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.
There are many health benefits to selecting an eye of round cut of steak. The Mayo Clinic says the eye of round is one of the leanest available cuts of beef, meaning it is low in fat and calories.
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Frozen tuna, providing it was frozen at sea, is often better than fresh tuna steaks, which can be 7 to 10 days old when you buy it at the store. Tuna is a large oily fish with a strong flavor and meaty flesh, well-suited to being served as a thick steak.
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Lamb meat is much more tender than beef or pork, and when the lamb is ground into a burger, you can put a whole new twist on the traditional burger process. Lamb meat gives a different flavor that you can mix with toppings you do not normally use on a burger.
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If you've bought more steaks than you can possibly eat, it's safe to marinate the lot of them and then freeze anything you won't prepare immediately. Proper food handling is imperative, especially when dealing with meats and other perishables.
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A warm, roasted chicken makes a satisfying and hearty meal. If your oven is out of commission, you can make roast chicken on your stovetop. Use minimal fats to prepare the bird and you'll cut back on the amount of fat and calories in this high-protein dish.
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A single prime-rib steak – or rib steak -- is a bone-in cut from a standing prime-rib roast. Remove the bone and you’ll have a rib-eye steak. Rib steaks are tender cuts of beef, full of fat and flavor, low in connective tissue, which makes lesser cuts of beef tough.
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Brisket -- a cut of beef that comes from the lower chest or breast of a cow -- is a tough cut of meat because of the high number of connective tissues in this part of the animal. Cooking brisket for an extended period of time loosens these tissues, creating a tender dish. But that's only half the story.
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Steak is most often cooked on a grill, but if you do not have access to a grill or the weather does not want to cooperate for outdoor cooking, the Cuisinart Griddler is a good substitute. It sits on your counter, offering a grill top, contact grill, sandwich press and griddle setting.
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When a recipe calls for ground beef, it usually requires that you brown the meat on the stove top until it takes on a crumbly texture. Sauces, casseroles, chili, tacos -- you name it -- ground beef makes the meal.
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Although refrigerators and freezers make it convenient to purchase fresh meat such as a steak and then store it for a period of time before consuming it, the longer your meat is stored the higher the chances are of it spoiling. Common causes of meat spoilage are mold, bacteria and exposure to air.
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Some of the more inexpensive cuts of beef, such as the chuck or rump, can produce tasty and tender roasts if cooked properly.
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The secret to delicate-tasting lamb lies in the cooking time, temperature and marinade. Cooking in an oven-roasting bag helps ensure moistness and enhances your lamb roast's full favor. This self-basting process eliminates the need for additional fat or oil, resulting in healthier cooking.
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Steam under pressure gets hotter than steam allowed to dissipate into the air. This is the principle behind pressure cooking, which uses pressurized steam to quickly cook foods while keeping them moist. Pressure cookers are often used to tenderize meat, especially tough cuts of meat.
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Tripe is the lining of the beef stomach, and honeycomb beef tripe is the lining of the reticulum, which is the second of the animal’s four stomach chambers. Honeycomb tripe is tender, tasty and has a low protein, fat and iron content compared to other offal such as kidney, heart and brain.
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Turning out a perfect roast involves a number of tradeoffs for the cook. High-temperature roasting produces lots of browning, which means lots of flavor, but it tends to toughen and dry out your roast. That's especially true of small and lean cuts, such as a pork loin.
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Few menu items are as simple and flavorful for feeding a large group as shredded pork. Use shredded pork in barbecued pork sandwiches or as the basis for green chile or burritos.
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A round or eye of round steak comes from the rear end of the cow. Because the muscles in this area get a lot of use, cuts from this section are leaner and tougher than many others. While this means a lower fat content and fewer calories than better marbled cuts, it also means fewer good cooking options.
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A London broil is an dish in which seasoned or marinated flank steak is cooked quickly in the oven under high heat, but using a slow cooker is an option.
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Beef loin tri-tip steak, also known as triangle steak, is cut from the sirloin region of the beef. Tri-tip steak is generally lean, tender and reasonably priced. Because the steak is relatively moist, it is a good candidate for oven broiling.
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A T-bone steak contains a T-shaped bone in the center. It is made up of two different cuts, one on either side of the bone, the strip steak and the tenderloin. T-bone steak is tender and juicy with medium fat content that helps the meat retain flavor.
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