🇺🇸 United States · Approximate
Lamb shank
Lamb shanks
Lamb Neck is the traditional name in United States. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.
Substitutes for Lamb Neck that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.
🇺🇸 United States · Approximate
Lamb shanks
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Both are cheap, collagen-rich lamb cuts that need long, slow cooking; interchangeable in stews and slow roasts.
Both braise to a gelatinous, fall-apart texture; shank gives a single neat portion where neck gives shreddable meat.
Shoulder is the standard swap for neck in lamb stews and tagines — more meat per kilo, same slow-cook requirement.