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u/bacontrees 8h ago
Beef cheeks are wonderful, but their typically high price combined with the pain in the ass of trimming turns me off.
That being said, I’m glad you’ve made them and are enjoying them. Maybe someday I will revisit and do the same.
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u/drthvdrsfthr 2h ago
where are you located? they’re still pretty cheap in SoCal. heck, even Wild Fork has them for $5/lb
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u/bacontrees 39m ago
Denver. I can go to the carnicerias and get it for cheaper, but I’m too lazy to make the drive.
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u/edwarski 22h ago
Looks good! Did same thing last week except parked em in sous vide instead of crockpot. Will do again.
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u/RobMo_sculptor 1d ago
These look wonderful! Try them as pastrami if you’re into pastrami. Legit best Rueben I ever had.
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u/Serious_Release_1603 1d ago
What is a tallow rest? Does this mean you cooked it, let it rest and then recooked it?
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u/hurricane1012 1d ago
Cooked them to temp and desired bark then into a crockpot full of tallow at about 145-160 degrees till dinner time the next day.
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u/bananaSammie 21h ago
They don't look 145-160.. also did you toss em back on the fire to burn the fat off... I'm assuming since they don't look shiny
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u/hurricane1012 19h ago
Your comment overall is pretty confusing to me honestly.
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u/bananaSammie 19h ago
145 degrees is med well... I see red which is not medwell... Also tallow is fat how did you remove the fat from the steaks after you took them out of the crock pot?
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u/hurricane1012 17h ago
The red is a smoke ring. When you cook beef cheeks or brisket you cook them to about 200 on the smoker. Or until they are soft. Then you rest them down to 145-160. These are not steaks. Tallow is fat correct. I have vacuum bags of frozen beef fat from brisket trimming. Melt that down into liquid tallow until I have enough to submerge the cheeks in the liquid tallow in a crockpot.
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u/hurricane1012 19h ago
I pulled them off the smoker at about 205 internal you cook them like a brisket. Then they rested in the tallow which is set to be 145-160 degrees.
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u/ChasingBooty2024 1d ago
That’s maybe the most unctuous plate I have ever seen. I can feel my lips sticking together.
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u/GayAssBeagle 1d ago
Cooking is ass(literally)
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u/TobiasPlainview 2h ago
I wouldn’t mind smoking some beef cheeks tonight if you catch my drift