Beef Cheeks?

[prospectheightsresident]

Originally Posted by jlawrence01

This is the recipe that I would like to try:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvIRrw_-z5o

That looks amazingly flavorful and tender! I'm excited to try that sauce base with another dish sometime soon!

[prospectheightsresident]

Originally Posted by RationalExpectations

I've never cooked them, but I had them at a fancy French restaurant in Thailand. They were very, very fatty. Good luck.

Maybe try cooking them in a sous vide.

Yes, part of the beef cheeks cuts that I have are pretty fatty. The recipe says to cut off excess fat, but I love how excess fat renders and flavors the meat. So I'll leave it where it is

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by PinaCarlotta

That reminds me, my brother in law (white, as opposed to us, white hispanics) loved barbacoa until he found out it was beef cheeks. He became very ill and now refuses to be in the same room with it. lol poor guy

Sounds like the kind of guy whose parents always gave him the kid's menu at restaurants. Next time you have barbacoa, offer him a choice of chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread with the crusts cut off, so his tummy won't turn over.

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident

Yes, part of the beef cheeks cuts that I have are pretty fatty. The recipe says to cut off excess fat, but I love how excess fat renders and flavors the meat. So I'll leave it where it is

You can always cut off any that doesn't render out. At restaurants, the cheeks I have had had very little to no discernable exterior fat. In fact, the meaty parts seem to be fairly lean, just soft meat textured not unlike tongue.