Category "beef"

How do you roast a tri tip overnight?

Wood Ranch famously roasts their Tri-Tip overnight and then finishes it off on the grill before serving. Whenever I slow cook my tri-tip (in a smoker @225) it o

Can I freeze beef bones and use them to make a broth later on?

I am interested in making my own beef broth from bones left over from chuck roasts, t-bone steaks, etc. However I currently do not have enough bones to make a b

Do beef foreshank (the shin) and hindshank taste different? Should they be cooked differently?

What are the practical differences between the foreshank and hindshank? In terms of the amount of fat they contain, dryness, sinewiness and taste. Should they b

Cooking ground beef without the fat rendering off

I like to cook ground beef by putting it in an oven safe dish and baking it at 350 Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. This works great for my purposes, but so much of t

Artificially marbled beef

I was going to buy some supposed 'ribeye' steak today (in Indonesia). However it looked weird. The marbling did not look anything like any ribeye I've ever seen

What are these clear parts in beef steak?

I can identify the large white strips as inter-muscular fat, the red meat as muscle, and the small white parts throughout the muscle as intra-muscular fat, but

Flambéing wine to cook off alcohol

I was watching Bruno Albouze's video on Beef Bourguignon, and I noticed that in order to get rid of the alcohol, he flambés the wine (https://youtu.be/DP

What should I do if I bought prime rib roast too early?

I have just purchased my Christmas prime rib from Costco (boneless). We are 13 days away from Christmas, so I think I bought it too early. Should I freeze it or

I have tenderloin for beef Wellington that I'll make in 3 days - how do I store the meat?

Usually when I buy beef, I put it in the fridge, uncovered, for a day before I prepare it. This time however, I bought it 3 days in advance because good quality

Why is beef butchered in small scale almost subsistence farming so tough that even tenderloin is only good for ground beef?

I just bought a whole beef tenderloin on a wet market in a small rural place in a developing country in Asia. I noticed something is wrong with it regarding ten

What are the chemical contents of beef stock? [closed]

I am familiar with the average beef stock recipe. After the liquid is strained, what are its chemical contents, exactly? Is it just water + de

Does beef round have a lot of collagen

I think it is well accepted that beef round, which comes from a working part of the cow, is thus tough and needs to be handled properly. From various sources, I

How to prevent beef muscle meat losing water during storage in the refridgerator?

I am storing raw beef muscle meat (for example tenderloin), in the refrigerator (just above freezing 0°C / 32°F), just for several days. I put the raw m

How to do the most that I can to make too-fresh non-hanged beef steak-ready and not flood the pan with liquid?

Yesterday I asked a question about how to prevent beef meat losing water during storage, and I learned that I actually shouldn't want that, quite the opposite,

How to use frozen patties in recipes asking for ground beef like chili, meat sauce, and meatballs?

I have 40 pounds of decent quality beef patties (75/25) which came from the store as patties and I want to use it for something other than merely burgers. How c

Can you make a burger from pepperoni?

I was just thinking and I love pepperoni. Could you make a whole burger out of pepperoni? I wonder what this would taste like? It wouldn't be cheap of course. I

Does steak from a supermarket cook quicker than steak from a butchers?

I've recently made the jump from buying steaks at the grocery store to buying whole cuts of steak from an online butcher and breaking them down into steaks myse

How to get rid of the rich iron and blood taste in certain beef cuts?

I sometimes get meat that tastes really strongly of iron and blood, usually when the meat is visibly bloodier, but not always. To me it's more of an effect or a

Topside chunks still tough after 2 hours cooking?

I've made a Massaman curry with Topside beef. I've cooked the curry for 2 hours now, the meat breaks up when pushed with a spoon but feels very tough and firm a

What cut of beef to use for Indian curries?

I am wondering what part/cut of the animal is best to make Indian/Pakistani dishes like curries, Biryani, fry etc. This post says Chuck steak. But wanted to get