Mastering main dishes requires techniques for moisture retention, safe reheating of seafood, and adapting recipes for Keto or low-sodium dietary needs.
The culotte steak is a small steak cut from the bottom of the sirloin. Although you can purchase this steak at well-stocked grocery stores and butcher shops nationwide, the culotte steak is more often served on the West Coast of the United States.
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Lit’l Smokies are cocktail-sized smoked sausages made by Hillshire Farm. These mini sausages come in several varieties, made from beef or a combination of pork, beef and turkey with other ingredients added for flavoring, such as spices or cheddar cheese.
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Baked chicken legs and thighs often come out of the oven pale and with unpleasantly wet skin. One way to alleviate that problem and to ensure that your chicken comes out of the oven crispy and golden-brown is to sear the chicken legs and thighs in a skillet before you bake them.
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Marinated pork medallions roast to a tender, juicy finish in the oven. Purchase pre-marinated pork medallions or make your own marinade to add flavor to the meat.
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Frozen ground turkey is a staple ingredient for many meals, from turkey burgers to turkey chili. Lean ground turkey is a good substitute for ground beef if you are trying to reduce your intake of fat and calories. Ground turkey is a good source of vitamin B6, selenium, iron, niacin and phosphorous.
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Elk meat is not typically found in your neighborhood supermarket; If you are lucky enough to get your hands on some elk meat, you are in for a treat. Aside from being tender and juicy when cooked in the slow cooker, elk is a naturally lean meat.
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Despite the young age of the lamb when it is processed for cooking, a lamb roast can be very tough and dry if it is not prepared properly.
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The New York strip steak is a thick-cut steak that comes from the short loin on the cow. This steak is a tender and juicy cut that can be grilled, sauteed or broiled because it is thick and well marbled with fat, which prevents it from drying out.
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Almost every home cook has experienced this scenario: you make your favorite chicken wings and the sauce just seems to slide off the meat. You are left with a bowl of sauce and a plate of chicken with a very light glaze of sauce that you can barely taste.
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Panini makers can be used for more than just making sandwiches; they are also contact grills that can be used to cook a variety of meats, including fish. If you have a hankering for grilled fish and the weather isn't suitable for outside grilling, you can grill your fish indoors using that panini maker.
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Tangy sauerkraut seems to be made for the crock pot. The sauerkraut cooks slowly, releasing its savory liquid and flavoring all of the other ingredients in the crock pot. Cooking sauerkraut in a crock pot is as simple as rinsing the sauerkraut and putting it in the slow cooker. The crock pot does the rest of the work.
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Cockles are small bivalves that look similar to littleneck clams, but have a slightly green hue to their cream-colored shells. Most of the cockles that you purchase in the United States are imported from New Zealand, but if you are lucky enough to have fresh, wild-harvested cockles you are in for a real treat.
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If you are craving a meaty fish steak but are tired of eating tuna or salmon, kingfish is a good alternative. Kingfish are ocean fish that are related to the Spanish mackerel. In the United States, kingfish are fished off the coasts of California and in the Gulf of Mexico.
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A whole ham is a savory, elegant meal for a holiday or a Sunday dinner with the family. Ham is the cut of pork that comes from the upper hind leg of the pig, and you can purchase hams either fully or partially cooked.
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Chorizo is a savory pork sausage that is made in two distinct ways. Mexican-style chorizo is uncooked and is typically packed in inedible plastic casings. This chorizo is cooked like crumbled sausage and added to eggs, burritos or even chili.
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Most Americans cringe at the thought of eating the foot of any animal, but in many cultures, the feet are important flavoring ingredients to soups and stews or are consumed as inexpensive sources of meat.
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Chateaubriand is not technically a cut of meat, although it has come to be associated with center cuts from the beef tenderloin. Technically, Chateaubriand refers to a recipe that includes a roasted slice from the beef tenderloin that is served covered with Bearnaise sauce.
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The filet mignon roast, also known as the beef tenderloin, is the tender muscle from the saddle area of the cow. This muscle is not used frequently, resulting in a very tender roast.
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Sand crabs are nearly ubiquitous on the beaches of both coasts in the United States. These small crabs are found at the mid-tide zone at the shoreline, where they burrow into the sand to escape their many predators. In many states and municipalities, you can catch sand crabs to take home and cook.
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A Scotch fillet is the rib-eye cut of steak that lies under the ribs of the cow. This tender portion of meat is often attached to the ribs to create a standing rib roast, but when it is detached and sold separately, it is a tender and versatile cut of meat that can be grilled, broiled or sautéed.
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