How to make Beef Tallow | The Bearded Butchers

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  • čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
  • Beef Tallow! One of the most resourceful pieces on the animal, it has many different uses from cooking oil, soap making, candle making, and so much more. Today we'll show you how we trim off the suet from the carcass and how we cook it down into a beautiful golden liquid!
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Komentáře • 775

  • @einzelganger5290
    @einzelganger5290 Před rokem +100

    Thank you Nick for calling b.s. on the supposed need to consume vegetable seed oils (and their by-product, hydrogenated oils) . 👏🏽

    • @johnyarnall5882
      @johnyarnall5882 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Seed and vegetable oils are so bad! One of the main things I stay away from!!

  • @wrongfullyaccused7139
    @wrongfullyaccused7139 Před rokem +120

    The way you do not hesitate to share your knowledge with other people is outstanding.

    • @RebekkaHay
      @RebekkaHay Před 11 měsíci

      What about “the way”? Your sentence is incomplete. The way is what? Interesting? Commendable? What?

    • @wrongfullyaccused7139
      @wrongfullyaccused7139 Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@RebekkaHay : Observe the word at the end of the sentence - "outstanding".

    • @duskinater
      @duskinater Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@RebekkaHaynerd 🤓

    • @bradleyakulov3618
      @bradleyakulov3618 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@RebekkaHay Ohh shut up! You just watched 20 minutes of melting fat into tallow, which is a 2 sentence recipe, and some dudes eating bland, tasteless pemmican.
      Well that's not true, there was the mini bike segment.

  • @oneupmanship
    @oneupmanship Před rokem +23

    35yrs ago I started a small business of fry making with beef fat. To this day people still tallk about it. It's legend.

  • @floralwallpaperenthusiast6631
    @floralwallpaperenthusiast6631 Před 11 měsíci +13

    I’m England we call it dripping and we use it for making roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings on a traditional Sunday roast. My grandfather also had a fish and chip shop and exclusively used dripping as the frying oil. People used to queue down the street for it.

  • @PH-ny7tu
    @PH-ny7tu Před rokem +97

    In my experience, if you want to use the stovetop method, you can add some water to prevent overheating/burning. The water won't mix with the tallow and you can chill the whole pot (water + tallow) and just pull the cooled slab of tallow off of the water after solidifying in the fridge. Few extra steps but works well.

    • @Pinkorchid72
      @Pinkorchid72 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thanks for the tip!!! Making tallow right now with half pot of water

    • @enunya
      @enunya Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@Pinkorchid72 There's a downside to that method. Part of the cooking process is to remove moisture so it lasts for a long time on the shelf. When you put water in, your tallow/lard/suet wont last as long. If you do that method, keep most of it in the freezer and only bring out a singe jar/container at a time or if you did it in bulk, keep in the freezer and take out chunks as needed.

    • @Pinkorchid72
      @Pinkorchid72 Před 8 měsíci +8

      @@enunya well once I have the solod disk of tallow, I warm it back up slowly to boil off residual water (steam will eventually stop rising), then filter it through filter paper a cup at a time, changing filter paper with each cup. I don’t make gallons worth. Just 3 to 4 cups because I only Use it to cook steaks 3 times per week, since I roast or stew (instant pot) meats on other days of the week. So my tallow lasts me 3 months
      At most I make 3 to 4 cups at a time and

    • @Lewisusa11
      @Lewisusa11 Před 6 měsíci +2

      I always add about a quart of water and a tablespoon or two of salt to the pot of tallow. Salt pulls impurities and such from the tallow. After doing this 3 or 4 times (melting tallow) and filtering through cheese cloth, the fat is snow white and no beef taste or smell. I just did a 17lb pork shoulder this weekend (21 pints) and about a pint of lard. I will filter it once since I am cooking with it.

    • @TravisTellsTruths
      @TravisTellsTruths Před 4 měsíci

      Bingo! ❤

  • @aldolajak1267
    @aldolajak1267 Před rokem +91

    I rendered the fat trimmed from a brisket, then later used it to confit a chuck roast. It was absolutely amazing.

    • @patriot1902
      @patriot1902 Před rokem +4

      Wow. That sounds super interesting?

    • @JazzyMamaInAK
      @JazzyMamaInAK Před 9 měsíci +2

      I started making chicken confit with mine. Then I tried it with pork chops, and my son said they were the best ever in his whole life!

    • @carmendoctolero8521
      @carmendoctolero8521 Před 2 měsíci

      @Aldolajak you made beef carnitas! Going to try exactly what you did.

  • @Dr_V
    @Dr_V Před rokem +107

    Around here (eastern Europe) that's called something like "pastry grease", used for many traditional pies and baked sweets. You can also use it to make top quality soap.
    BTW those "glands" you're trimming out are actually lymph nodes, no bad odors or unpleasant textures there, just a soft savory tissue similar to the thymus or pancreas, quite tasty in stews and worth adding in sausage mixtures.

