'Brazilian Beef' Expat

George (200.172.107.166) -

You haven't lived till you've experienced the beef in Brazil.

Now all of you fast fooders that live on McDonalds and other grease burger than American's love to call food need to get on the next plan to Brazil.

The first restaurant we were told that we could help our selves to the salad bar and that they would bring the meat to our plate.

Ok, the salad bar was grand. There was more than enough to make feast out of -- even for the most devout meat eater.

So, a little salad on the plate (not too much of the warm stuff because it sounded like that was to come soon). Sat back down and out comes a waiter with a slab of meat on a skewer. Off he slices an tiny little piece.

Oh! This is like the all you can eat resturant joke... where you get one little bite and they say, "That's all you can eat! hahahahah!".

Well, one bite is better than none, I guess and there is always the salad bar.

Ok, he finishes serving everyone a tiny piece of wonderfully delicious beef -- better than I've ever had before. Better than what we got in Argentina.

Now we're cooking. Two waiters from our with skewers of meat and slice off tiny pieces for everyone. Each skewer has a different cut of beef (and we don't go into what some of them are... but chicken hearts are included).

The energizer battery people must have gotten their idea from them. They just keep going and going out of the kitchen with more slabs of hot, delicious meat!

Once your finally stuffed and tell them waiters to go away it dawns on you that you forgot to ask how much lunch way! Oh oh!

It wasn't very much, not enough to remeber the price (maybe 5 or 6 bucks). You really couldn't beat the food or the service.

Think about that the next time your knawing on a slimy grease burger in a plastic seat.

- George

Comment #1 taha al manzalawy (41.232.124.4) -

i like to know more about brazilian beef ( cuts- prices - exporters - etc..)

Comment #2 taha al manzalawy (41.233.65.132) -

i wish to know more about the brazilian beef meat cuts and the percentage of every cut of the hole carcas.

Comment #3 Lee from Montevideo, Uruguay (Contact Member) -

I prefer to just enjoy the flavor of brazilian beef and not worry too much about those aspects of it!

Comment #4 COIN-OPERATED-BOY from nowherelandia (Contact Member) -

Ok so what is the best recipe for Brazilian Beef that you can suggest?

How much does a regular Brazilian beef cost?

Comment #5 Dan (63.176.159.189) -

Coin boy... I think you need to visit Brazil to get some first hand answers! I doubt a recipe for a Brazilian beef dish would be half as good if you made it in the USA.

Comment #6 Dane Mitchells (63.176.159.39) -

Howdy Coin-operated-boy! Dan is not the helping type but rather the promoting one hehehe here is a dish I found and hope you can enjoy a Brazilian beef recipe using any country beef.

Argentinian Mixed Grill

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

* 1 porterhouse steak, sliced 1 inch thick

* beef flank steak, about 1 pound, sliced 1 inch thick

* 1-2 ribeye steaks, sliced 1 inch thick

* 6 pre-cooked Bratwurst, cut in half lengthwise

* 1 1/2 cups Italian dressing

* 1/2 cup olive oil

* 3 cloves garlic, minced

* 4 teaspoons fresh oregano, chopped finely

* 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

* 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Preparation:

Prepare meat and place into a large bowl. Combine remaining ingredients and pour onto meat. Coat meat with marinade, cover and place in refrigerator for 6 hours. Preheat grill for medium heat. Remove meat from bowl and discard marinade. Place meat on grill. Cook flank steak for 18-20 minutes, 12-15 minutes for the porterhouse and rib-eye steaks, and 3-5 minutes for the sausages. Move meat to cooler part of grill and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes before serving.

Comment #7 Dane Mitchells (63.176.159.164) -

Here is another scrumptuous serving of beef dish ready to be cooked:

Brazilian Beef Strips

2 pounds top round

1/4 cup corn oil

3 teaspoons tequila

1 teaspoon crushed red chiles

1 teaspoon hot chile powder

1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon oregano

2 teaspoons garlic

Trim all fat from beef, place into a hotel pan. Combine remaining ingredients-mix well.

Pour over beef cover and chill 4-24 hours, turning occasionally.

Remove from marinade, drain well. Broil or grill to desired doneness.

Remove to rest for 15 minutes, before carving bias-sliced across the grain into paper-thin strips.

