Moist and delicious, 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Roast Lamb is prepared in seconds. You won’t want to roast a leg of lamb in any other way once you’ve tried this easy slow cooker roast!
Today I’m sharing my stupidly easy plus utterly moist and delicious 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Roast Lamb.
As we head into summer and look forward to balmy hot days I really don’t want to spend much time cooking or switch the oven on in an already hot kitchen. Last Sunday it was a sweltering day and I had a virus. The last thing I wanted to do was cook or wash up lots of greasy, burnt pans but I had half a leg of lamb that needed cooking.
So instead of roasting it in the oven along with potatoes, I decided a less messy and cooler solution would be to roast my half leg of lamb in the slow cooker and to make ActiFry roast potatoes. Then all I had to do was boil/steam some vegetables and make some gravy.
In the past, I have made cuts into the lamb joint and inserted garlic and fresh rosemary.
However, this really was one of those days where even the bare minimum was a huge effort. Hence, I decided that hubby’s idea of just sprinkling over a lamb stock cube for a bit of flavour enhancement sounded like a fab idea.
If you have a cook’s syringe or one of those fancy jugs that separates the fat from the meat juices then you can add the juices to your gravy for a great flavour boost.
We were all in food heaven eating our lamb Sunday roast, the meat was tender and falling off the bone and the the stock cube enhanced the lamb flavour!
I was very happy to not have messed up my oven with all the lamb fat and there were no cumbersome roasting tins to wash up.
So summer or winter I will be using the slow cooker to roast all my lamb joints from now on and it’s so energy efficient too!
Do you need to brown the lamb before slow cooking?
No, there’s no need to brown the lamb before slow cooking as the stock cube forms a lovely golden finish to the skin.
Do you need any added liquid to slow-cook the leg of lamb?
No, the leg of lamb will cook in its own juices to render beautifully tender meat.
How long does a slow cooker half leg of lamb take to cook?
On high 3 1/2 – 4 hours and on low 7 – 8 hours.
How can you adapt this slow cooked roast lamb recipe?
If you have a bit more time then you could make some cuts into the lamb and add garlic cloves (side sliced in half) and sprigs of rosemary for a delicious alternative.
More Slow Cooker Meat Recipes
I do hope you try my super easy 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Roast Lamb which is perfect to throw together before you go out for the day. For more delicious slow cooked meat recipes you might like to check out the following:
- Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables – Fab Food 4 All
- Slow Cooker Shoulder of Lamb with Apricot & Chestnut Stuffing – Fab Food 4 All
- 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pulled Gammon – Fab Food 4 All
- Slow Cooker Beef Brisket with Onion Gravy – Fab Food 4 All
- Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew – Fab Food 4 All
- Slow Cooked Beef & Butternut Squash – Fab Food 4 All
- Beef in Beer – Fab Food 4 All
- Slow Cooked Chicken Italian – Fab Food 4 All
- Chicken Casserole & Cheesy Herb Dumplings – Fab Food 4 All
- Poor Man’s Crispy Duck (Pulled Hoisin Pork Tortillas) – Fab Food 4 All
- Slow Cooker Roast Chicken – Munchies & Munchkins
- Slow Cooker Roast Pork with Sage & Onion – BakingQueen74
- Sweet & Sour Slow Cooked Pork – Recipes Made Easy
If you have any slow cooked roast lamb left over then you really need to make Lamb Burning Love! A simple but incredibly yummy dish from my childhood!
I’ve recently been asked, “How long will a 2 kg leg of lamb take to slow cook”?
On low I suggest 9 – 10 hours and on high 5 – 6 hours!
Do you cook joints in your slow cooker? Do let me know your favourite tips and tricks in the comments!
I’m sure you’ll love my 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Roast Lamb so do leave a comment and rating below when you make it! Plus share your pics by tagging @FabFood4All on social media, I love to share them!
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2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Roast Lamb
Ingredients
- 1 kg ½ leg of lamb (for bigger joint see notes below)
- 1 lamb stock cube
Instructions
- Place lamb joint in slow cooker and crumble over stock cube.
- Place lid on and cook for 3 ½ to 4 hours on high or 7 to 8 hours on low or until tender.
- Serve with vegetables and gravy of your choice.
Patrick Sparrow
Just popped the Lamb chump joint in the slow cooker on low (6am) made myself a cup of tea and jumped back into bed. Lunch sorted.
Camilla
Awesome, we had our tonight, took a bit longer than usual as joint was bigger:-)
Adam Porter
Ah I was worried and sneaky so I threw a heap of garlic and onions in the bottom of the slow cooker with a wee 200ml of chicken stock and seared all sides in a pan covered in salt and pepper. Did it on 6 hours on high and it fell apart and my Queen and Princesses were delighted! Sorry for going off recipe. I’m 100% sure now all would have been fine lol. But thank you for the confident recipe to do it on high for 6 hours! A 2.5kg Irish leg of lamb. Was delish!
Camilla
LOL Adam, and if you’d have added another 200 ml of white wine then you were almost in the territory of my other lush lamb dish: https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/slow-cooked-pulled-lamb-with-white-wine-root-vegetables/ Always read the comments if sceptical and you’ll see that a recipe works (or doesn’t). Glad you enjoyed you lamb:-)
Kira Keegan
I couldn’t believe how tasty this was with only 2 ingredients. I’m ashamed to say I doubted the recipe and thought it was too simple to taste any good (and also that it must need liquid), but I wanted to use the slow cooker so I decided I’d give it a go anyway. I’m so glad I did! I’m happy to say I was very very wrong! I’ll never do slow cooker lamb any other way in future. Thanks for the great idea!
Camilla
Thank you, hat’s so wonderful to hear Kira. You might like to check out my 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Gammon which is equally easy:-) https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/2-ingredient-slow-cooker-pulled-gammon/
shirley mcneil
I’m definitely going to do this today. I’ve never trued it without liquid, so will give you some feedback. Can’t wait.
Camilla
Great Shirley, hope you enjoyed your lamb:-)
Deb Anderson
Tried this today. Never have I eaten lamb as tender as this was. Thankyou
Camilla
Wonderful Deb, so glad you like the recipe:-)
John
Camilla, does it need a lamb stock cube or can a stock pot be used?
Camilla
I think a stock pot would be a bit wet but if it’s all you have then use it. I didn’t have lamb so used a beef stock cube at Easter which worked just as well:-)
Leslie Donkin
Best lamb I have ever tasted … many thanks for the recipe
Camilla
So happy to hear that Leslie, thank you for your feedback:-)
Calummaciver
I’m going to try that
Camilla
Great, let me know what you think:-)
Calummaciver
I’m going to try it tomorrow
Camilla
Excellent, hope you enjoyed it!
Tanya
Hi – did you not need to add any liquid to the slow cooker?
Many thanks
Camilla
Hi Tanya, no the liquid comes from the lamb as it cooks.
Andy
Hi Camilla
Just used your recipe with a twist as well as the Garlic used mint on top turned out great
Camilla
Yay Andy, so glad you like the recipe and added your own touch:-)
Rachel
Just cooked this for new year dinner. Amazing. Can’t believe how tender and tasty with just two ingredients. Will definitely be ding this again
Camilla
Thank you. so glad you liked the recipe, a lot of people had this today.