    • @500dollarjapanesetoaster8
      @500dollarjapanesetoaster8 Před rokem +30

      I bet you have this too, but in the Baltics they'd save the little crunchy remnants from rendering the oil and either eat them like chicharrons or put them into roasted potatoes.

    • @Dr_V
      @Dr_V Před rokem +19

      @@500dollarjapanesetoaster8 We put those in cabbage stew here, but adding them to roasted potatoes sounds good, I'll try that next time I have some 😄

    • @xiaogu00fa
      @xiaogu00fa Před rokem +16

      @@500dollarjapanesetoaster8 Same here in China, we also put them in noodle soup.

    • @gfy8230
      @gfy8230 Před rokem +17

      traditionally lard was used for pie crusts, us crappy americans invented crisco to replace it. proper lard, rendered pig fat especially from around the kidneys, is totally flavorless.

    • @nomad90125
      @nomad90125 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Pig fat, LARD is best for pastries.

  • @alangeorgebarstow
    @alangeorgebarstow Před 10 měsíci +20

    Beef tallow has been used to fry chips (what you call 'French fries') in the UK, and parts of Europe, for hundreds of years; certainly much longer than McDonald's have existed. Even now, the best fish and chips in the world are to be found in Yorkshire and Belgium where beef tallow remains the fat of choice for the most delicious fried potatoes. I am an Englishman now living in Sweden, where they do not have such a tradition, so I order beef fat from a butcher and render my own tallow in the oven. My fridge always has a good supply of freshly-rendered beef tallow (and pork lard) for cooking. Seed oils are not permitted in my house. Excellent video, sir. I enjoyed it very much

  • @Old_Sailor85
    @Old_Sailor85 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Do you remember the way McDonalds French fries tasted 30-40 years ago?
    I worked there for one semester in college. They were fried in a blend of tallow and lard...
    Yup, potato, lard, tallow, salt. They changed to the rotten seed oils for "health" reasons...

  • @CrimeVid
    @CrimeVid Před rokem +27

    The first pemmican recipe I ever saw was bear meat pounded into bear fat flavoured with wintergreen ! I’ve never fancied it since. In the UK traditionally fish & chips were cooked in beef dripping, or beef dripping and lard mixed. I have to tell you it tastes far, far better than any oil ever does, and the smell lures customers in like nothing else !

  • @JayO-ew1gm
    @JayO-ew1gm Před rokem +26

    Those leftover bits, if you let them dry out (strain and then onto paper towels) make for crispy tasty snacks. Just season with salt although I'm sure they would also go great with your seasonings.

    • @willembotha113
      @willembotha113 Před rokem +5

      In South Africa those crispy bits are eaten with maize porridge. Delicious.

    • @raymondjoebarwick8995
      @raymondjoebarwick8995 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Adding They're seasoning would be a great idea

    • @JazzyMamaInAK
      @JazzyMamaInAK Před 9 měsíci +1

      I use either a little sea salt and garlic powder or my all-purpose sprinkle; great snacks.

    • @Lewisusa11
      @Lewisusa11 Před 6 měsíci +2

      known as Cracklin's

    • @peter-robinson
      @peter-robinson Před 6 měsíci +3

      I just salt ours and eat as a snack. we call them carnivore popcorn

  • @Mauitaoist
    @Mauitaoist Před rokem +8

    I put my fat for tallow in a hotel pan in the smoker and smoke it with Applewood. It's amazing. Apple smoked flavored tallow, you cook your steak in it in it a cast iron skillet. Usually then I add Ghee to it 50-50 so I can put it on my steaks! So awesome!

  • @tomalbright2000
    @tomalbright2000 Před rokem +446

    You are correct Seth. Tallow is very good for humans, and seed oils/hydrogenated oils are very bad. Don't tell anyone because then it will all get expensive.

    • @iancanada6875
      @iancanada6875 Před rokem +5

      Don’t you want people to be healthier?

    • @borispetkau1246
      @borispetkau1246 Před rokem +65

      No grain
      No plants
      No vaxx
      No problems
      CARNIVORE

    • @gfy8230
      @gfy8230 Před rokem

      research ansel keys, hes the sob that fixed the govt paid for data that made everyone start using an oil designed for internal combustion for cooking. literally chinese sewer oil if sterile is healthier.

    • @declan11ful
      @declan11ful Před rokem +8

      And smoking like a chimney stack and drinking excessively will not help your health like Eisenhower smoked 4 packs a day and drank though out

    • @masterxiong7368
      @masterxiong7368 Před rokem +17

      It already is expensive

  • @GHOSTINPLAINSIGHT
    @GHOSTINPLAINSIGHT Před rokem +14

    One of my favorite parts of the preservation process. We render our own tallow from our cuts of cryovac beef that we buy. Other than duck fat fries, beef tallow fries are the best!

  • @fortawesome1974
    @fortawesome1974 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I have rendered my own suet and dried beef to make a lot of pemmican. I wrapped in foil and vacuum sealed and even if you don't do that it can last 30 years!! It's the ultimate survival food as you can eat it as is or add it to soups or stew with tonnes of veges to get a protein and calorie dense meal that goes a long way and can feed many!! The Indians and French Voyager's did it for a reason!!

