Top Round Steak is a cut offering several options for how to cook it. With top round steak, cook it low and slow or if cooking fast, slice it very thin. The head butcher at Crowd Cow recommends cooking medium rare and slicing it 1/16 of an inch. This cut is also known as the London Broil cut and is a...
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Ethan Stowell, Crowd Cow, and A5 Wagyu Steaks
Ethan Stowell grills up some Crowd Cow A5 Wagyu steaks from Kagoshima. He also creates a special dish with the A3 Olive Wagyu. Try Crowd Cow Wagyu beef: https://www.crowdcow.com/wagyu
Ethan Stowell owns several restaurants in Seattle including Bramling Cross in Ballard where this was filmed. He sugg...
Crowd Cow Eco-friendly Green Cell Packaging
Crowd Cow is quitting the Styrofoam coolers and introducing biodegradable Green Cell Foam insulation. This new eco-friendly packaging is not just recyclable, it’s backyard compostable and even water soluble — meaning you can watch your waste literally disappear. https://www.crowdcow.com/eco-friendly-...
Bavette Steak - Butcher's Secret Cut
Besides being fun to say, the Bavette steak is a great convenience cut. It can be marinated for long periods of time, plus it cooks extremely quickly. Use the Bavette as a center-of-the-plate protein alongside roasted veggies or as the star ingredient in sizzling fajitas. As Nick and Joe suggest, the...
Flat Iron Steak - The Swiss Army Knife of Steaks
Nick Michel and Joe Heitzeberg of Crowd Cow talk about flat iron steaks and why butcher's often love to take this relatively unknown cut home. Nick also shows you how to cook a flat iron steak.The steak is versatile and the cut can be served on a plate or sliced and used in tacos. You can smoke it, g...
Fire and Ice Chili - A fun ground beef recipe
Talk about a cool way to up your chili game. There's actually two secrets here:
1) Ground Beef from Crowd Cow. When you buy directly from small batch farms that raise your food right, you can taste the difference. https://www.crowdcow.com/ground-beef
2) Ice Cream is the Ice and it puts a sweet dazzl...
Oh yeah, it's brinner time! Who doesn't love a little breakfast for dinner? We use Hutterian Farm Ground Beef from Crowd Cow to make this scrumptious meaty chilaquiles dinner. https://www.crowdcow.com/ground
It's easy to make with this simple layering recipe (like a lasagna). And the best part....yo...
Making a big batch of meatballs is a very rewarding experience unless they don't quite hit it right when it comes to flavor. Here's a savvy tip on how to test the flavor of your meatballs. And with Crowd Cow ground beef, you're sure to get the added bonus of flavor and know exactly where your meat co...
Amazing Meatballs recipe inspired by Salumi
These meatballs are something else! This meatballs recipe was inspired by many visits to Salumi, a Seattle deli and restaurant offering artisanal cured meats. Crowd Cow's ground beef makes these meatballs extra special: https://www.crowdcow.com/ground
With Crowd Cow's ground beef, you always know th...
New Biodegradable and Eco-friendly Crowd Cow Packaging
You asked and we listened — we’re going green in 2019. Crowd Cow is quitting the Styrofoam coolers and introducing biodegradable Green Cell Foam insulation. https://www.crowdcow.com/eco-friendly-packaging
This new eco-friendly packaging is not just recyclable, it’s backyard compostable and even wate...
Weeknight Dinner Recipe for Shepherd's Pie (with a Twist)
This is a fun spin on Shepherd's Pie using ground beef from Crowd Cow instead of ground lamb. When you use a high-quality, grass fed beef, you get a similar rich and tasty flavor. Get some of this beef delivered to your home! http://www.crowdcow.com/ground
Cheater Shepherd's Pie uses frozen tator to...
How to cook Prosciutto Wrapped Pork Tenderloin
Darth_Traeger shows us how to cook Crowd Cow's heritage pork and take it to the next level. Just add more pork! https://www.crowdcow.com/pork
While Crowd Cow's known-source meats are already so tasty on their own, why not try this prosciutto and pancetta wrapped pork tenderloin recipe. This tenderlo...
