In case you haven't noticed yet, we're focusing on beef this week. March is Meat/Un-Meat Month, so we'll get to other sorts of animal protein (although we're leaving seafood for later in the year). But for now... Beef. We want to know all about your favorite way to eat beef. It's a rare treat for some of us, while others eat it several times a week. Here are a few common ways to eat beef. Is your favorite on the list? If not, tell us what it is. And if you have a best recipe for one of these ideas, please tell us that too!
My personal favorite ways to eat beef, especially since I don't eat a lot of it, are a good steak and a simple beef stew. One good steak is a great way to feed several people an excellent dinner with remarkably little work. (See this post for reasons why steak can actually be very economical.)
And beef stew is really a recipe-less recipe; I can make beef stew for a crowd and scarcely have to think at all.
The dishes pictured above are from Martha Stewart:
• Hanger Steak with Apple Bistro Salad and Matchstick Fries
• Beef Stew
Related: What Kind of Meat Do You Eat the Most?
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Roast! Can't believe that's not an option
Ah - that is definitely an oversight, lizb. Knew I was missing something!
My favorite way to eat beef is any way I can get it.
Living with a vegetarian is killing me.
Gyu Tataki
or
Beef Shortribs with the meat falling off the bone in a nice wine reduction sauce...
I only eat beef when someone else prepares it for me... ;)
I love anything braised or slow cooked.
The mexican in me says carne asada, but I love me some roast with potatoes.
I never liked steak made at home. I realized that it's because home steaks aren't aged. I will not age my own steaks, so they have to remain a going out treat for me.
GALBI too!
Steak fajitas! Yummy!
My favorite way to eat beef is to NOT eat beef.
Ick. Meat/Un-Meat month is sure favoring the meat-eaters. . .perhaps I should check back in April.
Pot roast. No question.
A nice pot roast sandwich with a thick slice of melting sharp cheddar cheese and a slice of good tomato and maybe just a touch of horseradish.
@Megan,
Maybe drop the sanctimonious tone. The fact is, the vast, vast majority of Americans eat meat, and celebrating that fact on a broad-based food blog is a perfectly reasonable endeavor.
Militant vegetarians -- militant ANYTHING, actually -- drive me crazy. Announcing your intention to "check back in April" smacks of martyrdom -- "No, wait .. don't go ... "
I apologize for the ad hominem attack, but this is day 10 of Meat Month, and nearly every post that centers on meat is followed by some self-righteous protest about the brutality. We get it -- you don't eat meat. Guess what? We do, and reading about and learning about different cuts and techniques is great.
A good, fat hamburger... loaded!
I live with a vegetarian and I do all of our cooking... I cook vegetarian for us... but I'm an omni at heart. I eat meat rarely and have no qualms ordering the burger when I need a fix.
... and I agree with ArlingtonEric... Megan/When Harry Met Salad keeps harping on her NOT eating meat... yes, OK... whatever you like... but this site caters to a broadly diversified population. Tolerance should be key... like... hey... I'm not big on lima beans but I'll eat them if I'm served them.
shabu shabu!
I voted for steak but really, all of the above.
Gyu tataki or osso bucco. Mmm.
Almost any way, but I love a good meat ragu, or beef stroganoff. Those are the ultimate comfort foods for me!
Honestly, the hubby and I eat most of our steaks raw. We marinate very thin cuts in olive oil, lime, balsamic vinegar and seasoning salt. We work it into the steak but other than that we just cut it up and eat it. Heavenly! Sometimes we fry it up for a very few seconds on each side, but I prefer it uncooked.
Arrachera tacos with homemad tortillias is a once (sometimes twice) per month tradition in our house.
I also love an aged steak cooked simply in a pan and smothered with some compound butter for a special occasion. My butcher ages beef so it's not a problem to make it at home.
i agree, arlingtoneric!
Sliced thin and rare from a standing rib roast with lovely crispy on the outside, succulent on the inside fat. But...who eats like that any more??