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5 Tips for How to Cook Salmon from Frozen

Did you know salmon cooks up fast and delicious, straight from the freezer? Even better, learning the right techniques for how to cook frozen salmon is easy. You might have a hard time picturing icy bricks of salmon turning into a warm, flaky fish dinner. Especially if you’re used to […]

Quick & Easy Instant Pot Frozen Ground Beef

If you’re looking for a new quick and easy cooking method, it’s time to try Instant Pot frozen ground beef. The Instant Pot is a kitchen appliance that has revolutionized the way we cook, making it possible to whip up a delicious meal in minutes. And while the pressure cooking […]

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Quick Tips: 5 Essential Cooking Tools

Here are the 5 essential tools every kitchen must have. A sharp chef’s knife A seasoned cast iron pan A wooden spatula (and tongs!) Cutting boards A digital meat thermometer If these tools are at your fingertips, you can tackle any meal in the kitchen. Ready to put your tools […]

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Beginners’ Guide to Smoking Meat

According to some, we humans may have an innate need to smoke meat. Whether it is the engaging of our senses—the smell of cooking pork and burning wood, the taste of well-seasoned smoked turkey breast, the feel of sticky rib sauce covering our hands and face—or the stirring of memories […]

How To Make the Best Chicken Cutlets Even Better!

Who doesn’t love a chicken cutlet? It turns an ordinary piece of chicken into something rich, crunchy, and juicy. Chicken breasts are versatile enough on their own, but once you dredge them in breadcrumbs and pan fry them, well—it’s kind of like the transformation from Bruce Banner to the Incredible […]

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6 Best Meats to BBQ and Grill

There are a lot of factors to consider when choosing the best meats to throw on the grill or barbecue—and by barbecue, we mean both the pitmaster’s definition of cooking with wood and smoke and the interchangeable synonym for grilling and cooking outdoors. Depending on the type of meat, the […]

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How to Cook Steak Tips in the Oven – FAQs and Tips

Steak tips can be a quick, delicious dinner any night of the week, and one of our favorite methods involves a speedy roast in the oven. In this article, we’ve broken down how to cook steak tips in the oven and answered some of your FAQs surrounding steak tips. If […]

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9 Best Cuts of Beef for Smoking

Do you often smoke meats, or have you wanted to try smoking one of your favorite cuts of beef? There are few things as delicious as what happens when you pair beef, smoke, wood, and fire. Today, we’ve broken down the nine best cuts of beef for smoking. Beef, after […]

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How to Cook Top Sirloin Cap

Top sirloin cap is a lesser-known cut that we’re fond of here at Butcher Box. It comes in a small 1.5-pound roast, and, due to its petite size, it can be treated like a roast and cooked whole, or sliced into steaks and grilled or seared in a cast-iron skillet. […]

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Plan and Prep for a Laid-Back Brunch

When crocuses and daffodils start poking up through the dirt in the garden, our minds turn to brunch. Something about the warming weather and the longer days makes us crave a light, leisurely meal with our crew, with lots of hot coffee, fresh juice, good eats, and a minimum of […]