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Lamb Shoulder

Lamb Shoulder substitutes

What to use when you can't find Lamb Shoulder at your butcher

Lamb Shoulder is the traditional name in United States. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable lamb cuts under different names — sometimes the same anatomical piece, sometimes a close cousin. The alternatives below are grouped by country so you can match what your local butcher actually carries.

Spain

Cordero lechalapproximate

Same age-class distinction — cordero lechal is roasted whole or in quarters, regular lamb shoulder is butchered as a primal cut.

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