Why There Are so Few Lamb Recipes on the Milk Street Site

Question

This is a general question.  Why are there virtually no lamb recipes on your site?  Even dishes that are traditionally made with lamb,  like rogan josh,  are adapted for chicken.  Why is this?

Matthew Card · Accepted Answer

Hi Mark,
That is an excellent question! On the whole, Americans eat only about a pound of lamb a year (as opposed to 85 pounds of beef), so we tend to adapt our recipes to beef and offer lamb as an option whenever possible. For the most part, it's easy to swap out lamb cuts for beef if it's a stew or braise. Lamb shoulder is an easy swap for chuck roast.
Rogan Josh is often made with lamb, beef or chicken at this point. I'd agree that its best with lamb because the strong-tasting meat stands up best to the spices, but we've tailored the flavorings to suit chicken.
We've got a number of lamb recipes that may not show up in a simple search:
Spicy Stir-Fried Cumin Beef
This is one of our first recipes, which uses lamb to excellent results:
No-sear Lamb or Beef and Chickpea Stew
https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/turkish-minced-meat-kebabs
This is excellent made with ground lamb:
Indian Spiced Beef and Peas (Keema Matar)
Spicy Chinese Beef Skewers (Niu Rou Chuan)

Why There Are so Few Lamb Recipes on the Milk Street Site

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