What to do with beef fat?
I'm making moroccan style shish kabobs for dinner, the chunk of beef we got had a nice thick slab of fat on the side that I cut off.
So is there anything to do with a chunk of beef fat? It's about a quarter-half inch thick and probably 10" long. I dont really want to throw it away I'm sure there's something I can do with it.
Any suggestions?
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9 Comments:
Save it. You can make Yorkshire pudding, fry up some home fries, saute veggies for soup. grind some when (if) you grind your own hamburger - the list is endless. Freeze that treasure!
tapioca at 7:28PM on 10/04/09
Cut it up into small pieces and put it in a pot with some beans. There's no flavor comparable. Also, it requires no advance prep or rendering this way, and you don't have to worry about it burning in a pan.
MFalk at 10:17PM on 10/04/09
If you feed the birds they will love it. Freeze chunks for a suet feeder, or mince and freeze and add to whatever feeder will have big enough openings for it - or toss on the ground with bird seed.
Also you could render it and soak bread cubes in it for the birds. Add a little peanut butter to the melted fat before you toss in the bread.
lemonfair at 8:32AM on 10/05/09
Render it and use for sauteing rice before making a stir-fry with beef and veggies.
spongedaddy at 11:44AM on 10/09/09
Add it to burgers, or render it and fry burgers in it!
Like this: http://www.goodeater.org/2/post/2009/06/goodeating-hand-chopped-dry-aged-grass-fed-beef-fat-basted-bad-ss-burger.html
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt at 12:10PM on 10/09/09
Do you have a neighbor with chickens? They are omnivorous, and feeding them animal fat helps keep them from pecking at eachother.
dcmbb at 12:26PM on 10/09/09
Make pie crust! I made the best pie crust I've ever made with suet- used it for a meat pie. Incredibly flaky, easy to work with, not as beefy-tasting as I though it might be.
thatgrrl at 12:27PM on 10/09/09
And if you do render it, tallow mixed with oil makes the best french fries.
tatianak at 3:06PM on 10/09/09
Make plum pudding or genuine minced meat.
Kevin at 10:53AM on 10/10/09