Beef Basics & Cookery Tips

Learn more about how to choose the right cut of beef for your meal, how to prepare it correctly with the appropriate cooking method. These resources provide information on: beef grades, beef doneness chart, marinating, storage, beef cuts chart, eight major beef cookery methods with recipes.

The beef industry has many excellent resources to help you prepare safe, wholesome beef dishes that fit into your busy schedule.

	Confident Cooking with Beef - everything you wanted to know about buying and preparing beef, including the eight basic cooking methods.
	The Complete Take On Steak - a guide to great beef steaks. You'll find everything from purchasing to serving a great steak.
	Beef Chuck Steaks - some of the best bargains at the meat counter for summer grilling are beef chuck steaks. Learn more about them and the Beef Value Cuts.
	Beef Briskets - learn how to select and prepare a beef brisket. Slow cooked, "barbecued" beef brisket is popular from Kansas City south through Texas. A fresh beef brisket can be braised (covered and cooked slowly in the oven or slow cooker) or barbecued on a smoker-grill.
	Ground Beef Basics - all about buying and preparing ground beef - lots of recipes
	How to Prepare the Perfect Prime Rib and Other Beef Roasts
	Great Grilled Beef
	Beef For The Holidays - Let the beef industry help you with the holidays.
	Slow Cooker Tips - Helpful hints for slow cooking
	Fajita Tips - Fajita history and tips
	Chili Tips and Recipes - All you might ever want to know about chili including history, interesting tid-bits and recipes
	Tailgate Tips - Beef ideas for tailgating
	Steak de Burgo - A regional favorite steak dish found in central Iowa restaurants
	National Beef Cookoff - See the past year's winning recipes
	Shredded beef - recipes and suggestions
	Texas Beef Council - Visit the Texas Beef Council for additional beef recipes. Their site offers a searchable beef recipe database, a cooking school, a chef's section and additional nutrition information.
	Shopping Tips – what to look for at the meat counter.
	Getting Ready to Cook – cookware, cooking methods, preparation tips, cooking times.
	Cooking Lessons – learn the basic beef cookery methods.
	Types of Beef - Consumers may choose from conventional, organic, grass-finished, natural or branded beef. Learn more about beef choices available today.
	Umami - The five tastes receptors are: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami. Learn how to combine foods to release the power of umami!

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