  • @TMac0925
    @TMac0925 Před rokem +31

    Tallow makes for excellent homemade tortillas. Thanks for taking one for the team guys! Respect

  • @WG1807
    @WG1807 Před rokem +9

    Beef Dripping here in England. Back in the day every Fish and Chip shop would have used it to deep fry the goods but it all went vegetable oil a long time ago when the Elf and Safety brigade got round to it. We can still buy it in stores though in 250 gram (9 oz) blocks, similar to butter, which is what I do for the 'chip pan'. Of course it's more than doubled in price over the last three years. Last I looked it was about £1.25 (1.50 USD) for a 9 oz block. In 2020 it was only 65 pence for the same - about 80 cents.

    • @PeterEmery
      @PeterEmery Před 8 měsíci

      Beef dripping in Australia costs $2.80 to $3 for a 500 gram tub.

  • @michaelsawicki5512
    @michaelsawicki5512 Před rokem +25

    Great video. I'm sure that I'm not the only one that does this, I render my brisket trimmings in my smoker along with the brisket. Gives a great flavor to anything you use it for.

  • @nancystevens7447
    @nancystevens7447 Před rokem +5

    I remember the fries from McDonald’s and they were the bomb! I heard that they switched when concerns from some religious groups made a stink about cooking in beef fat violated their faith. However it happened I’m still not over it!

  • @kevowski
    @kevowski Před rokem +12

    I put the fat in a saucepan and put it on the hob at the lowest setting for a few hours and it comes out really good.
    Makes THE BEST roast potatoes.
    If I could make enough of it I’d use it for chips in my deep fat fryer.
    Thank you for sharing 👌🏻

    • @WG1807
      @WG1807 Před rokem +1

      It's still on sale in supermarkets but has of course risen sharply in price over the last couple of years. Last I looked it was £1.25 at Tesco for 250g.

    • @kevowski
      @kevowski Před rokem +1

      @@WG1807 Thanks for the heads up😊

  • @user-zx3oo4lt7b
    @user-zx3oo4lt7b Před 6 měsíci +2

    The best reason it's good for you is it fills you up very quickly so you don't eat as much carbohydrates. Such as french fries and battered fish. That's why there was no diabetes and few fat people in the old days before processed oils. And it has so much excellent flavor.

  • @AndyRoche
    @AndyRoche Před rokem +51

    Several things on this video...
    - That cart of tallow containers looked like a whole lot of specimens awaiting testing. :D
    - in 1993 I was a manager with McDonalds and we actually had 2 types of fryer oil. Beef tallow as for the fries and vegetable oil for the nuggets, chicken patties, and fish. We switched from beef to vegetable for the fires as well, supposedly because we only needed to keep one item on stock instead of 2, and customers really complained because the flavor changed for the fries. I believe everything is now done with some really scientific material and nothing really tastes good there any more.
    - Any chance we can get that pemmican recipe?

    • @fryertuck6496
      @fryertuck6496 Před 8 měsíci +2

      McDonald's changed to vegetable oil under pressure from the American Heart Association.

    • @MrScubajsb
      @MrScubajsb Před 7 měsíci

      I agree. Ppl still say mcds has the best fries. They are good texture, salty but 0 flavor. I am amazed how much fast food has so little flavor

    • @scottd143
      @scottd143 Před 6 měsíci

      Also, I remember vegetarians complaining because they had been eating the fries because they thought they were vegetarian fare.

    • @Lewisusa11
      @Lewisusa11 Před 6 měsíci

      @@fryertuck6496 The American Heart Assoc, you mean the one that keeps heart disease alive and well to line it's pockets? That one?

  • @mattbrown5511
    @mattbrown5511 Před rokem +5

    I get the back fat from beef and belly fat from pigs from a local farm that butchers. Me and my family render our own tallow and lard. We use a single layer of cheese cloth to strain the liquid. Those cracklings looked so good.

    • @debbiebuxton2854
      @debbiebuxton2854 Před rokem

      How much does it cost?

    • @mattbrown5511
      @mattbrown5511 Před rokem +1

      @@debbiebuxton2854 I do a lot of manual labor to offset the cost. I usually get it at around a dollar per pound though. I help them butcher, clean pens, work their other animals, etc.

  • @gg-wk2ww
    @gg-wk2ww Před 11 měsíci +3

    If use a slow cook stove top, many older recipes rec adding like a half cup of water that evaporates slowly and helps rendering without scorching the contents 😉👍
    The tallow will preserve any cooked beef after rendering forever if stored in cool place. That's what they were trying to get across with the pemican. Pots O beef are cooked beef sunk into tallow, no air allowed, and stored forever if needed.

  • @John-xb2nl
    @John-xb2nl Před rokem +3

    I advise cooking it above boiling temperature until it stops bubbling, then the water is all gone and it won't mold at room temperature.

