Easy Slow Cooker Leg of Lamb with Rosemary & Garlic
This easy Slow Cooker Leg of Lamb, spiked with lemon, rosemary and garlic, is the perfect answer to an easy mid-week meal. Just add some simple sides and dinner is done.
Prep Time10mins
Cook Time8hrs
Total Time8hrs10mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Australian
Keyword: dinner ideas, lamb in the slow cooker, slow cooker
Servings: 8
Calories: 557kcal
Author: Tania @ The Cook's Pyjamas
Ingredients
A 1.5 - 2kg leg of lamb
4clovesgarlicfinely sliced
A large handful of rosemary leavespicked
Olive oil
Salt & Pepper
1lemonhalved
Instructions
Using a small, sharp knife make small deep incisions all over the leg of lamb.
Take a piece of garlic and a few rosemary leaves and push them into an incision in the lamb.
Continue pushing garlic and rosemary into the remaining incisions.
Drizzle a small amount of olive oil over the lamb leg.
Season generously with salt and pepper.
Place the leg in the slow cooker.
Squeeze the lemon over the lamb, and drop the lemon shells into the bottom of the slow cooker.
Cook the lamb on Low for 8 - 10 hours or on High for 4 - 5 hours, or until the lamb easily pulls away from bone and can be shredded.
Serve as desired.
Notes
If you are short on time, prepare the lamb the previous evening. If you have room in the fridge, place it in the slow cooker's insert. Then all you have to do in the morning is drop the insert into the slow cooker and turn it on.