Dishes made with mutton
12 dishes from around the world that list mutton as a main ingredient.
Pilaf
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan and 5 moreRice cooked in stock with spices, meat or vegetables, with each grain kept separate
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Kala bhunaMeat
🇧🇩 BangladeshA dark, richly spiced beef curry from Chittagong, Bangladesh
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CassouletMeat
🇫🇷 FranceHearty bean and meat stew from southern France, slow-cooked in a deep earthenware pot
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
PitiMeat
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan and 3 moreMutton and chickpea stew slow-cooked in a sealed crock
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
BuuzMeatБууз
🇲🇳 Mongolia and 2 moreMongolian steamed dumplings filled with seasoned meat
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
FårikålMeat
🇳🇴 NorwayMutton and cabbage stew, Norway’s national dish
Stew or curry, Dinner
Shumai烧卖 / 燒賣
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreChinese dumplings filled with seasoned meat, often served as dim sum
Dumpling, Breakfast, Lunch
Lamian拉麵
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreHand-pulled wheat noodles stretched into long strands
Noodle or pasta dish, Lunch, Dinner
Bosnian potMeatBosanski lonac
🇧🇦 Bosnia and HerzegovinaA hearty Bosnian stew of chunky meat and vegetables, layered and slow-cooked
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Mu krathaหมูกระทะ
🇹🇭 Thailand and 5 moreThai tabletop grill and hot pot cooked together over charcoal
Main dish
KibinaiMeat
🇱🇹 Lithuania and 1 moreBaked pastries filled with mutton and onion, linked to the Karaite community
Pie or savoury pastry
Guyanese pepperpotMeat
🇬🇾 GuyanaA rich, spiced meat stew from Guyana, cooked with cassareep and hot peppers
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Buuz: Аркадий Зарубин, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lamian: Youngjediboy at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Fårikål: Jarvin, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cassoulet: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pilaf: Mizu basyo at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Guyanese pepperpot: Simon Abrams, CC BY 2.0, source
- Piti: Tərxan Paşazadə, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kala bhuna: Dolon Prova, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shumai: Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kibinai: Ke an, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mu kratha: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source