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Lamb carnitas?

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DTP02
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We have a tradition in recent years of eating lamb on Easter, typically with kebabs, naan, baba, and tabouleh.

I've been thinking of shaking things up, and am wondering if I could do lamb carnitas.

Anyone ever tried it?

My first instinct is is to just substitute lamb for pork butt and follow my go-to sous vide recipe inspired by Serious Eats.
GAC06
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My concern would be that lamb is a lot leaner and carnitas kind of needs the fat
Ornlu
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We roast a lamb leg for Easter and serve it like prime rib. Slab it shallowly and insert about a dozen garlic cloves, cut into slivers. Then coat with salt and herbs, reverse sear by smoking to 128 internal. Pull it to rest for about an hour, until the temp drops to below 120. The sear it with whatever you've got that gets hotest - I use a cast iron skillet on my outdoor turkey burner. Slice thinly and serve with a horseradish and chive sauce.

None of that is what you asked, but you did describe cooking it different than your usual, and this would be different.
Bruce Almighty
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I make lamb barbacoa every Easter.
HTownAg98
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If you're going to do this, you'll want to use lamb shanks, shoulder, or neck slices. Most every other cut will result in dry and stringy meat. Shanks are relatively easy to find, not so much for the other two. Personally I would go the barbacoa route as opposed to carnitas.
LawHall88
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https://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/slow-cooker-lamb-barbacoa/
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