Review of Cuisine Solutions Lamb Shanks

Cuisine Solutions lamb shanks are sous-vide, fall-off-bone tender, and naturally low in carbs, which makes them one of the better low-carb convenience dinners at Costco. The lamb is near zero carb on its own; the sauce is where any carbs and sugar come from. Below the original review are the details worth knowing in 2026: net carbs by sauce, where to buy them, and how to reheat for the best texture.

Aside from the Atkins Low Carb Frozen Meals there really aren't that many quick meals out there. Last week I spent way too much time in Costco and found this yummy dinner option. The Cuisine Solutions Lamb Shanks are a delicious dinner option for your family tonight. The tender, fall off the bone, meaty lamb shanks are complimented with a savory mushroom sauce. There were three preparation options for this meal either conventional oven, microwave, or water submersion. I chose to go with the quickest heating option, the microwave. After 4 minutes on high I flipped the two lamb shanks over and heated for another 3 minutes on high. I served it with a helpful serving of french green beans, but if I purchase these again I would serve them with my cauliflower mash. The pro of this yummy meal is that each serving has only 1g of carbohydrate. The con is that the serving sizes are ridiculous. I'm not sure how you can get 6 servings from a container with only two lamb shanks. Aside from the servings sizes, if you actually serve a nice generous portion of one lamb shank per person, like my husband and I did, it is still only 3g of carbs. The Cuisine Solutions Lamb shanks are tender and full of flavor. I recommend giving these a try the next time you are at Costco.

Why the meat falls off the bone

That fork-tender texture is not luck, it is the cooking method. Cuisine Solutions is the company that turned sous-vide into an industry. The technique was developed in France by Dr. Bruno Goussault, who in 1971 found that sealing meat in a vacuum pouch and cooking it slowly at a low, steady temperature kept it tender and juicy instead of shrinking and toughening. He went on to become the company's chief scientist and to train a large share of the world's three-Michelin-star chefs in the method. A lamb shank is a tough, hardworking cut full of connective tissue, the kind that normally needs hours of braising. The long, low sous-vide bath breaks that tissue down gently, which is why these slide off the bone after a few minutes of reheating with no skill on your part.

Net carbs by sauce

Since the lamb is near zero carb, the sauce decides the macros, and the variants are not equal. The numbers below are per serving off current labels, so check the box you actually buy.

For a low-carb or low-sugar plan, the Mango Chili and the Portobello with red wine are the picks. The fruit sauces, pomegranate especially, carry more sugar, and the Rosemary Mint is the one to watch on sodium. The carbs stay manageable across the board; sodium is the bigger flag than carbs on this product.

Where to buy them in 2026

These are still made and sold, but Costco stock is regional and rotates, so your warehouse may have them one month and not the next. They sit on the deli scale and sell by the pound, which means the price tracks the weight of the shank rather than a flat pack price. Beyond Costco, Amazon carries a two-shank pack of the Portobello and red wine version, and foodservice suppliers sell them by the case. One warning at the Costco shelf: a different brand, A La Carte, sells Herbes de Provence lamb shanks right next to these, and the two are easy to confuse. They are not the same product, and the A La Carte gravy draws more mixed reviews, so check the label for the Cuisine Solutions name.

What buyers say, and how to reheat

Shoppers echo the same praise year after year: the meat is meltingly tender, the result tastes like a restaurant braise, and the convenience of a fully cooked shank with an 18-month freezer life is hard to beat. The recurring gripes are worth planning around. The price feels steep once you notice how much of the package weight is sauce, so the per-pound cost overstates the meat you get. The sodium runs high on some sauces. And the availability comes and goes.

The microwave works, as in my own first try, but it heats unevenly and can dry the edges. The fix most repeat buyers land on is to reheat the sealed pouch in simmering water for about 30 minutes, or in a sous-vide bath if you have one, which warms the shank through gently and keeps the texture the method gave it. Serve it over cauliflower mash to soak up the sauce, with green bean casserole or simple green beans on the side, and a single shank per person makes a full low-carb plate.

Sources

Cuisine Solutions, sous-vide history and lamb shank product information, 2026.

Bruno Goussault, development of modern sous-vide (1971), via Cuisine Solutions and published profiles.

Carb Manager and Eat This Much, Cuisine Solutions lamb shank nutrition by sauce variant, 2026.

Costco shopper price and stock trackers and cooking-group reviews, 2026.