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Nutritious choices

Nutrition information, cooking tips and images about popular cuts of Australian beef and lamb to communicate practical information about buying and preparing a variety of lean cuts.

Popular cuts & cooking tips

Product information to communicate practical information about cooking popular lean cuts to inform purchasing and consumption decisions about Australian red meat.

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Cut

Cooking tip

Meal ideas

Lamb leg steak  

 

Salad, bowl, sandwich

Beef sirloin steak

 

Steak or kebab with salad, cooked or BBQ vegetables

Beef rump steak  

Serve sliced, cooked meat on stir fried vegetables or leftover meals in salad, bowl, wrap, sandwiches and on stir fried vegetables. 

Stir fry, curry, Mexican, stir fry, salad, bowl, wrap, sandwich

 

Lean beef mince

Break up mince with a wooden spoon and fry on high heat until browned right through

Pasta, Mexican, meat balls, burgers, cottage pie, stuffed vegetables, savoury mince, stir fry

Beef blade*

Long, slow cooking method to break down connective tissue

Casserole, stew, curry, soup, ragout, pulled meat,

Lamb leg

Leftover roast vegetables and meat make handy ingredients

Pulled meat (wet cooking methods) for soup, salad, pasta, wrap, sandwich

Diced & strips

Brown meat in batches

Curry, casserole, stew, stir fry, Mexican, soup

*Note connective tissue is silver skin and ligaments that contains protein and collagen - it is not separable fat 

Visit Australian beef and lamb websites for more cooking tips and meal ideas.