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Grilled and Roasted Lamb Recipes From AmazingRibs.com (10 Recipes, 2 Articles)

Published On: 4/24/2019 Last Modified: 6/16/2025

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If cooked properly lamb can be as good as beef. It seems lamb is like liver or anchovies. Some people just hate them, and it’s usually because of a traumatic childhood experience. Our lamb recipes may just change your mind about this misunderstood ingredient.

grilled leg of lamb

Dolly’s Rub Is The Only One You Ever Need For Lamb

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Dolly's lamb rub recipe is perfect when looking to amp up the flavor for smoked and grilled lamb. Click here to get the details.
sliced lamb leg

Proven Methods For Making Melt-In-Your-Mouth Grill Roasted Leg of Lamb

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Create mouth watering leg of lamb on the smoker or grill with these various techniques. Here are four grill roasted lamb recipes.
Close up of cooked lamb legs

Get A Taste Of Morocco With This Grilled Leg Of Lamb, Mechoui Style

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

In this twist on the traditional mechoui, a leg of lamb is marinated overnight in charmoula. It is then seasoned, grilled, and served.
lamb loin chops

You’ll Be Amazed At How My “Sheep Dip” Transforms Grilled Lamb Chops

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Lamb loin chops are tender, flavorful, and juicy. This is an extremely quick and easy marinade and cooking method for grilled lamb chops.
lamb chop grilled on its side

Rack Of Lamb Three Ways: Grilled Lamb Lollipops, Lamb Ribeyes, And Whole Rack Of Lamb

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Here are tips and tricks for grilling the perfect whole rack of lamb or lollipops (lamb chops), including how to trim them and season them.
lamb barbacoa tacos with salsa picante

This Whole Head, Pit Cooked Barbacoa Keeps Texas Traditions Alive

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Adrian Davila, AmazingRibs.com Content Contributor

This technique of slow-smoking a beef or lamb head wrapped in maguey leaves in a traditional underground pit has been used in many cultures for thousands of years. I grew up eating this kind of whole-head Texas barbacoa recipe with tortillas on my family's ranch.
Smoked dry rubbed lamb ribs plated

Smoked Dry Rubbed Lamb Ribs Will Become Your New Obsession

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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality

With this simple flavorful recipe, feast on succulent lamb ribs that are seasoned with a dry rub and slow smoked until tender. These grilled lamb ribs are served without any sauce to highlight the balance of the slightly gamey meat and the herb scented dry rub. A squeeze of lemon never hurts though.
lamb burger

Ground Lamb Burgers Top Your Favorite Greek Gyro

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Here's how to make Greek Gyros starting with a lamb burger. Preparing these burgers is a snap and you might not go back to beef hamburgers.
Grilled lamb Merguez Sausage

Lamb Merguez Sausage Recipe: A Taste Of Morocco

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Chef Ryan

Take your grilled sausages to a whole new level with this tested recipe for homemade Moroccan Merguez lamb sausage.
Homemade chili

The All Purpose Chili Recipe You’ve Been Searching For

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Dive into a bowl of red or the the chili dog of your dreams with this recipe for an amazing all-purpose chili and chili sauce.
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Grilled lamb cubes, a.k.a. spiedies

This Spiedies Recipe Will Have You Kicking Kebabs To The Curb

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

These spiedies are not cooked on skewers, but grilled with onions and peppers. The marinade flavor is almost as strong as the meat flavor.
cuts of lamb

Lamb Cuts And Grades To Help Find The Perfect One For You

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

If you say you don't like lamb, you probably really mean you don't like the preparation of lamb you were served.

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