Arrange onto a serving platter serve hot, warm, or at room temperature.

Comment #8 A Ahmed (85.154.146.181) -

Dear Sirs,

We, are Western Shore Trading, Companies, registered with Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman with a capital of US$ 1.3 million. We are member of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Our main activity is trading in frozen meat, beef and lamb, mutton and poultry products. We are in the Middle East market for the last 20 years, having strong business relations with the Arabian Gulf countries.

We are interested to develop long term business relationship with the reliable meat suppliers from Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India and Pakistan.

We want to start with a weekly supply of full load of one 40' container each of:

a) Lamb Carcass

b) Goat (Mutton) Carcass

Kindly advise us with available sizes and weight, Delivery Schedule, best prices C&F PSQ Muscat and your payment terms.

This is our initial requirement for a couple of months. Once both of us have developed confidence in each other, then you should be able to supply two to three containers weekly.

Best Regards

Western Shore Trading

Ahmed

Managing Director

TEL: +968 24427222

FAX: +968 24427111

Comment #9 Angie (63.176.159.136) -

Do you have any information on where someone can purchase a large amount and have it imported to the United States? I really enjoy trying exotic foods.

Comment #10 Tricia (63.176.159.41) -

How is Brazilian beef so much different from beef in the US? Is it real good and lean like deer meat?

Comment #11 Cody (63.176.159.49) -

Is there anyway that I could get brazilian beef shipped to my restaurant. I am sure there is a way, but is there a safe way? A way that I could get it within a day or two, frozen, so that way it would be fresh and still be able to be served and eaten.

Comment #12 Leo (63.176.159.156) -

Try this recipe, it is simple and delicious:

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb of beef tenderloin

2 tbs of olive oil

2 tbs of lemon juice

2 tbs of chopped onion

½ lb bacon

16 wood skewers

Salt and ground pepper

PREPARE:

Cut beef tenderloin into ¾ inch cubes.

Marinate in olive oil, lemon juice, onion, salt and pepper for 2 hours.

Soak wood skewers in water for 2 hours.

Cut bacon in squares and assemble alternating bacon and beef squares on skewers.

Grill as usual.

SERVE:

Traditionally, Brazilians roll kabobs over manioc flour (farofa) after cooked and serve.

Comment #13 Gary Ramos (63.176.159.154) -

The secret is the picanha, or rump cover, that´s what the brazilians eat and it is the very best cut of the whole beef.

Steaks and filets are ridiculuous next to picanha. Buon appetit!

• Brazil beef

Comment #14 Pica (63.176.159.99) -

Speaking of Picancha, here is one good recipe:

Picancha recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

one entire piece of picanha

rock salt

garlic paste

PREPARE:

Cut the picanha into 2 inch-thick beefs

Leave the fat layer on it (just remove after grilling)

Rub the rock salt on the meat alone or with garlic paste

Arrange the meat in skewers or directly over the grill

Cook the meat to your preference.

In the Brazilian way, you can slice the outer layers and keep the rarer meat in the grill for more cooking.

SERVE:

Serve with white rice, vinaigrette, or your preferred sauce.

Comment #15 taha al manzalawy (41.233.81.77) -

"mathaf st. al naaam cairo egypt"

please sent me a list and detales of the brazilian companies that exporting frozen beef

best regardes

taha al manzalawy

ttm_1949@hotmail.com

Comment #16 Tom (69.151.74.145) - 02/23/10 04:05

"Anderson"

AMEN!!!! My grandfather raised beef cattle and I'm from the Midwest, home of beef cattle. I traveled twice to Brazil in 2009 and I never knew what REAL beef tasted like until I had it there!!!!!! It is simply amazing. Not only the meat but their vegetables were second to none. For the first time in my life I felt my body's metabolism kicking like I knew it should. Don't believe the American Beef industry claims and their propaganda. The beef in this country is so heavily abused with hormones, etc. It's a shame the American public can't travel abroad and see what real meat should taste like. Another interesting twist is that when I returned I visited a 'supposed' Brazilian restaurant and asked the owner if he serves meat imported from Brazil. He told me that our port authorities prevent the higher grades of meat from coming in by saying it is potentially contaminated! What a racket.

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