Goat Shoulder

About Our Goat Shoulder

Goat shoulder is the cut we point people towards when they say they want goat but are not sure what to buy. It is a hard-working muscle group, well marbled by goat standards, and laced with the connective tissue that turns a good stew into a great one. Cooked slowly it becomes tender enough to pull apart with a spoon while holding onto all its flavour.

Goat is leaner and more strongly flavoured than lamb, and it does not take kindly to being hurried. Shoulder in particular needs at least two hours of gentle, moist heat. That is not a drawback - it is the whole point of the cut. Brown it hard, get onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and whatever spice you favour into the pot, cover it and leave it alone.

We cut shoulder on the bone or boned and cubed, whichever suits your pot. Bone-in gives a richer sauce; boned and cubed is easier to serve. This is the cut for a goat curry, a matumbo-style wet fry finished hard at the end, or a whole slow-roasted shoulder for a crowd. For grilling instead, our goat ribs are the ones you want.

How to Cook Goat Shoulder

• Brown hard first - goat needs that caramelisation to build flavour.
• Simmer at least 2 hours covered, or 45 minutes in a pressure cooker.
• Bone-in makes a noticeably richer sauce than boneless.
• Goat is lean, so keep it covered and moist throughout the cook.
• Finish a wet fry by reducing the sauce hard at the end for concentrated flavour.

Buying goat shoulder in Nairobi

We cut goat shoulder at Stall 55, ground floor, City Market, Muindi Mbingu Street, in the Nairobi CBD - the same stall Kamundia Butchery has traded from since 1959. Walk in any day - Monday to Saturday 6:30am - 7:00pm, Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm - and buy it over the counter, or order here and we will deliver it chilled. Orders placed before 4:00pm go out the same day across the CBD, Westlands, Kilimani, Karen and everywhere else we serve.

Buying in quantity? We supply restaurants, hotels, schools and canteens across Nairobi with standing orders and whole-carcass pricing - see wholesale and bulk supply, or call 0707 700511 to talk it through.