List of beef dishes


This is a list of notable beef dishes and foods, whereby beef is used as a primary ingredient. Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers. Acceptability as a food source varies in different parts of the world.
Beef is the third most widely consumed meat in the world, accounting for about 25% of meat production worldwide, after pork and poultry at 38% and 30% respectively. In absolute numbers, the United States, Brazil, and the People's Republic of China are the world's three largest consumers of beef. On a per capita basis in 2009, Argentines consumed the most beef at 64.6 kg per person; people in the U.S. ate 40.2 kg, while those in the E.U. ate 16.9 kg.

Beef dishes

, a Table d'hôte of grilled beef tongue in Sendai. Gyūtan is Japanese for beef tongue, a portmanteau of the Japanese word for beef and tan.
is a beef dish from the Philippines.
, beef slowly simmered in rich spice and coconut milk served in Nasi Padang, a Minang cuisine of Indonesia
with black beans, yellow rice, plantains and fried cassava
, served with mashed potatoes and other vegetables

Veal dishes

is the meat of young cattle, in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Though veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds. Generally, veal is more expensive than beef from older cattle.