Hi All,
I seriously over cooker 3 lbs of ground buffalo. (Won’t happen again. Learned my lesson.) I can not stand overdone meat. I really do not want to toss it in the bin as it is expensive. What can I mix it into to make it palatable?
Many thanks,
-T
Overcooked meat (especially lean meat) typically means that more of the savory fat has been lost than is desirable. To make it more palatable, I’d consider two things: (a) adding extraneous fat, like olive/avocado oil, of some kind based on your palate, and (b) adding spices/flavorings of some kind, also based on your palate.
E.g., you could make a kind of chili dish, adding some cooked tomato paste (won’t have many carbs left) and peppers, garlic, etc. Even add some queso cheese to make it more viscous and flavorful.
Chili sound great. Meat is always overcooked in chili. And I have wonderful Anaheim (California) peppers to use in it too! Thank you!
If too much fat has been rendered out of the meat, it is possible to add bacon grease or butter, to restore the fat content. I always make gravy from the pan drippings—or simply use the drippings as a sauce—so they don’t go to waste. (And since I’m keto, they don’t go to waist, either.)
I have been trying that. Still can’t stand it. I am going to do the chili thing. (Don’t worry, no beans.)
Cheeseburger Crack Slaw
Never tried Buffalo but it works really well with the organic grassfed beef that I get as part of promotion and can never figure out what else to do with because despite being 85 fat I find it too lean tasting
Interesting!
I just saved it to my cooking directory. I liek to buy cabbage in advance as it keeps for about three weeks in the fridge, i case I miss teh market that week. But no cabbage this week. All sold out. Go there too late. Dang! I really want to try this one out. Thank you!
Wild or wild-ish meats (grass fed) DO NOT take to over cooking. You need to leave them red inside. The red is not blood. Blood is gray. The red is a protein. (Grass finished is marketing B.S…) I really blew it big time.
The meat I have is supposed to be 100% grass fed. I find I just do not like it much ground. This recipe with all the seasonings seems to help it. It tastes like a burger king whooper without the bread!
I get very confused when you say red inside. Do you mean ground beef or do you mean a steak? Also with all meat what is that red liquid that comes up during cooking? Is that raw or something else? I have a tendency to overcook because we have a couple of family members that will order their steak medium well even in the best steakhouses (ugh). Then will complain when I make it that way and will also stick it back in the oven/microwave if it is too red. They are big meat eaters so it makes no sense.
The other reason I overcook is that I have one child who is fairly petite and I watched an Oprah show on ecoli many years ago and have paranoid ever since
Hi Saphire,
If worried, use a meat thermometer. Ground meat with bacteria on is will get it mixed through the meat. Where a steak, it will only be on the outside. A good tip off is if your butcher shop smells bad, then the meat is probably to be avoided.
The red in the meat is “myoglobin”.
100% grass fed (not grass finished) beef should taste more like moose or elk. I really enjoy it. Burger Thing mixed carbs into their meat and will not disclose their ingredients in their meat. If your grass fed tastes like burger kind (YUK!!!), find another source!
If you over cook lean/wild-ish meats they come out terrible tasting.
Also be careful when consuming wild-ish meats. They are very packed with nutrients and energy. I would posit about 50% more than conventional stockyard meats. This means you will get full a lot faster and eat less of it. This also helps bring the cost down.
To clarify, the recipe I posted with the mayonnaise and the mustard and the pickles and cole slaw gives the whole thing a fast food flavor without it being fast food. My kids really like this recipe and they do not eat keto and I feel good about serving it. I am not saying my grass fed meat tastes like burger king, it does not
Thanks for the clarification. I can not eat fast food beef anymore as it makes me want to hurl.
So your kids like it. Hmmm. Sneaking Keto into their diet. Will save them from a lot of health problems in their future.
I know a family whose kids where diagnosed with ADHD. Instead of getting them addicted to cocaine like drugs for life, they put them on Keto. Two months and their kids were back to normal. I do not know if they stayed on keto. The adults were having a lot of problems with withdrawal symptoms (they were probably cheating behind the kids backs).
I have a psychologist for a customer. I described my withdrawal symptoms to her and she confirmed that it was exactly withdrawal, just like drugs.
I know of another family who has a member with T3 diabetes. The member refuses to go Keto. It is a very heart breaking situation.
Had a friend in high school who worked at a well-known national burger chain. She warned me not to order burgers there, just get the “steak” sandwich instead.
“Why?” I asked.
She said the steak came from a cardboard freezer box marked “HAMBURGER.” The hamburgers came from a freezer box that was unmarked. 
Did the chili thing. It came out awesome!
Can’t wait to get some cabbage.
Thank you all!
where the deer and the buffalo roam …