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Mutton

Mutton is meat from sheep. Cooks braise, roast, or stew it.

  • Meat
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Cooked most in
Europe, Africa, Asia
Top country
India
Mutton, cut

Photo: Tvabutzku1234 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use mutton

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Braise
  • Roast
  • Stew

Cooking with it

Mutton is tougher than lamb and suits casserole cooking. Cook forequarter cuts slowly, using a moist method or slow roasting.

Around the world

Where mutton is cooked

10 dishes in the catalogue use mutton. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list mutton among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 1600s · United States

    The Navajo incorporated mutton into their traditional cuisine after Spanish explorers and settlers introduced sheep.

  2. The 1900s · United States

    Mutton was widely eaten in the United States in the early 1900s.

On the table

Dishes made with mutton

9 of the 10 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Dibi

    Senegal

  • Düğün çorbası

    Türkiye

  • Turli Tava

    North Macedonia

  • Bakalca

    Slovenia

  • Gushtab

    India

  • Nyama choma

    Kenya, Tanzania

  • Hasip

  • Kibinai

  • Stuffed brisket

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include mutton.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: mutton in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: meatChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
sheep meat

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What mutton is called

Names in 24 languages, from Wikidata.

  • French

    viande de mouton adulte · mouton adulte (viande)

  • Italian

    carne di pecora

  • German

    Schöpsernes

  • Dutch

    mutton

  • Turkish

    koyun eti

  • Russian

    баранина

  • Arabic

    لحم ضأن بالغ · لحم خروف بالغ

  • Japanese

    マトン肉

  • Hausa

    naman rago

  • Afrikaans

    skaapvleis

  • Burmese

    သိုးသား

  • Cantonese

    羊肉

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  • Czech

    skopové maso · skopové

  • Galician

    carne de carneiro

  • Haitian Creole

    vyann gwo mouton

  • Hungarian

    juhhús

  • Latin

    vervecina

  • Marathi

    मटण

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    sauekjøtt

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    sauekjøt · sauekjøtt

  • Romanian

    carne de oaie

  • Shan

    ၼိူဝ်ႉ​​မေႉ · ၼိူဝ်ႉၸဵၼ်

  • Slovenian

    ovčetina

  • Venetian

    monton

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q14566073

Photos

Photo: Tvabutzku1234 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons