Meat Recipes: Roasting, Skillet Tips & Slow Cooker Cuts

Meat recipes for every occasion include slow-cooked elk, low-sodium pork tenderloin, and perfectly seared filet mignon. Master oven-roasting in bags and electric smoker techniques for the best pulled pork.

Knuckle of pork

How to Cook Ham Hocks

Any good Southerner knows what a ham hock is and what it is used for. However, if you aren't familiar with them, ham hocks are the lower legs of the cow that have the rind, bone, fat and lean meat.

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How to Cook Barbecue Pork Loin Back Ribs

The loin back ribs are a tender cut of pork found just under the back fat of the pig. These are also called baby back ribs and are a popular backyard barbecue item. However, you don't need to grill them in order to make barbecue baby back ribs.

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How to Cook a Ribeye Steak Medium-Rare

Rib-eye steak has a well-deserved reputation for being a flavorful and tender cut of beef. Sometimes known as Delmonico, Spencer or Beauty steak, rib eye is a boneless steak cut from the rib area. Cook rib eye by broiling, grilling or panfrying it.

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Prepared raw steak, ready to be cooked

How to Broil Delmonico Steaks

Delmonico steak, named after the famous lower-Manhattan restaurant that popularized it in the 1850s, is cut from the little-exercised short-loin group of muscles. It goes by many names, including beef top loin, Kansas City, New York Strip, shell and club steak.

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Delicious pork sausage with onion on wooden plate

How to Cook Chorizo in the Oven

Chorizo is a popular spiced pork sausage that comes in two main varieties: Spanish and Mexican. Spanish chorizo is dry-cured and doesn't require cooking. Mexican chorizo, however, is fresh pork that does. Many recipes call for chorizo to be cooked on top of the stove; however, it's just as easy to bake it in an oven.

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Chorizo Sausage

How to Cook Chorizo Sausages

Chorizo is a type of sausage often used in Spanish and Mexican cuisine. It is made from coarsely chopped pork and red pepper, with chili pepper and paprika as a seasoning. Chorizo ranges from a mild heat to intensely spicy, depending on the brand or recipe.

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meatloaf with onion, pepper and garlic

How to Cook Meatloaf Without Bread

Good meatloaf is flavorful, moist and tender. It can be sliced without falling apart and tastes as good the second day as the day it was made. Meatloaf recipes contain ground meat, flavorings and binders. Starches, milk and eggs can all be used as binders in meatloaf recipes.

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Chunks of meat

How to Cook Cubed Lamb

Lamb is a rich and flavorful meat. You can eat cubed lamb alone or include it in a variety of nutritious dishes such as stews and soups, or skewer it with a variety of vegetables. Lamb can be a tricky meat to cook, because if overcooked, it becomes tough and dry.

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How to Cook Bratwurst in a Skillet

Bratwurst is a type of pork sausage that originates from Germany. Different geographical areas of the country have their own way of cooking and seasoning it. Bratwurst is available in pork, chicken, beef and veal varieties.

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Grilled steak and baked potato

How to Cook a Steak Medium Well in an Electric Skillet

If weather, location or the fact that you don't own a grill is keeping you from cooking steak, you can cook the meat from the convenience of your kitchen on an electric skillet. The meat will not have the grill lines that may leave the steak aesthetically pleasing, but the skillet can still cook your food thoroughly.

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Frozen pork

Can You Cook Freezer-Burned Meat?

Freezer burn appears on meat when frozen molecules from water move away from your food and stick to the coldest sections of your freezer. This dehydrates the meat and discolors it. The meat may have a grayish color in certain sections.

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Raw sausage

How to Cook Brats Inside

Grilling is a common method for cooking bratwurst sausages, but the stove top is another option if you don't have access to a grill or time to let it heat. Searing the brats in a pan gives them a crispy, browned outside similar to grilling.

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Beef Roast

How to Cook a Heel Roast

Heel roast, also known as heel of round, isn't a cut of meat that you often find in the grocery store because it is often reserved after butchering to make beef stock or for use as stew meat. However, if you can find it, you can braise it as a pot roast.

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Thick Pork Chops.

How to Cook Pork Chops in a NuWave Oven

A well cooked pork chop should be tender and juicy, while packed with flavor and nicely browned. Easily achieve this using a NuWave oven's infrared technology, and enjoy your pork chop in less time that it would take in your home oven.

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london broil

The Best Ways to Cook a London Broil Roast So That It Is Tender

Lean beef offers numerous health benefits, including protein for healthy bones, zinc and selenium for immune system support, iron for healthy blood, niacin to boost good cholesterol and vitamins B6 and B12. Preparing a London broil is an economical and easy way to get these benefits.

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Philly cheese steak sandwich

How to Cook Steak-Umms

Steak-umms are a brand name of thinly sliced beef that is sold frozen in many grocery stores. Steak-umms work well for creating sandwiches like the Philly Cheesesteak. Steak-umms have a relatively high fat content, so it is wise to eat them sparingly.

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