is sometimes called hogget. And when a sheep is fully grown, its meat is known as mutton.

Meat from sheep is very popular in many parts of the world. You'll find it often in countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Lamb and mutton are also super popular in Central Asia and India. In these places, people might choose sheep meat over other red meats for religious reasons or because it's more available. It's also a big part of the food in Australia. Even in some areas of the United States (like Owensboro, Kentucky) and Canada, Barbecued mutton is a special dish!

Delicious Lamb and Mutton Dishes

Popular Lamb Dishes Around the World

Lamb is used in countless recipes across different cultures. Here are some well-known dishes:

• Aloo gosht is a tasty meat curry from the Northern Indian Subcontinent. It mixes potatoes ("aloo") with meat ("gosht"), usually lamb or mutton, in a stew-like gravy.
• Biryani is a mixed rice dish from the Indian Subcontinent. It's made with spices, rice, and meat, often lamb.
• Curry is a general term for many spiced dishes from the Indian Subcontinent, and lamb is a common ingredient.
• Doner kebab is a popular Turkish dish where meat (often lamb) is cooked on a vertical rotisserie and sliced off.
• Fårikål is a traditional Norwegian dish. It's a simple stew made with mutton, cabbage, and whole black pepper, often served with boiled potatoes.
• Haggis is a famous Scottish dish. It's a savory pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver, and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, spices, and stock.
• Instant-boiled mutton is a Chinese hot-pot dish where thin slices of mutton are quickly cooked in boiling broth.
• Jameed is a hard, dry yogurt made from sheep's milk or goat's milk. It's a key ingredient in some Middle Eastern dishes, especially in Jordan.
• Jingisukan is a unique Japanese dish from Hokkaido. It's a grilled mutton dish named after what Japanese people thought Mongolian food might be like.
• Kebab is a very broad term for many meat dishes cooked on a skewer or roasted. Lamb kebabs are found all over the Middle East.
• Kuurdak is a traditional meat dish from Central Asia, usually made from mutton.
• Lamb chop is a cut of lamb meat, often grilled or fried, and enjoyed worldwide.
• Lancashire hotpot is a hearty stew from Lancashire, northern England. It's traditionally made with lamb or mutton and topped with sliced potatoes.
• Lechazo is a Spanish dish made from "cordero lechal," which is meat from very young, unweaned lamb.
• Moussaka is a layered dish popular in the Balkans and the Middle East, often made with minced lamb or beef, eggplant, and a creamy sauce.
• Paomo is a specialty from China's Shaanxi region. It's a hot stew of torn pieces of bread cooked in lamb broth and served with lamb meat.
• Rack of lamb is a cut of lamb that includes several rib chops, often roasted whole.
• Rogan josh is an aromatic lamb dish from Jammu and Kashmir, India, known for its rich red color and spices.
• Scotch broth is a filling soup from Scotland, usually made with lamb or mutton, barley, and vegetables.
• Shepherd's pie is a classic British dish. It's a savory mince (ground meat) pie, traditionally made with lamb or mutton, topped with a layer of mashed potato.
• Squab pie is an English pie that, despite its name, is traditionally made with mutton and apples, not squab (young pigeon).
• Tavë kosi is an Albanian dish of baked lamb and rice with a yogurt and egg sauce.

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  Instant-boiled mutton is a Chinese hot-pot dish.

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  Paomo is a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine and is a typical food eaten in the city of Xi'an. It is a hot stew of chopped-up steamed leavened bread cooked in lamb broth and served with lamb meat. Beef is also sometimes used.

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  Rogan josh is an aromatic lamb dish native to the Indian subcontinent, and is one of the signature recipes of Kashmiri cuisine.

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  Sarburma is a Crimean traditional meat pie dish originating among ethnic Crimeans. It's a widespread snack in Crimea. Its main ingredients are lamb and dough.

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  Sfiha, also known as Arab pizza, is a dish originating from the Arabian Peninsula and Levant, introduced in Brazil by Levantine immigrants.

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  Smalahove is a Western Norwegian traditional dish made from a sheep's head, originally eaten before Christmas.

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  Roast lamb from a roasting spit, served with potato and onion in Istria County, part of Croatian cuisine

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  Aloo gosht is a meat curry in North Indian cuisine. It consists of potatoes ("aloo") cooked with meat ("gosht"), usually lamb or mutton, in a stew-like shorba gravy.

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  Fårikål is a traditional Norwegian dish consisting of mutton with bone, cabbage, whole black pepper and often a little wheat flour. It's traditionally served with potatoes boiled in their jackets.

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  Jameed consists of hard dry laban (yogurt) made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.

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  Kuurdak is a traditional meat dish in Central Asia. It's usually made from mutton.

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  Lamb fries are served in a variety of cuisines.

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  Lechazo is a Spanish dish made from "cordero lechal", the meat from unweaned lamb.

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  Lamb paomo.

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  Roast rack of lamb.

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  Squab pie ingredients, prior to the addition of pie pastry.