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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

52 Beef chuck Recipes From 39 Cuisines.

The shoulder cut that built the world’s great beef stews — goulash, boeuf bourguignon, birria, pot roast. Chuck has enough marbling and connective tissue to survive hours of simmering and come out better for it, turning spoon-tender while enriching the braising liquid around it. It is forgiving, affordable, and nearly impossible to overcook at a gentle simmer, which makes it the safest beef a beginner can buy. Cut it into large chunks for stews; small dice dries out before the collagen finishes melting.

52 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Skewers of peanut-crusted grilled beef over charcoal with raw onion rings and tomato wedges

Sudan1 hr 7 min

Agashe

Sudanese Peanut-Crusted Grilled Beef

Bowl of clear beef broth with springy beef meatballs, yellow noodles, fried tofu, greens and fried shallots

Indonesia2 hr 40 min

Bakso

Indonesian Beef Meatball Noodle Bowl

Dark glossy beef bhuna in a heavy pan with oil separating at the edges and slit green chiles on top

Bangladesh2 hr 5 min

Beef Bhuna

Bangladeshi Dry-Roasted Spiced Beef

Sylheti beef curry with thick wedges of green shatkora citrus rind in a dark, oily gravy

Bangladesh2 hr

Beef Shatkora

Sylheti Beef with Bitter Citrus

Skillet of beef stroganoff, browned beef strips in a pale mustard sour cream sauce with onions and parsley

Russia35 min

Beef Stroganoff

Beef Strips in Mustard Sour Cream

Layered Zanzibari beef biriani in an open pot, saffron-stained rice with fried onions, potato and coriander

Tanzania2 hr 25 min

Biriani ya Zanzibar

Spiced Layered Rice with Beef

Golden fried bitterballen on a plate with mustard, one bitten open to show the molten beef ragout inside

Netherlands11 hr 45 min

Bitterballen

Crisp Dutch Beef Ragout Balls

Thick coiled boerewors sausage browning on a braai grid over glowing coals, skewers holding the spiral together

South Africa10 hr 15 min

Boerewors

Coiled South African Farmer's Sausage

Cast-iron pot of beef bourguignon with dark glossy wine sauce, glazed pearl onions and browned mushrooms

France4 hr

Bœuf Bourguignon

Burgundy Beef Braised in Red Wine

Tall earthenware pot of bosanski lonac with visible layers of beef, cabbage wedges, potato and carrot in dark broth

Bosnia and Herzegovina3 hr 45 min

Bosanski Lonac

Layered Bosnian Meat and Vegetable Pot

Sliced Maltese beef olives showing pork and egg filling, in a dark tomato and wine sauce

Malta2 hr 20 min

Braġioli

Maltese Beef Olives with Egg and Bacon

Caramelized bulgogi beef with scallions and sesame seeds served over rice

South Korea4 hr 37 min

Bulgogi

Korean Soy-Pear Marinated Beef

Every recipe on this route.

All 52 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

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