    • @strawberryme08
      @strawberryme08 Před měsícem

      That’s what I was trying to find info on😅 so thanks for the comment haha wondering how to know the liquid is out of it

  • @janicecarnley482
    @janicecarnley482 Před 10 měsíci +2

    My mom's side of the family are from England. They use it to make pastry dough for beef and pork pies. Even sweet pie dough is made with it. They do only use the suet from around the kidneys. We actually make steak and kidney pies too. All yummy.

  • @RARufus
    @RARufus Před rokem +5

    Beef tallow is absolutely perfect for adding fat to venison sausage, or other sausage when needed. The local grocery sells it for more than pork loin, so I hit up the local butchers for some.

    • @betty8173
      @betty8173 Před 9 měsíci

      Thank you, I hope to find a butcher, but probably an hour away. The folks that butcher and sell here, want $4-$10 per pound...

  • @modernrider1398
    @modernrider1398 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Did my first render down with brisket trimmings and came out pretty good. Dutch oven in the oven at 250 for a few hours. Probably could have went longer but I don’t need a whole lot. Excellent video. Something about watching a bearded mountain man carve up a carcass that just warms my heart

  • @michaelmoore2595
    @michaelmoore2595 Před rokem +4

    10 year old pemican...it does last forever. There's a reason Louis and Clark wanted to know what it was that kept the native peoples healthy in the winter months in the northern parts of their exploration. Sadly we wouldn't be able to do something like that at work, but it's great to see the process you guys use.

  • @CjJeepster-uk3gs
    @CjJeepster-uk3gs Před rokem +14

    I did this with beef bone marrow. It turned awesome. Thanks guys, great content!

  • @LePedantSemantique
    @LePedantSemantique Před 2 měsíci +1

    Low & slow overnight in the crock pot works great for us.
    Tallow sautéed vegetables & fried eggs taste incredible!
    An 11 ounce jar of beef tallow costs between $13 & $15 on the grocery store shelves. 🤷‍♂️

  • @healthycarnivore
    @healthycarnivore Před 5 měsíci +2

    I just rendered beef tallow for candles, chapstick and body soap. After being carnivore over 4 yrs I had a ton of tallow. Great video!!

  • @garykirchner8468
    @garykirchner8468 Před rokem +2

    We used to butcher a very large hog in the winter months and scrap the hog using boiling water and tow sacks. Dad would make quite a few things from the hog. After he made the sausage he would smoke some links until dry and then he would put them in large jars and fill bottle with hog tallow. This lasted a long time. Love y’alls videos!

  • @xiaogu00fa
    @xiaogu00fa Před rokem +6

    To avoid burning it if you wanna make it on stovetop. Add water as well as fat, it will slow down the temperature rising. We make pork lard or beef tallow with method for years.

    • @TheBeardedButchers
      @TheBeardedButchers  Před rokem +1

      Thanks for the tip!

    • @borispetkau1246
      @borispetkau1246 Před rokem +1

      The same is making Ghee , Ad watter , melt , let it cool, refrigerate, cut a hole through the butter, damp the water which is below, repeat the prosses until the water comes out clear.

    • @guidoguidi2816
      @guidoguidi2816 Před měsícem

      @@TheBeardedButchers guys sorry I reply here but it seems I can’t tag you otherwise.
      I’d like to ask about the temperature on the kettle. Did it stay at 200F for the whole time? Looking at the browning on the solid pieces at the end of the process I would have guessed it had been closer to 280-290F…
      Thanks! And greetings from Argentina!

  • @leyh-annekopp6052
    @leyh-annekopp6052 Před rokem +12

    Love this!! I just processed over a gallon of tallow from my latest steer butcher. Crock-Pot works great, also I have found that nut 'milk' strainer bags work good for filtering at home. Use it for cooking, and making a balm that is the only thing that helped with my daughter's eczema. Amazing ingredient to utilize.

    • @Dctctx
      @Dctctx Před rokem

      Those are usually used to prevent children

    • @susieq2544
      @susieq2544 Před rokem +5

      Consider a carnivore eating regimen. It often corrects conditions like eczema, psoriasis and other ailments that we humans “live” with on a daily basis. Beef, Bacon, Butter, Eggs.

    • @khoadratic
      @khoadratic Před rokem

      Do you have more info on that balm you make??

    • @kayallen7603
      @kayallen7603 Před rokem +3

      Tallow (or lard) makes a wonderful skin food for any ills, melt a pound then cool before you add hyaluronic acid, creatine powder, and a few drops of scented oil then stir. A little bit goes a long way.

  • @Fister-kw5un
    @Fister-kw5un Před rokem +2

    History buff here. Spanish missions in 1700’s California were at the time large exporters of hides & tallow. I’ve always wondered how the tallow was made and now I finally know.

  • @robertlamb7513
    @robertlamb7513 Před rokem +8

    The pemmican is a native American survival food that they made and keep around for the time when food was hard to find

  • @palmerssecondchanceranch
    @palmerssecondchanceranch Před 10 měsíci +1

    When I am cooking a brisket, I render the tallow in the smoker at the same time. Gives it a great smoky flavor (obviously). We use it instead of any oils, frying eggs, casseroles. Pretty much anything that calls for oil. Just adds an extra dimension of flavor to anything you are cooking!

