10 Easy Ideas for your Roast Lamb Leftovers

Need a few ideas for how to make the most of your leftover roast lamb? Want something a bit more inspiring than lamb sandwiches or cold meat and vegetables? Check out these 10 Easy Ideas for your Roast Lamb Leftovers…

One of the best things about big celebratory meals – be it Easter Day, Christmas Day, a dinner party or just your usual Sunday roast, is those fabulous leftovers. One of my favourite things about them is that using leftovers usually makes for an even quicker, easier meal, but with incredible flavours!

This year I’ve teamed up with the ‘LAMB. Tasty Easy Fun’ campaign to share my love of lamb and to bring you lots of delicious and easy lamb recipes. We thought it would be a really useful idea to show how you can easily adapt our delicious lamb recipes using leftovers…

1. Curried Shepherd’s Pie with Sweet Potato Mash

Shepherd’s pie is a classic way to use up leftover lamb. When I was a child, this was pretty much what we always had on a Monday after our Sunday roast lamb. Ring the changes by adding curry spices to the lamb and sweet potato on top.

Get the recipe => Curried Shepherd’s Pie with Sweet Potato Mash
How to adapt using leftovers: Cut your lamb leftovers into bitesize pieces. Instead of adding lamb mince in step 2, add you leftover lamb pieces in with the tomatoes in step 3 and continue with the rest of the recipe.
Total time using leftovers: 35 minutes
Use 500g leftover roast lamb, serves 4

2. Lamb Penne Gratin with Courgettes and Two Cheeses

This fab Lamb Penne Gratin takes macaroni cheese to the next level with delicious leftover roast lamb, courgettes and a two cheese sauce. If you love mac n cheese you have to try this!

Get the recipe => Lamb Penne Gratin with Courgettes and Two Cheeses
How to adapt using leftovers: This recipe was designed for leftover roast lamb. Follow the exact instructions in the recipe.
Total time using leftovers: 35 minutes
Use 350g leftover roast lamb, serves 4

3. Lamb Jalfrezi

A curry is always a great way of using up leftovers and this Easy Lamb Jalfrezi is super tasty. Using leftovers means you can cut down on the cooking time quite considerably and make it all on the stove top – no need to turn on the oven!

Get the recipe => Easy Lamb Jalfrezi
How to adapt using leftovers: Cut your leftover roast lamb into bitesize pieces. Don’t turn your oven on. Start at step 2 and follow the instructions to cook the onions and spices, then add the lamb and tomatoes, but don’t put the curry in the oven. Add the peppers straight after the tomatoes and then cook the curry on the hob for 30 minutes, until the sauce has reduced nicely. Serve with rice and/or naan breads.
Total time using leftovers: 40 minutes
Use 500g leftover roast lamb, serves 4

4.Lamb, Spinach and Feta Tart

This brilliant recipe is designed for leftover roast lamb. Packed with delicious Greek flavours, this is virtually guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser – absolutely perfect if you are going to a buffet/pot luck party and need to bring a dish!

Get the recipe => Lamb, Spinach and Feta Tart
How to adapt using leftovers: This recipe was designed for leftover roast lamb. Follow the exact instructions in the recipe.
Total time using leftovers: 45 minutes
Use 350g leftover roast lamb, serves 3 as a starter, 6 as a main course

5. Spicy Mexican Lamb Stew

We don’t always necessarily associate lamb with Mexican flavours, but I don’t know why because it is such a fabulous combination. Mexican flavours, such as cumin, chilli and fresh coriander are also flavours which work brilliantly with lamb. Making this stew with leftover lamb means the cooking time is much shorter and it can be done entirely in the hob!

Get the recipe => Spicy Mexican Lamb Stew
How to adapt using leftovers: Cut your leftover lamb into bitesize pieces. Don’t turn your oven on. Start at step 2 and follow the instructions to cook the onions and spices, then add the lamb and tomatoes, but don’t put the stew in the oven. Add the peppers and kidney beans straight after the tomatoes and then cook the stew on the hob for 30 minutes, until the sauce is nicely reduced. Meanwhile make the salsa according to the instructions in the recipe. Serve with rice and/or tortillas.
Total time using leftovers: 40 minutes
Use 500g leftover roast lamb, serves 4

6. Lamb and Cheddar Quesadillas

Another fab Mexican inspired idea that would work brilliantly with leftovers. These gorgeous Lamb and Cheddar Quesadillas are super quick to make and would be such a crowd-pleaser – especially with kids!! There is a fab little video too, to show you just how to make the recipe.

