In the countries of the East and the Caucasus, lamb is not an easy dish, but a special ritual. You can join him, knowing the secrets of how to pickle lamb so that it is soft, fragrant and tasty. If the cooked lamb smells specific, then you don’t know how to pickle it. The right mutton marinade will correct these mistakes and allow you to enjoy the taste of meat, regardless of how it is cooked.

Lamb kebab marinade

Products needed for marinade:

  • wine vinegar;
  • a spoonful of oil;
  • rosemary;
  • Bell pepper;
  • garlic;
  • cloves;
  • chilli;
  • black pepper;
  • for 1 kg of mutton take 1-1.2 kg of onions;
  • salt.

Cooking principle:

  1. Grind black pepper in a mortar or take already chopped, but then it will be deprived of a bright aroma.
  2. Add seasonings: rosemary, sweet and chili peppers. Mix everything to combine their aromas.
  3. Pour oil into a bowl, mix it with vinegar, add chopped garlic.
  4. Peel and chop onions. We take more onions, it depends on what taste the lamb will have.
  5. Combine everything together, salt the meat and rub it well with your hands so that the onions let juice.
  6. Keep lamb in the marinade for at least 24 hours.

This lamb skewer marinade is suitable for any other with a specific meat smell - venison or goat meat.

For baking in the foil in the oven

Required Products:

  • coriander grains;
  • a spoon of wine vinegar;
  • 2 tablespoons of oil;
  • 6 tablespoons of honey;
  • rosemary;
  • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard;
  • chilli;
  • Bay leaf;
  • granular black pepper;
  • salt.

Cooking marinade:

  1. In a bowl, mix vinegar, honey, mustard and oil. Add dry spices, bay leaf.
  2. We leave coriander in grains in combination with Dijon mustard, they will look beautiful on meat after the baking process. You do not need to remove them, this is the highlight of this recipe.
  3. We give the marinade to infuse, rub pieces of meat and stand for more than 12 hours.

Lamb wrapped in foil, put in the oven, cook for half an hour, maybe a little more (depends on meat).

In order for the lamb in the marinade to be soft, it is better to wrap it in foil or a baking sleeve, so that all the aromas are preserved.

The most delicious recipe for frying in a pan

Required Products:

  • vinegar;
  • vegetable oil;
  • basil;
  • dried garlic;
  • paprika;
  • marjoram;
  • salt.

The marinade is prepared as follows:

  1. Salt pieces of meat, add dry spices, mix with a spatula. You don’t need to do this with your hands, or use gloves. Spice may irritate your hands.
  2. Pour in oil and vinegar, mix again. Put under oppression, let it be marinated for 1.5-2 hours. As a yoke, use a jar of water, put a flat plate under the bottom.
  3. The more meat lets juice, the tastier it will turn out and quickly pickled.

According to this recipe, you can cook not only for frying, but also a marinade for baking lamb in the oven. On the grill, it will also turn out delicious, do not be afraid of experiments!

How to marinate meat fast

To prepare, you will need:

  • bottle of mineral water, highly carbonated;
  • wine vinegar;
  • 3 onions;
  • parsley;
  • spices for meat;
  • salt;
  • rosemary;
  • kiwi.

Cooking principle:

  1. Salted lamb pieces, salted, seasoned with spices, pour vinegar and mix with a spatula. Instead of wine vinegar in the Caucasus, wine is often poured into the marinade, and this benefits the taste.
  2. Grind the onion on a grater or blender, pour this gruel into the meat. Add finely chopped kiwi.
  3. Pour the contents with water to cover all the meat.
  4. Mix again, substitute under oppression, so that the meat, tight-fitting, pickled faster.
  5. Let the meat brew for 40 minutes. Thanks to sparkling water and kiwi, the pickling process will be reduced several times.

This recipe will help out when you need to quickly cook tasty meat. Take a note.

Kiwi marinade allows the meat to soften faster. You can immediately fry it.

Oven lamb marinade

Required Products:

  • lemon juice;
  • paprika;
  • cilantro;
  • marjoram;
  • dry garlic;
  • onion;
  • salt.

The marinade is prepared as follows:

  1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a cup, pour in the lemon juice.
  2. Cut the cilantro, it will give the lamb a terrific aroma. If desired, you can add parsley and basil.
  3. Salt the meat, pour this marinade and leave for 3-5 hours in a cool place.
  4. To speed up the process, add finely chopped kiwi, it will soften the meat well and quickly. Kiwi is added not only to barbecue, fruit will be appropriate in any recipe. Before baking it can be removed so as not to burn.
  5. Put meat into the sleeve, cover it with onion rings and bake.

Sheep meat is often used for cooking barbecue. However, the indigenous inhabitants of the east, thanks to the spices and softening properties of onions, successfully bake it in the sleeve and fry.

Cooking with Vinegar

Essential Ingredients:

  • apple vinegar;
  • wine vinegar;
  • rosemary;
  • hops-suneli;
  • coriander;
  • chilli.

The principle of cooking is as follows:

  1. Mix all dry ingredients, add salt.
  2. Pour the contents with vinegar: apple and wine. Two types of vinegar will give the product an original taste.
  3. Pour lamb with marinade, mix and put under oppression. Thanks to oppression, lamb is well saturated with marinade.
  4. Vinegar in the marinade allows the meat to acquire a delicate aroma and eliminates the specific taste.
  5. Just marinate the lamb in it, soak for 4-5 hours.

The finished dish with marinade has a bright and rich aroma, because lamb is not afraid of spices, the more there are, the juicier and tastier it is.

Option for lamb loin

The following products need to be prepared:

  • onion;
  • parsley;
  • cilantro;
  • basil;
  • hot pepper;
  • salt.

The marinade is prepared as follows:

  1. In a mortar, grind the spices so that they are crushed, they give away their aroma.
  2. Cut greens and onions, add to the meat. This is the most delicious recipe that contains a minimum of ingredients.
  3. Add spices, salt, mix. Coat the mutton pieces with the contents.
  4. Soak until the meat is marinated under oppression in a cool place.
  5. Grill at the stake or barbecue. Onions can be served with meat, it turns pickled and delicious.

According to this recipe, a fragrant loin is obtained. This option is ideal for a picnic. Indulge in the pleasure, cook juicy slices of lamb on the grill!