  • @bigcheeze68
    @bigcheeze68 Před rokem +5

    I've been making my own tallow from when I buy briskets and whole sub-primals, but I've always just done it on my stove. I never thought to try a crock pot or oven. Thanks for that tip!!!!

  • @stormsmack69
    @stormsmack69 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I just bought some tallow from the grocery store. I have been seeing many Drs coming out against seed oils. So I decided to give it a shot. Never going back, my food has such an amazing taste with the tallow. Did a ribeye on the flat top and used tallow. Absolutely delicious!! Now I wanna make my own. Thanks for the video!!!

  • @nvardtyan2241
    @nvardtyan2241 Před měsícem

    Nick, I just came upon this video and it reminded me of something my mom and grandma used to make and keep in clay pots or ceramic pots for years and use it when needed.
    It was not in tallow, but it was cubes of beef meat, cooked first, then fried in a lot of ghee with salt and then placed in the pots making sure it was all completly covered in that same ghee that it was fried in and kept for years in a cool place.
    Mostly winter times, we would use that fat and fry potatoes and heat the meat and it was beyond delicious.
    thanks for sharing this video. I will order tallow and use it see if it reminds me of that long ago tasting meat.

  • @CaravanFarms
    @CaravanFarms Před rokem +1

    I do the wet method to rend tallows on the stove..... about 2" water add the tallows rend...lift out the chunks... put into the pot in the fridge and then lift off the tallow... chunk up and remelt then strain through cloth... works well. I do mostly sheep tallow this way!

  • @lynngoodwin3223
    @lynngoodwin3223 Před rokem +2

    I just can't tell you how heartin I am when I watch your videos. I've been on a Carnivore diet for almost 2 years, at 67 I feel better than I did at at 20, and have lost close to 80 lbs, The only carbs I consume is in spices.I would so love if you segregated the spice that contain sugars from the spices that do not. Just a suggestion for ease of shopping.

  • @dr.gerikruckenberg1165
    @dr.gerikruckenberg1165 Před rokem +11

    Thank you for all that you guys are doing to educate us. We just had our 1st cow butchered and when giving the cutting instructions I had asked for the tallow. Upon picking our beef up, there was no tallow included. When asked, they said they did something else with it. That, I felt, should have been mentioned when I gave my cutting instructions. How common to you think this happens, where the processing place doesn't give the tallow back to the customer?

    • @kimvanlandingham4168
      @kimvanlandingham4168 Před 10 měsíci +14

      I'd find a new butcher. You paid for the tallow as part of the hanging weight so it was yours to keep.

  • @markwindholz816
    @markwindholz816 Před rokem +1

    I put my brisket fat trimmings in a pan and in the smoker to make smoked tallow. Then use that tallow when I wrap my brisket for the final cook and rest. The leftover over smoked tallow is great for frying.

  • @cassieoz1702
    @cassieoz1702 Před rokem +1

    I coarse grind mine (VERY cold) and render it overnight in the crockpot. Both for beef and pigs, i render internal fat/suet separately and do subcutaneous fat in its own batch.

  • @lis819
    @lis819 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Grew up around the London markets as a kid in the fifties and the treat for helping out on the stall was a cup of tea and a slice of bread and dripping from the cafe around mid morning - best ever! Just rendered my first beef suet in the slow cooker. Thanks for your enthusiasm and sharing your knowledge :-))

  • @tonylawrence1814
    @tonylawrence1814 Před rokem +1

    The New Original Jerky is the best ive had in years..WoW 👍 Back when McDonald's used Tallow for FFs, we would go get burgers at Burger King, then go to McDonald's for their French Fries because they were the best back then..

  • @jhaas68865
    @jhaas68865 Před rokem +1

    When I cook a brisket I just fill an aluminum tray with the fat pieces and through it in the smoker with it. I add some when I wrap but will jar the rest. Use it for cooking eggs for breakfast and it works great.

  • @yuiliavazhenec9241
    @yuiliavazhenec9241 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Hello! I was looking for some recepies and came across your video. My son, 4 years, super into cooking. So we just spend our evening wathing your video. He is very happy and inspired to go to our butcher friend to see in stuff like this in real life. Thank you so much for your work and fun content!

  • @FLGurl
    @FLGurl Před 7 měsíci +1

    My innate response is that this is awesome. When I was a very young girl, I would love to eat the fat part of the beef steak when I could. Now, I trim the fat off and I put this in the pan first, and cook this down as much as I can on very low heat before I add the meat. The ten year plan sounds so incredible and I would be jumping on this bandwagon if I could. Imagine storing this first in first out and you have food that you can eat no matter what is going on! 🤗

  • @SuperDarco666
    @SuperDarco666 Před rokem +10

    I really enjoy watching your videos, as a professionel trained hog butcher, i find thise clips educational and informative =) Keep up the good work guys.

  • @g-marv4960
    @g-marv4960 Před rokem +1

    Tallow is awesome when using it to cook eggs, hash browns or fries, when I cook my steaks n a pan it adds another level of flavor.

