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12 Steak Sauce Ideas to Try on Any Steak

If you want to prepare an outstanding steak dinner, you’re likely to serve your ribeye, New York strip, or even sirloin with a decadent steak sauce. But which steak sauce do you go with? Lucky for you, there are quite a few options. Steak Sauces Change the Way You Enjoy…

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The Right Way to Cut Steak Right: Against the Grain

There’s nothing better than cooking a great steak and enjoying it with friends and loved ones. And there’s nothing worse than putting in all the effort to cook and then making a simple mistake that ruins it: Cutting the steak the wrong way. How you slice it can mean the…

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8 Kitchen Essentials to Help Prepare Thanksgiving Dinner

If you’ve ever made Thanksgiving dinner, you know it’s a whole kitchen kind of ordeal. You’ll break out all your pots and pans, dirty all the dishes, and spend hours slaving over your feast. We can’t take all of the chaos out of Thanksgiving meals, but we can help you…

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Planning the Perfect Thanksgiving Dinner

While cooking on a typical weeknight can be stressful, preparing the centerpiece meal for a holiday that basically revolves around food might sound downright scary. But with a little planning, your Thanksgiving dinner will be fun, flavorful, and worry-free. Use this day-by-day guide to plan your best Thanksgiving ever. Find…

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The Best Methods for How to Freeze Bacon

Good bacon makes everything better—which is why you should never waste it. Thankfully, the freezer extends the shelf life of quality bacon by several months. You probably know that you can freeze it by the pack, but what if you don’t want to use a whole pack in one sitting?…

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These 5 Spices Make a DIY Dry Rub for Any Meat

It’s almost impossible these days to walk through a grocery store or farmer’s market without seeing a new artisanal spice mix or homemade barbecue sauce. But why spend money on expensive spice mixes when you can quickly put together a delicious and flexible spice rub at home using items you…

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Tips for Food Safety in the Kitchen

We use seatbelts when we’re in the car. Helmets when we’re on bikes. Sunscreen when we’re outside.  Some of life’s safety habits have become so ingrained in our day-to-day routines, we aren’t even aware of them. I’m here to help you make sure these precautions extend into the kitchen, so…

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Improve Your Cheeseburgers by Becoming a Burger Topping Master

Ketchup or mustard? Pickles or jalapeños? Caramelized onions or red onions? American or cheddar cheese? There are endless options when it comes to burger toppings—and that’s just one of the reasons why I love making them. I’ve been cooking burgers for as long as I can remember—even if some of my…

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Cooking Frozen Chicken, Steak, and Pork

Many of us, especially those who are ButcherBox members, have a freezer full of the various meats we’ve purchased or had sent to use each month. Too often, when in the midst of frenetic lives, we forget to plan meals or, worse, don’t remember to defrost the meat we had…

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The Rules of Defrosting and Storing Frozen Meat

One of life’s simple joys is to have a freezer full of ButcherBox’s delicious meat, easily accessible whenever you want an amazing meal. But we understand that knowing exactly what to do with your frozen meat can be a little confusing. At ButcherBox, we’re lucky to have in-house meat industry experts and…