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Uzbek Lamb Recipes

14 recipes using lamb — Plov, samsa, lagman — hearty Silk Road cooking from the heart of Central Asia.

Uzbek cuisine is famous for its bold, distinctive flavours. These uzbek lamb recipes range from quick weeknight dishes ready in under 30 minutes to impressive weekend feasts. Each recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions, and full calorie counts per serving.

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✨ Newdinner

Plov

Uzbekistan's legendary rice pilaf — lamb, carrots, onions and spiced broth cooked together in a kazan to create Central Asia's most beloved dish.

⏱ 115 min🔥 680 kcalMedium

★4.9(654)

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✨ Newstarter

Samsa

Crisp, flaky baked pastries filled with seasoned minced lamb and onion — Uzbekistan's much-loved Silk Road street food, baked in a traditional tandoor or home oven.

⏱ 80 min🔥 320 kcalMedium

★4.7(503)

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✨ Newdinner

Uzbek Lagman

Hand-pulled wheat noodles served in a fragrant lamb and vegetable broth with star anise and Sichuan pepper — Central Asia's most satisfying noodle dish.

⏱ 105 min🔥 620 kcalHard

★4.8(1,876)

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✨ Newdinner

Shurpa — Uzbek Lamb Soup

A clear, golden lamb broth with chickpeas, potato, carrot, onion and fresh herbs — Central Asia's most beloved and nourishing soup.

⏱ 140 min🔥 480 kcalEasy

★4.8(1,543)

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✨ Newdinner

Uzbek Manti — Steamed Lamb Dumplings

Generously sized steamed dumplings filled with spiced lamb, onion and pumpkin, served with sour cream and herb sauce — the royal dish of Central Asian cuisine.

⏱ 105 min🔥 520 kcalMedium

★4.9(2,154)

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✨ Newdinner

Dimlama — Uzbek Lamb and Vegetable Stew

A no-stir Uzbek stew of layered lamb, potato, carrot, onion and herbs sealed tightly and slow-cooked in their own steam — deceptively simple and profoundly flavourful.

⏱ 110 min🔥 520 kcalEasy

★4.7(1,234)

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dinner

Samarkand Plov

The ancient rice dish from Samarkand — lamb and rice cooked in a kazan with the characteristic dry, separate grains of Uzbek plov, fragrant with cumin and topped with whole garlic and quince.

⏱ 120 min🔥 680 kcalHard

★4.9(1,450)

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dinner

Lagman

Central Asia's pulled noodle soup — hand-stretched wheat noodles in a rich lamb and vegetable broth, a Silk Road dish with Chinese, Uyghur, and Uzbek roots.

⏱ 105 min🔥 560 kcalHard

★4.8(890)

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snack

Somsa

Uzbek baked lamb pastries from the tandoor — flaky triangular pastries filled with spiced lamb and onion, baked in a clay oven until the outside shatters and the inside sizzles.

⏱ 85 min🔥 340 kcalMedium

★4.8(870)

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dinner

Naryn

Uzbekistan's nomadic noodle dish — hand-cut noodles served with boiled horse or lamb meat in a clear, aromatic broth, garnished with golden fried onions.

⏱ 135 min🔥 520 kcalMedium

★4.7(420)

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soup