  • @efxanim8tor
    @efxanim8tor Před 5 měsíci

    Pemican made right has the fat heated to just liquid and poured in and thoroughly mixed with the minced dried meat. The fat seals it. Vacuum packed removes any air/oxygen. It will keep indefinitely. I like to add some course grind french-grey-salt and optional dried chopped fruit like blueberry or cranberry. Adding the salt and dried berries makes it nicely palatable.

  • @jerryhatrick5860
    @jerryhatrick5860 Před rokem +4

    Truth. Heart disease was almost unheard of when we used tallow and lard before criso amd hydrgenated trash came about.
    I cant even consume those oils anymore withlut feeling sick.
    I switched to butter leanut tallow lard and olive and avacdo oil some time ago.
    And the flavor is so much better.

  • @faethore8541
    @faethore8541 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I've been rendering my brisket trimmings for the last couple years. Now I always have a few quarts of tallow to cook with. You can also render it in a smoker (I use my pellet smoker) for some smoked tallow....soo good on fried potatoes.

  • @danielmiller8463
    @danielmiller8463 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I use the stove top method in a Dutch oven or large cast iron pot all the time, you do need to keep an eye on it and mix it every 15 or 20 mins but it isn't hard to do, the secret i have found is you have to prime it, either with some already rendered tallow or by rendering a small amount first then turn it on low heat and lit it go until the chunks are golden brown, I personally use large coffee filters (i got at my local restaurant supply store) and a metal collider to strain it (pour off as soon as you remove it from the heat, you need it to be hot to go through the coffee filter), I strain into a large pot and then pressure can it from there. I have had Lard and tallow stored at room temp in my basement for years using this method for years.

  • @ds2jim
    @ds2jim Před rokem +1

    thanks for posting this, guys! I've been making tallow for a year or so now, and only use it, butter, or bacon grease for cooking. no hydrogenated oils for this guy!

  • @N0body247
    @N0body247 Před rokem +1

    Tip for everyone at home.. if you go to a big supermarket.. and ask for beef fat or tallow typically they will give it to you free as no one typically asks so they have no market to sell such thing. And you get to up your cooking flavor at no cost

  • @shadowsins
    @shadowsins Před rokem +1

    Being a carnivore less than 4 months. The only place left that still use Beef tallow to fry is Buffalo Wild Wings. It rare now but it so good for you.

  • @jimmiddleton2980
    @jimmiddleton2980 Před rokem +1

    When I did this I took the leftover fat, I called them Cracklin’s, and gave them to the chickens. That’s a total treat for them

  • @benjaminolds
    @benjaminolds Před 5 měsíci

    For those of us making tallow from the brisket trimmings, you can put the chunks in a cast iron skillet and put that in the smoker with the brisket. It picks up a little of the smoke and can render for a long time with zero extra effort that way.

  • @clinteastwood4704
    @clinteastwood4704 Před rokem +11

    Thanks SO MUCH for posting this!!!!
    Definitely wanted to know how to make Tallow

  • @topfeedcoco
    @topfeedcoco Před rokem +1

    I always grind mine to get it to render sooner. Also I clean it with salt and water so it comes out pure white.

  • @ctsmith580
    @ctsmith580 Před 9 měsíci

    I keep it real simple. I keep Beef Suet in my freezer. Every now and then I put a handful or so in a small sauce pan on low heat. When all your left with is oil and little brown crunchies, strain it into a mason jar. Eat the crunchies, they are delicious.

  • @bulldawg6259
    @bulldawg6259 Před 2 dny

    Survival candles is my main use. Light and heat

  • @dennisreeves632
    @dennisreeves632 Před rokem +1

    Never cooked down any Tallow but have cooked down a lot of lard and made cracklin's. Love me some cracklin corn bread.

  • @lars277
    @lars277 Před dnem

    You nailed it brother. My Dad died because he believed the crap about animal fats and cholesterol. Humans eat fat. Americans eat a lot of animal fat. I render my own tallow and fry my hamburgers in it. They are very tasty. My old hometown in Brookings, SD, Nicks Hamburgers, cooks their hamburgers in about an inch or more of tallow in a flat grill with sides to hold the fat. Their tallow is so good. I would like to get some of that tallow and bottle it and take it home. The tastiest burgers on the planet are cooked in beef tallow.

  • @shermanhofacker4428
    @shermanhofacker4428 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I get the process started slightly quicker by putting some previously rendered tallow in the pot and melt it before adding the new stuff. The cracklings make a decent snack.

  • @TheStuport
    @TheStuport Před rokem +6

    Informative...Fun...Fascinating! Always a Smile on my face after hanging out in The Bearded Butchers Community! I will say this from deep in my Soul...even though The World seems to have become a Dark Cloud, this Channel always reminds me that I will be okay after all! The Tallow looks really good too! Can't wait to see the 2033 Video of the Tallow WITH The Bearded Butchers Spices! Cheers and Blessings From Down The road In COW-lumbus MOO🙏

    • @TheBeardedButchers
      @TheBeardedButchers  Před rokem +2

      We are happy to hear this! Stay tuned for a bunch of new content!

