Beef Cooking
On the surface the subject of beef cooking does not appear complicated. After all, with enough heat and time you will wind up with cooked beef. But below the surface the waters are deep!
Don't let me scare you off with that paragraph. The waters are deep but the swimming is fine.
Jump on in!
My name is Jim Bolding and I've been cooking beef longer than I'd like to admit. Only recently did I realize that I was really in a beef cooking rut.
I cook and eat a lot of beef and even if I do say so myself I do a good job with what I do.
However, (This is where the rut comes in!) the cuts of beef and the cooking methods I used were very limited.
I always use a chuck roast for pot roast and I always cook it exactly the same way. Minute or cube steak and once again always cooked the same. Occasionally I grill a rib eye steak and I make various ground beef dishes.
I read somewhere that if it takes you a week to learn to do something and you repeat that something for 10 years you don't have 10 years experience.
You have one weeks experience repeated 3,650 times.
That's the exact position I was in. And I want to emphasize the word WAS!
I wanted to get out of my rut so I began a self-education program on beef cooking. And I've learned a lot. I'll continue to learn the rest of my life.
Maybe some day I'll write a book on beef cooking.
Some of my more recent lessons have been smoke cooking a beef brisket Texas style. It did me proud to here my friends and family oooh and ahhh over that brisket for weeks.
I got the same results with Beef Wellington and Beef Stroganoff. (They're all getting some good eats from my education.)
My Beef Jerky wasn't so good.
I discovered that everybody, including me, really doesn't like teriyaki sauce. It was jerky just like jerky is supposed to be all right enough, but the teriyaki was overwhelming. I'll just use a recipe without teriyaki next time.
What's In This For You?
Well this website for one. I'm posting all my past and future lessons here.
You'll get a good beef cooking education if you would like to continue along with me on my journey.
These pages will contain all I have learned in the past and what I will learn in the future. Including the failures as well as the successes.
Don't fear the deep waters of beef cooking. Like I said earlier the swimming is fine. Jump on in.
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Crock Pot Recipes
Crock Pot Recipes are a lifesaver for the busy home cook. Load it up in the morning and when you get home in the evening your crock-pot meal is all ready.
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Beef Jerky
Beef jerky is simply beef that is cut into long, thin strips and dried (traditionally by the sun). Drying has been a method of food preservation throughout the history of mankind.
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Steak Marinade Recipe
A good Steak Marinade Recipe can turn an unremarkable steak into company fare. Steak marinade will, depending on the recipe, not only tenderize but also flavor your steak.
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Beef Brisket
Beef Brisket is one of the primal cuts of beef. It's the breast section located beneath the first five ribs. Brisket is one of the tougher cuts of beef and, typical of tough cuts, it's loaded with great beef flavor.
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Corned Beef Recipes
Some Corned Beef Recipes have reached international fame. Corned beef and cabbage is probably the most famous. Or it could be the Rueben sandwich. Or maybe corned beef hash.
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Chili Recipe
True chili aficionados will tell you in a heartbeat that an authentic chili recipe does not have beans in it. They'll also be quick to add that it doesn't have any tomatoes either.
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Meatball Recipes
Just mention Meatball recipes and the first thing that will probably come to mind is Italian Spaghetti and Meatballs. The Italians certainly do meatballs right but there are other recipes.
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Ground Beef Recipe
Before you prepare your next ground beef recipe read a little bit of what I've learned about ground beef. As simple a product as it is there are some intricacies.
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Meatloaf Recipes
Meatloaf and meatloaf recipes have probably been around as long as there has been ground beef. I would guess that it probably has an Italian origin since it's a second cousin to the meatball.
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Pot Roast Recipe
A good pot roast recipe begins with a good cut of beef. What's great about it is the fact that the inexpensive, less tender cuts of beef are best. A cut from the chuck or round is what's needed here.
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Beef Stew
Beef Stew uses the cheapest cuts of beef. That cheap beef cut is then extended even further by the vegetable and broth addition.
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Soup and Salad Bar
Welcome to Beef Cookings Soup and Salad Bar. Beef of any kind makes a great entrée but we all need a complete meal. Soup and salad can be a complete meal by itself but either compliment a beef dinner.
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Crockpot Brisket - Corned Beef Brisket Recipe
This is a good crockpot brisket recipe. It's actually a homemade corned beef brisket recipe cooked in a slow cooker. It has a really mild corned beef flavor because of the short marinating time.
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Crockpot Beef Brisket Texas Style - Shortcut Texas Brisket
This crockpot beef brisket is a BBQ beef brisket recipe that you could call a faux Texas brisket. Texans really like their beef brisket slow smoked and this one is in the crockpot.
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Crock Pot Brisket Recipe - Jewish Cholent Sabbath Lunch
This Crock Pot Brisket Recipe is served for Sabbath lunch. It's call Cholent and is one of the better Jewish brisket recipes. A crock pot is not necessary but it's the ideal cooking vessel.
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BBQ Brisket - BBQ Beef Brisket Texas Style
If you love bbq brisket and you have a few hours, this is the BBQ beef brisket recipe you've been looking for. A whole beef brisket is slathered with a dry rub then basted with seasoned bbq sauce.
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