The Essence of Crowd Cow: Kevin's BBQ Joints talks with CEO Joe Heitzeberg
Re-posted with permission from Kevin at Kevin's BBQ Joints. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4KlIbt-y7NbF-dA5SCsNw
The conversation covers a typical day in Joe's life, which every day is pretty different. Joe's flying to Austin, TX on this particular day and getting ready to BBQ some A5 Wagyu bris...
Merry Craft Meat Tasting! - A5 Wagyu Dinner Party
It's a beautiful time of year to gather with friends, have a dinner party, and try something decadent. A5 Wagyu Steak is an experience you won't soon forget. And your friends will thank you! Crowd Cow helps connect you with the best meat you can find and you'll always know what farm it came from. Buy...
Arturo Ramon II tips on how to smoke a brisket
Arturo Ramon II (@texasgrillmaster) encourages everyone to try smoking a brisket. He gives some good advice about taking your time and not getting too crazy with seasoning. Buy a brisket from a farm you trust now: https://www.crowdcow.com/holiday-wagyu-roasts
Arturo Ramon II talks A5 Wagyu Brisket at Kreuz Market
We took A5 Wagyu brisket from Kagoshima Japan to Kreuz Market in Lockhart, TX. Arturo Ramon II (@texasgrillmaster) tells what it was like to watch legendary pitmaster Roy Perez smoke one up. Get some of your own A5 brisket: https://www.crowdcow.com/holiday-wagyu-roasts
And next time your in Lockhart...
Easy Empanadas Recipe using Ground Beef and Puff Pastry
Here's an easy way to make a tasty treat for those you love. Ground Beef Empanadas are a yummy 5 ingredient meal that you can whip up in a few minutes. See the recipe: https://www.crowdcow.com/recipe/a8f9f0a9f/italian-ground-beef-empanadas
Use Crowd Cow ground beef sourced from a small farm where ...
Happy Thanksgiving from Crowd Cow Rancher Becky Weed
Becky from Harlow Cattle Company in Washington State gives her thanks to those buying her grass fed beef:
https://www.crowdcow.com/ranch/harlow-cattle-company
This Thanksgiving we are grateful for the lifeline dedication of farmers like Becky of Harlow Cattle Co. and great care of the cattle, the lo...
Olive Wagyu Television Interview (w/ Michelin-star Chef Mike Bagale)
Crowd Cow's co-founder and CEO Joe Heitzeberg brought Michelin-star and former Alinea Executive Chef Mike Bagale to Japan to tour Olive Wagyu producers in Kagawa Prefecture. While there we were interviewed by Japanese television about our journey and about this rare and exceptional beef.
Olive Wagyu...
New York Steak with Garlic, Thyme and Butter
How to cook a New York strip steak, seared in a stainless steel pan and oven, with herbed garlic, thyme and butter dressing. More craft beef:
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Ishiyaki Stone-grilled Olive Wagyu (World's Rarest Beef)
"Ishiyaki" means stone grill and what better way to cook the world's rarest beef -- Olive Wagyu rated A5 from Kagawa, Japan than to cook it over a hot stone. A pinch of salt, a hot rock and this magnificent beef with it's incredibly high concentration of fine-grained umami-laden fat it all that's nee...
A5 Wagyu + Sea Urchin (Uni) = Heaven
It's a crazily-good 1+1=3 combination of unexepected delight: raw A5 Wagyu from Japan + fresh Uni (sea urchin).
https://www.crowdcow.com/wagyu
Crowd Cow Brought Olive-fed Wagyu to the USA
Olive Wagyu is the world's rarest beef. Produced by a handful of farms in Japan's remote Kagawa Prefecture, less than 2000 animals total are raised in this unique way -- in cooperation with local olive producers on a feed that include pressed olive peels from the region's famed olive groves.
We met ...
How to use a whetstone to sharpen a knife
One of Japan's oldest and best top craft knife-makers, Sugimoto-hamano (they began making steel swords), demonstrates how to use a whetstone to hand-sharpen a steel-bladed knife. The technique is surprisingly easy to perform and results in an extremely sharp and effective blade edge.
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