Leg of Lamb Recipes

A typical holiday meal, roast leg of lamb provides enough meat to feed a crowd. These easy recipes call for marinating leg of lamb and cooking it whole or butterflying it for the grill.

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Roast Leg of Lamb with Red Wine Sauce

From Food & Wine

Some of the most creative new wine lists are emphatically local. Broadway East in NYC champions New York state wines, while Terroir in Portland, Oregon, supports Pacific Northwest producers; chef Stu Stein serves this lamb with a Columbia Valley Syrah.

Roast Leg of Lamb with Red Wine Sauce

Quentin Bacon
Harvest Leg of Lamb

From Better Homes and Gardens

Garlic and lemon flavor this roasted leg of lamb. If you are unable to find a whole leg of lamb, proceed with the recipe following the instructions in the note to use two boneless leg roasts.

Harvest Leg of Lamb

Roasted Leg of Lamb with Lemon-and-Herb Vegetables

From Taste of the South

Roasted Leg of Lamb with Lemon-and-Herb Vegetables

Irish Lamb Stew

From EatingWell

Lamb stew is Irish penicillin: a rich stew full of potatoes, leeks and carrots that'll cure whatever ails you. In traditional fashion, nothing here is browned first, just all stewed together. To keep it healthy make sure to trim the lamb of any visible fat before you cook it.

Irish Lamb Stew

Leg of Lamb with Apple-Mint Chutney

From Ladies' Home Journal

Roasted fennel and lemons add robust flavor to this lamb dish. Roasted parsnips, leeks, or baby potatoes also taste delicious with lamb.

Leg of Lamb with Apple-Mint Chutney

Leg of Lamb with Pistachio Couscous

From Ladies' Home Journal

In this recipe, the garlic studded lamb gets a sweet rosemary basting sauce during roasting. The fruit and nut side dish makes it a complete meal.

Leg of Lamb with Pistachio Couscous

Lemon-Herb Lamb and Vegetable Kabobs

From Ladies' Home Journal

Zesty marinated meat and veggies make a delicious summer meal. Serve these grilled kabobs with warm flatbread.

Lemon-Herb Lamb and Vegetable Kabobs

Mustard-Crusted Lamb

From Food & Wine

Suzanne Goin (an F&W Best New Chef 1999) is beloved in Los Angeles for Lucques and AOC. She'll expand her reach at the upcoming Tavern in Brentwood, which will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner and sell house-made breads and prepared foods like this leg of lamb, which she serves with a Meyer lemon salsa.

Mustard-Crusted Lamb

Tina Rupp
East Indian Roasted Leg of Lamb

From Better Homes and Gardens

While the lamb roasts, the spicy rub seeps into the slits you cut in the meat, creating pockets of flavor.

East Indian Roasted Leg of Lamb

Mustard-Glazed Leg of Lamb Sandwiches

From Better Homes and Gardens

Tender, succulent slices of boneless leg of lamb served on a kaiser roll make a delicious entree for a leisurely backyard cookout. You'll have plenty of time to visit while the roast grills.

Mustard-Glazed Leg of Lamb Sandwiches

Mint-Rubbed Leg of Lamb

From Better Homes and Gardens

For the most succulent slices of lamb, serve the roast medium-rare to medium, in its own juices, with an elegant arrangement of vegetables.

Mint-Rubbed Leg of Lamb

Basil-Crusted Leg of Lamb with Lemon Vinaigrette

From Food & Wine

With its basil-and-pine nut crust and bracing dressing of lemon juice and Dijon mustard, this lamb dish bridges Brazil and Provence.

Basil-Crusted Leg of Lamb with Lemon Vinaigrette

Stephanie Foley
Grilled Thai Leg of Lamb

From Better Homes and Gardens

A Thai flavored sauce goes perfectly with the seasoned and grilled leg of lamb in this recipe.

Grilled Thai Leg of Lamb

Herbed Lamb with Apples

From Better Homes and Gardens

Complement robust marinated lamb with the light sweetness of warm apples. Grill the apples in a foil packet for ease.

Herbed Lamb with Apples

Herb Roasted Lamb with Black Beans

From Better Homes and Gardens

Zippy black beans pair deliciously with this roasted leg of lamb.

Herb Roasted Lamb with Black Beans

Herb-Rubbed Leg of Lamb

From Better Homes and Gardens

With slivers of garlic and a fresh herb rub, this leg of lamb soon becomes an unforgettable low-fat favorite.

Herb-Rubbed Leg of Lamb

Tandoori-Style Lamb

From Better Homes and Gardens

Put a spice rub and yogurt on the lamb in the morning, then refrigerate until dinner. Cook it on the grill and dinner is ready to serve.

Tandoori-Style Lamb

Greek-Style Leg of Lamb

From Food & Wine

Greek-Style Leg of Lamb

Con Poulos
Roasted Leg of Lamb with Dried Cherry, Mustard & Herb Crust

From Fine Cooking Magazine

In Tuscany, we traditionally serve a whole roast leg of lamb for spring celebrations: Easter, a wedding engagement, a baptism. The meat is rich and flavorful and, of course, when you roast a whole leg, there's plenty for everyone gathered around the table. This roast is coated with a crust of dried cherries and herbs that's a delicious complement to the flavor of the meat

Roasted Leg of Lamb with Dried Cherry, Mustard & Herb Crust

Greek Lamb Platter

From Better Homes and Gardens

A zesty lemon marinade seasons this grilled succulent lamb recipe. A feta cheese and tomato mixture adds the final touches when serving this main dish.

Greek Lamb Platter

Lamb Kabobs with Mustard Glaze

From Fitness

In this grilled kabob recipe, lean chunks of lamb, potatoes, onions, and sweet peppers are glazed with aromatic mustard and savory thyme.

Lamb Kabobs with Mustard Glaze

Hunter's Leg of Lamb

From Better Homes and Gardens

If you're tired of ham or turkey at the holidays, try this leg of lamb recipe, which includes a side of flavored rice.

Hunter's Leg of Lamb

Grilled Lamb Salad

From Midwest Living

For this main-dish salad, mixed greens are topped with lamb medallions and roasted vegetables seasoned with lemon-dill sauce.

Grilled Lamb Salad

Lamb Salad with Roasted Vegetables

From Midwest Living

This gorgeous salad is perfect for summer entertaining. Arrange spirals of cheese-and-herb-stuffed lamb alongside crisp greens and colorful roasted vegetables.

Lamb Salad with Roasted Vegetables

Moroccan Lamb Roast

From Better Homes and Gardens

Slow roast the lamb, rubbed with Moroccan-style spices, to make this dinner party entree.

Moroccan Lamb Roast

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