Crock Pot Tales: Garlic Herb'd Leg of Lamb

Cooking leg of lamb in a crock is a fool proof way to make lamb. I think it comes out far better than roasting it in the oven. A few weeks ago a homeboy of mine stopped by and dropped off a New Zealand Leg of Lamb from his uncle’s grocery store. He asked what I can do with this. So we had a Lamb dinner party last week. The star of the dinner of course was the leg of lamb; I also did some grilled lamb chops and kebab egg rolls, which I will post another time. This Lamb came out so good some of the folks I had over did not like lamb and had their minds changed after tasting this crock pot treasure.

When you go to pick up your lamb make sure it is a piece that can fit in your crock pot. The one I had last week was too big and I had to take a cleaver to it in order for it to fit. You can always ask the stores butcher to help you.

Ingredients


3-4 lb leg of lamb – bone in
1 teaspoon white pepper
2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 Bay leaves
6 cloves of garlic
1 onion chopped
1 bell pepper chopped
2 carrots chopped
1 cup of water


Marinade
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Oregano
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Cilantro
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Basil
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Dill
1 tablespoon chopped fresh Thyme
6 cloves of Garlic
¼ cup Olive oil


Making Marinade
Combine all the ingredients in a blender or food processor. If you don’t have either you can chop up the herbs. Make sure you chop them into small pieces. Once everything is mixed for the marinade pour over the lamb and rub it in. Set it in the fridge over night or at least for 8 hours.

Crockpot 
Put the leg and the remaining marinade into the crock pot along with the reaming ingredients. Set on low and cook for 8 – 10hours, if you can turn the leg half way through cooking. Once it is done let it rest for about an hour. The meat will be so tender the bone will slide right out like a …. Well let’s not go there.

Take the remaining juices from the crock pot and cook some vegetables in it to go with the leg of lamb or you can make gravy to go over the lamb.

This dish is so versatile, especially when it comes to left over’s you can make soups, tacos, ramen, pulled lamb sandwiches, and much more with it. If you are single like myself bag some up in individual serving sizes and freeze them, heat in a pot with some water or left over lamb broth. It still comes out nice and tender.