  • @doc9448
    @doc9448 Před 8 měsíci

    I am currently making this in my Curtis Stone crockpot (brand relevant because it has a modicum of temperature control). The Low setting did nothing, I tried for about 2 hours. The High setting did mostly nothing, I left it for 6 hours. I set the temp to 250F and that did get the ball rolling properly. There was sizzling and not about 2 hours into the process the a definite sizzling pool of rendered fat and browning/tanning/shrinking of the bits of fat. While the video says that 225F is a proper temperature, I think that 250F is also not too hot nor improper. Just sharing for those who might want to know.

  • @Enjoymentboy
    @Enjoymentboy Před 2 měsíci

    My favorite way to use tallow is to deep fry eggs. I put about 2" of tallow in a cast iron skillet and heat it until it just starts smoking and then crack the eggs in one at a time just like as if i was doing poached eggs. Super crispy and amazing flavor. As an added bonus i use the same tallow that i slow boil chuck steaks in so the eggs get that beefy goodness in them.
    Now I've made myself hungry.

  • @lumay333
    @lumay333 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Pemmican part was great addition to this video. Good info. I started making pemmican (beef and tallow only) few months ago, good little snack. Neutral in flavour however with time you become to like it.

  • @pennyheisler7500
    @pennyheisler7500 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Received our 1/2 beef last week and now there is frozen fat ready for me to render. Last year was the first time I rendered fat and was surprised at how easy it was!! I now keep a jar by my stove.

  • @Saratogan
    @Saratogan Před rokem +5

    Tallow fried french fries are the best!

  • @robertrisk93
    @robertrisk93 Před 2 měsíci

    I believe that the easiest way to make tallow at home would be with an induction cooktop where you can adjust the temperature and also has a timer. So you just set it to 220º F and 2 hours, so you can check it and move it during the process.

  • @roberttanner7486
    @roberttanner7486 Před rokem +14

    That’s why Ronald McDonald’s fries were so delicious back in my younger days!!

    • @Garth2011
      @Garth2011 Před rokem

      Yes and just recently McD's announced they are going to add more sauce and condiments on their burgers by the end of the year. LOL. I think they still have the best tasting fries among all of the fast food joints.

    • @DanielJohnson-ec8rk
      @DanielJohnson-ec8rk Před 3 měsíci

      Their fries now have “beef flavor” as an ingredient

  • @marcusmckenzie9528
    @marcusmckenzie9528 Před rokem +5

    You guys do an absolutely amazing job! Thank you so much for your time, knowledge, wisdom, humour and best efforts!!! Best wishes and much respect from Australia...

    • @TheBeardedButchers
      @TheBeardedButchers  Před rokem +1

      Wow thank you, we appreciate your support and thank you for your kind words!

  • @sandib4234
    @sandib4234 Před rokem +2

    LoL, you said it Seth at the end of the video 🍟. Although I've never had them made in beef Tallow we did have homemade french fries in the pork lard that we always got after we had a hog butchered, I remember they were the best french fries and we actually dipped them in homemade butter, why I don't know but we did🤗🥰👍

  • @michaellacy847
    @michaellacy847 Před 7 měsíci

    Pemmican was used on any long range mission (ship voyages, Lewis and Clark Expedition, mountain man travels) They bought it in barrels weighing 100lbs and could feed a troupe of an expedition for a good amount of time. They would put it in a pot with some water, salt and dried fruit and veggies and savory herbs found along the way like onions and garlic to make a meal.

  • @ctchickenmom
    @ctchickenmom Před rokem +1

    I've done this on the stove top but I add about a quart of water so the tallow doesn't burn. When it's cool, the tallow hardens sitting on the water and all the nonedible bits sink into the water.
    I've always wondered about pemican, glad to see you guys try it. I'd like to make some but adding some spice to it would definitely give it some flavor. I do think I had a gland or 2 in the last batch I did because it has a peculiar off flavor that overpowers everything.

  • @cnwilliams59
    @cnwilliams59 Před rokem +2

    We try to use use beef tallow (or duck fat) as the fat source in all our red meat dishes and many of our vegetable dishes. Another great video.

  • @jimf1964
    @jimf1964 Před 2 měsíci

    At 1000 calories per bar, you don’t really want it to be too tasty. Just something to eat when hungry. It was also added to things like a soup, or stew. The Canadian Mounties made something called Rubabboo with it that some people liked. If someone wants to try, the time for this is much less when you aren’t doing 100lbs. I did it double, by adding water when it was cool, re-melting it, then cooling again. This way any blood or anything will go into the water, and when cool, the fat will make a puck. That way it lasts pretty much forever.

  • @jeremyprevatt2354
    @jeremyprevatt2354 Před rokem +1

    Great video, also after watching alot of cooking videos on CZcams I learned how to get the beef tallow after trimming the brisket put the fat in a metal container and put it on the smoker at the same time with the brisket it renders down nicely.

