Choose shoulder meat for tender lamb kebabs
Shoulder meat’s marbling keeps kebabs juicy; lean leg meat can dry out. Ask a butcher — Halal butchers often have the cut you need.
For the tenderest lamb kebabs, shoulder meat is the best choice because its marbling keeps the meat juicy. Lean leg meat is a little trickier to grill as it can turn dry if over-cooked. Often the precut lamb stew meat at the supermarket butcher is a mixture of both. To get exactly what you want, ask a nice butcher to cut the lamb for you. Halal butchers will often have just what you need.