Beef

Meat from the cow.

Recipes

• Gyudon
• Herb-and-Mustard Sirloin with Baked Potatoes

Ground Beef

• The internal temperature for ground beef: 160F
• Ground beef = 450F for 30min

(https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/62130/how-to-bake-ground-beef)

Spoiled

• Don't eat ground beef 2 days after the sell-by.
• Good = red with brown spots. Bad = gray
• Good = slight smell. Bad = sour, rotten, or strong smell
• Good = breaks apart and separates into chunks. Bad = slimy or sticky

(https://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-Ground-Beef-Has-Gone-Bad)

Storage

• Cooked ground beef in refrigerator: 7 days
• Cooked ground beef in freezer: 8 months
• Ground beef in freezer: 4 months - Thaw in fridge or cold water, changing water every 30 minutes.

(https://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-Ground-Beef-Has-Gone-Bad)

Steak

• The internal temperate for steak: 125F is rare, 130F is medium rare, 140F is medium, 150F is medium well, 160F is well-done
• Steak = at least 1" thick, pan-sear in cast iron on both sides until lightly browned, move skillet to 425F oven for 10 minutes

(https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/262181/cast-iron-pan-seared-steak-oven-finished/)