Get the recipe => Lamb and Cheddar Quesadillas
How to adapt using leftovers: Cut your leftover lamb into bitesize pieces, then start at step 2, frying the onions, peppers and mushrooms. Add the leftover lamb and continue with the rest of the recipe.
Total time using leftovers: 20 minutes
Use 500g leftover roast lamb, serves 6

7. Lamb Keema Biryani

Another recipe that is absolutely ideal for making with leftovers! And you can follow the recipe exactly as it was written, simply use your cooked lamb pieces instead of lamb mince. To make an even easier version use frozen peas instead of the roast aubergine and cauliflower.

Get the recipe => Lamb Keema Biryani
How to adapt using leftovers: Cut your leftover lamb into bitesize pieces, then follow the recipe exactly as written, using your leftover roast lamb pieces instead of lamb mince. For an even easier version, don’t make the roast cauliflower and aubergine and instead throw in some frozen peas at step 7 and warm through.
Total time using leftovers: 30 minutes (25 for the easier version)
Use 400g leftover roast lamb, serves 4

8. Lamb Pittas with Tzatziki

This delicious recipe was made for leftovers. These easy peasy lamb pittas are perfect for popping in lunchboxes and making your colleagues super jealous! (Note: if making this for a lunchbox, keep the tzatziki separate and add it in at the last minute or it will make the pittas go soggy.)

Get the recipe => Lamb Pittas with Tzatziki
How to adapt using leftovers: For a hot version, cut your leftover lamb into small strips and then follow the recipe as written. If you are short on time, simply marinate for less time. Alternatively, for an even easier cold version, perfect for lunchboxes, simply make the tzatziki and pickled cabbage the night before and then assemble the pittas, using pieces of cold roast lamb and the pickled cabbage. Put the tzatziki in a small pot and add just before eating.
Total time using leftovers: 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes marinating (15 minutes for the easy version)
Use 500g leftover roast lamb, serves 4

9. Moroccan Lamb Sausage and Chickpea Tagine

I originally created this Moroccan Lamb Sausage and Chickpea Tagine as a quick and easy alternative to a traditional lamb tagine, using sausages instead of stewing lamb, but it would work equally well with leftover roast lamb and be even quicker to make!

Get the recipe => Moroccan Lamb Sausage and Chickpea Tagine
How to adapt using leftovers: Cut your leftover roast lamb into bitesize pieces. Miss out step 1 (browning the sausages) and then continue with the recipe, adding in your leftover roast lamb, instead of the sausages in step 4.
Total time using leftovers: 25 minutes
Use 500g leftover roast lamb, serves 4

10. Stir Fry Lamb with Sesame Seeds and Vegetables

A stir fry is another leftovers classic! This quick and simple stir fry will add oodles of flavour to your leftover roast lamb and is a lovely easy way to add a bit of interest to your midweek meals. Although this recipe was written for lamb strips, it will work just as well with leftover roast lamb.

Get the recipe => Stir Fry Lamb with Sesame Seeds and Vegetables
How to adapt using leftovers: Cut your leftover roast lamb into strips and follow the recipe exactly as written. If you are short on time, simply marinate for less time.
Total time using leftovers: 25 minutes (plus 30 minutes to marinate)
Use 500g leftover roast lamb, serves 4

This is a collaborative post with the ‘LAMB. Tasty Easy Fun’ campaign. ‘LAMB. Tasty Easy Fun’ is an EU funded campaign which aims to increase the use of lamb in everyday cooking.  Lamb is often considered difficult to cook, expensive, or something to be saved for Sunday roasts. The aim of the campaign is to demonstrate just how tasty, easy and fun lamb is to cook with every day of the week! They also have a wonderful website, full of tasty and easy lamb recipes that go way beyond the traditional roast lamb we all know and love.

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