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Tibs
Sizzling Ethiopian sautéed lamb with caramelised onions, tomatoes and green chillies — a fast, fiery and deeply aromatic dish served on injera.
⏱ 40 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.6(534)
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Ethiopian Lamb Recipes
5 recipes using lamb — Injera, doro wat, misir — ancient spiced stews of the Horn of Africa.
These 5 ethiopian lamb recipes are ready in about 54 minutes on average, with 420–540 kcal per serving, and 40% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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54 min
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459 kcal
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easy recipes
How Ethiopian cuisine cooks with lamb
Ethiopian cooking is ancient and intensely spiced — slow-simmered stews built on berbere and aromatic spiced butter, scooped up with sour injera. When Ethiopian cooks work with lamb, they reach for berbere, niter kibbeh (spiced butter), garlic, ginger and fenugreek, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are searing, sautéing, simmering and marinating.
A tender, distinctively rich red meat at home in fragrant, spice-forward and slow-cooked dishes. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, onions, berbere spice blend, niter kibbeh and fresh rosemary. The dishes here span ethiopian classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Lamb Tibs is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,560 ratings.
5 Ethiopian Lamb Recipes
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Tibs
Ethiopian sautéed meat with onions, peppers, and mitmita — quick-cooked and intensely flavoured, served on injera.
⏱ 35 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.8(698)
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Lamb Tibs
Ethiopian pan-seared lamb with vegetables and spiced butter — a quick, tender celebration.
⏱ 45 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.9(1,560)
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Tigray Chickpea Tomato Skillet Dinner
Tigray Chickpea Tomato Skillet Dinner brings ethiopian flavor into a practical home recipe with lamb mince, berbere, niter kibbeh, lentils and ginger, and a finish of cilantro.
⏱ 37 min🔥 434 kcalMedium
★4.6(5,044)
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Yebeg Wat (Ethiopian Spiced Lamb Stew)
Lamb slow-braised in a rich berbere sauce with a long-cooked onion base, a warming Ethiopian stew traditionally served over injera.
⏱ 115 min🔥 540 kcalMedium
★4.5(26)
Choosing & preparing lamb
How to choose
Look for firm, pink-red meat with white (not yellow) fat. Quick cuts: chops and rack; slow cuts: shoulder, shank and leg for braising and roasting.
Prep & storage
Lamb loves bold seasoning — garlic, rosemary, cumin and mint cut through its richness. Trim excess fat, and rest after cooking as you would beef.
When is it done?
Best served pink at 55–60°C / 130–140°F for chops and racks; tougher cuts go low and slow until meltingly tender.
Nutrition
Rich in complete protein, iron, zinc and B vitamins, with more flavour-carrying fat than lean beef.
Classic flavour partners: rosemary, garlic, mint, cumin, yoghurt, lemon
Ethiopian Lamb Recipes — FAQ
How long do Ethiopian lamb recipes take to make?
Most of these 5 Ethiopian lamb recipes are ready in around 54 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Tibs, takes about 35 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 115 minutes.
How many calories are in Ethiopian lamb dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 420 to 540 kcal per serving, averaging 459 kcal — Tibs is the lightest option at 420 kcal.
What is the easiest Ethiopian lamb recipe for beginners?
Tibs is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 40 minutes. 40% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with lamb in Ethiopian cooking?
In these recipes, lamb is most often paired with garlic, onions, berbere spice blend, niter kibbeh and fresh rosemary. Ethiopian kitchens also lean on berbere, niter kibbeh (spiced butter), garlic, ginger and fenugreek.
How do I know when lamb is properly cooked?
Best served pink at 55–60°C / 130–140°F for chops and racks; tougher cuts go low and slow until meltingly tender.
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