Slow Cooker Lamb Stroganoff is a delicious blend of lamb, mushrooms, onion, and a perfectly balanced combination of spices!
It seems like people either kind of love lamb or they hate it. Or they just can’t get over the idea of eating a cute little wooly animal. I don’t have that problem at all. My grandparents lived on a ranch while I was growing up. They raised cows, pigs, chickens, lamb, and we ate them all. Lamb was always my favorite.
Grandma made a roasted lamb that was completely out-of-this-world, and I love lamb because of Grandma. This recipe incorporates lamb leg (or lamb sirloin). Just trim the fat from it, cut it into bite-sized pieces, brown it in a skillet and then dump it into the slow cooker with the other ingredients. At the end of slow cooking, you’ll add in a few other ingredients to create the creamy sauce. At that time, you can cook your noodles, steam a vegetable or put together a salad, and your meal will be ready to go.
My husband and I are both huge lovers of both mushrooms AND lamb. We loved this one together on Valentine’s Day! This recipe comes from a new cookbook that I just got in the mail: Better Homes and Gardens Skinny Slow Cooker. I LOVE IT! I’m always looking for great slow cooker recipes to try anyways (on busy family nights), and the fact that this one is labeled as “skinny” makes it all that much more appealing. I also tried a soup recipe that I loved, and I have a million more recipes tagged to try.
And if you’ve never tasted lamb before, or if you’ve tried it once and decided right then and there that you didn’t like it… I suggest you still give this recipe a chance. I loved it so much that I can’t imagine someone not liking it at all (unless you really don’t like mushrooms… then, that’s your only valid excuse).
Give it a shot and let me know how you like it.
If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you’ll find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card below.
Here are a few more lamb dishes you might enjoy:
- Lamb Kofta
- Lamb Loin Chops with Mint Chimichurri
- Basque Lamb Stew
- Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb
- Dijon Balsamic Rack of Lamb
Slow Cooker Lamb Stroganoff
Ingredients
- 1¾ pounds boneless lamb sirloin or leg, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ¾ cup reduced sodium beef broth
- 4 cups sliced baby portobello or white mushrooms
- 2 cups sliced sweet onions
- 1 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 3 medium garlic cloves, minced
- 1 whole bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 8 ounces (1 cup) light sour cream
- ⅓ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup dry sherry
- ¼ cup chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley
- One 12-ounce package dried whole grain wide noodles, cooked according to package directions
Instructions
- Trim fat from the meat. In a large skillet, brown the lamb in hot oil over medium high heat. Drain off the fat.
- In the insert of a slow cooker, combine the browned lamb, broth, mushrooms, onions, mustard, garlic, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 6 to 8 hours or on high heat setting for 3 to 4 hours.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sour cream, flour and sherry until smooth. Sir about ½ cup of the hot liquid into the sour cream mixture. Return all to the slow cooker; stir to combine. Cover and cook on high-heat setting for 30 minutes or until thickened and bubbly.
- Remove and discard bay leaf. Stir in parsley. Serve over hot noodles.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Loro, great looking lamb and pasta dish and I recall you were a big fan of lamb for a long time. Thank also for the link-luv 🙂
hubby loves lamb and stroganoff, so this is a no-brainer!
We absolutely LOVE lamb… must try this!!
Well cooked lamb is wonderful! The men in my home especially love it. i don’t think my daughter can get over the cute furry animal part. This looks yummy.
Lori, Is there any way I can make this without the sour cream? I can’t eat sour cream or yogurt because of the cultures in it. Thanks. Love your blog and recipes!!!
Well, you won’t get a creamy sauce…
I have been using my slow cooker almost every day. Adding this to the menu – looks fantastic!
Oooooo, this looks like a pefect dinner!
I do not cook lamb often enough! This looks so comforting, Lori!
Lori, not sure what’s wrong but I can’t pin any of these photos.
Lamb is absolutely my favorite meat, and this sounds amazing!