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Beef Recipes

Find the best beef recipe for your restaurant or other food business

By Kristina Seleshanko
Beef is an all-American favorite and--at the very least--one great beef recipe must be on nearly every food business' menu. Beef is a superior source of phosphorus, vitamin B12, protein, zinc and selenium. And according to the USDA, 29 cuts of beef (including tenderloin and T-bone) meet governmental standards for lean meat as they have only about one additional gram of saturated fat than a skinless chicken breast.

When seeking beef recipes and beef recipe tips, look for recipes with ingredients your customers are familiar with, in addition to more unusual recipes that encourage diners to try something new. When researching beef recipes, try the following:

1. Seek an online beef recipe that appeals to you.

2. Buy a beef recipe book written by an established cookbook author.

3. Test several beef recipes in your kitchen, choosing only the very best concoctions for your customers.

 

Select an online beef recipe

Recipes found online have the advantage of being free, and often they are reviewed by fellow cooks (although most are amateur). Although it makes sense to look for a beef recipe at a well-established recipe website, don't neglect smaller websites dedicated to promoting beef.
Try: The Cattlemen's Beef Board and National Cattlemen's Beef Association has a great selection of free recipes for every cut of beef, including steak, ground beef, roasts, veal and corned beef. The Texas Beef Council also has a good selection of free recipes for kabobs, steaks, burgers, appetizers and much more.

Find a beef recipe card for "world" beef

Traditional American beef recipes are an excellent place to begin your menu, but why not spice things up with something more exotic? Beef is used around the world, and ethnic beef recipes are easy to find.
Try: AllRecipes.com has many free beef recipes in their "world cuisine" category, such as Abalos-style corned beef hash, beef curry soup and Irish stout stew. Certified Angus Beef also offers a collection of free ethnic recipes, including flank steak fajitas, beef teriyaki egg rolls and beef korma.

Make use of a beef recipe book

A good beef recipe book is a must if you have serious interest in cooking beef for your customers. Not only will a cookbook offer tested recipes, but it should offer excellent general cooking tips that can help make beef easy to prepare and delicious to eat.
Try: Cooking.com sells Bruce Aidells and Denis Kelly's bible "The Complete Meat Cookbook," which contains over 230 recipes, plus marinades and rubs. Powells.com offers "The Healthy Beef Cookbook" by the National Cattlemen's Association; this includes 130 recipes for lean beef.

 

  • When shopping for beef and beef recipe ingredients, you should generally look for meat with a cherry-red color; however, ground beef does change color safely as it sits on the shelf. Therefore, when buying ground beef, pay attention to the "sell by" date on the packaging.

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