  • @MrScubajsb
    @MrScubajsb Před 7 měsíci +12

    Pisses me off how they lied to everyone about healthy fats and started pushing the poison seed oils

  • @CJ-lj9fb
    @CJ-lj9fb Před měsícem

    Pemican was regularly used as a "soup starter". Put it in a pot, add water, and any spices or veg if you like.

  • @lars277
    @lars277 Před dnem

    The pioneers used pemmican. Big time. They survived on it for weeks. It gave them a lot of energy and calories.

  • @jenniferwhitewolf3784
    @jenniferwhitewolf3784 Před rokem +4

    Thanks for doing this. Too many people never made tallow. Its the best for pie crust ( shame if you use crisco hydrogenated slime) and frying taters. 👍👍

    • @jenniferwhitewolf3784
      @jenniferwhitewolf3784 Před rokem

      Bear tallow is also fantastic for pastry and pie crust. Decades ago I knew a hunter.. he brought me all the fat along with some assorted meats. Gee do I miss those days.. he passed away nearly 30 years ago.

  • @dustinmeier9753
    @dustinmeier9753 Před 9 měsíci

    Add dehydrated blueberries to the pemmican for flavor and antioxidants. Careful with the seasoning if your seasoning has any sort of expiration date.

  • @earlsmithson4749
    @earlsmithson4749 Před rokem +7

    Thanks for a educational and enjoyable video. You guys deserve all successes you have.

  • @daven953
    @daven953 Před 5 měsíci

    I have rendered it in my smoker while doing briskets. Then I use the smoked tallow on my rib steaks on the BBQ. Mm! Tasty.
    I make pemmican also. Will last 50years. The voyagers used to put a square of it into a pot. Added flour, water, berries, and wild edibles and made a rue. " stew" .it's very bland on its own but will keep a hard working man fed well.
    Great vid guys. Thanks

  • @acumenautomotive2276
    @acumenautomotive2276 Před 11 měsíci

    Thanks guys for demonstrating the skills of a good meat processor every time I have watched you clips gives me encouragement to tackling a piece of beef. However you guy's make it look easy but i know a ton of work and experience have honed your skills...

  • @dakota5815
    @dakota5815 Před 9 měsíci

    I've found the easiest/best way for me to render tallow at home is to A) run it through grinder with the largest plate, B) use a cast iron skillet, C) use an induction plate to control the heat D) run it through a double layer of cheese cloth E) pour into aluminum steam pans to cool, F) flip in onto a cutting board and dice for future use. It comes our clean & bright white. The only "issue" is that the smell that comes through varies from animal to animal and sometimes we put it through a "wash" to reduce the odor as my wife uses much of it for soap making.

  • @joem924
    @joem924 Před rokem +3

    I just ordered my 3rd refill bag of hollywood and had to test out the beef sticks. The honey ones are legit! Also did some pork belly over the weekend with the cajun blend....woooooo, it was legit! Thank you guys for having such great content and quality products!

    • @Jerry-lj3cf
      @Jerry-lj3cf Před rokem

      How did you cook the pb, I would like to know, I am thinking of getting a couple slabs myself.

    • @joem924
      @joem924 Před rokem

      @@Jerry-lj3cf we did burnt ends on our traeger. Cubed up a section, smoked at 225 for 3hours, threw them in a pan with butter, brown sugar, and honey. Wrapped the pan for another 90 minutes on 275. They were like butter.

  • @willykanos1044
    @willykanos1044 Před rokem +2

    The leftovers from rendering are pieces of fat and tissue. Very similar to the pork rinds that are left over from making lard. People, including me, love the pork rinds if you add a little salt. Have you tried this with beef rinds? I'd like to try them.

  • @raymondjoebarwick8995
    @raymondjoebarwick8995 Před 9 měsíci

    Those leftover cracklings
    Our family put them into cornbread, beans. Scramble eggs, or on bread with mustard and a slice of onions and made sandwiches
    I've heard of old timers during the depression taking lard sandwiches to school just plain lard and bread or warming lard up for greens dressing

  • @mjones1122
    @mjones1122 Před 4 měsíci

    Definitely noticed the change in french fries when they stopped using beef tallow. It has definitely helped my waistline to give them up.

  • @roymcdavid1015
    @roymcdavid1015 Před rokem +2

    McD’s fries definitely ain’t what they were back in the day. Used to be hands down best out there in the fast food chains.

  • @jeremyericksen8433
    @jeremyericksen8433 Před rokem

    My favorite part working with beef is the sound the knife and meat makes when the seams separate

  • @Musclecar1972
    @Musclecar1972 Před rokem

    I have been making and using tallow for years in my meat smoking, I make an eye of round that’s pressure marinated for three days in the fridge, after I strip every piece of fat, and silver skin off, then smoke it at 250deg. until it reaches what ever temp. I’m shooting for, but during the smoke, I baste it hourly with melted tallow for extra flavor and moisture. Sliced thin across grain, the meat is very tender, moist, and the flavor is very good, and totally lean meat. 😉👍👌Excellent sandwich meat, on a crusty bun, with horseradish sauce. 👏