Carnivore
Recipes & tips
Carnivores in the kitchen!
Many like to keep it simple: steak or mince (ground beef), perhaps with added butter, eggs and cheese.
Others prefer a bit of variety.
Others like a little bit of fancy!
Here are some recipes and tips to inspire. Be sure to give these creative cooks a follow!
Butter “mayo” / Lazy man’s hollandaise
Butter Mayo Pro tips:
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) July 12, 2023
~With an immersion blender, combine 3 egg yolks with 6T room temperature (soft) butter to get a more mayo like consistency. Roll the extra BM in parchment paper and refrigerate. Slice into coins as needed.
I use this on eggs, lean steaks and ham, mostly.… pic.twitter.com/CUAssOCFLq
eggs, butter mayo & prosciutto
See previous recipe for the butter mayo.
Scrambled eggs with butter mayo and crispy prosciutto bits is amazing!
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) July 5, 2023
If you don’t know what prosciutto is it’s dry cured ham usually sold thinly sliced. It takes 1 to 3 years to properly cure prosciutto. #carnivorediet #carnivore pic.twitter.com/BzaepRRfkF
Egg yolk “chaffles” (yaffles)
Melt butter first, then whisk eggs and gelatin in https://t.co/PTI7uQBQ0J
— New Dawn 🥩 (@NewDawn7411) July 11, 2023
Egg muffins
carnivore diet friendly egg muffins:
— Olyveya (@olyveyaa) August 28, 2023
(If you eat eggs)
4 eggs separated
1 tbsp Gelatin powder (instructions below)🧵 #carnivorediet #ketodiet pic.twitter.com/NvZR4d2WIN
Pork rinds/cracking
Pork Rinds / Crackling today’s starter 😁 pic.twitter.com/67O6g0HTws
— Claus Carlsen (@ClausCarlsen1) September 2, 2023
get pork skin, cut in pieces to your liking, blanch in salty water, put on baking tray(s), convection oven at 150°C/300°F for 2 hours, 10 minutes at 200°C/400°F - keep an eye on them as they can burn, experiment with time and temperature for best result.
— Claus Carlsen (@ClausCarlsen1) September 2, 2023
You can also deep fry…
Carnivore crack
I made “Carnivore Crack” and it was glorious!! pic.twitter.com/iSII9Hs1PW
— Dr Shawn Baker 🥩 (@SBakerMD) September 11, 2023
Baked bacon
I get asked a lot about how I cook my bacon and I prefer to cook it in the oven in a foil and parchment paper lined roasting pan (Pyrex works) for consistency and easy cleanup. I cook mine at 375° F for about 30 minutes. After the grease has cooled a little, I pick up the foil… pic.twitter.com/XMKjehgcNx
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) July 19, 2023
Triple Smash Cheeseburger
Snake River Farms Wagyu Beef Triple Smash Cheeseburger with Goat Cheese Bacon Weave pic.twitter.com/ZAE1nVGzY1
— CarnivoreJT (@carnivore_jt) August 17, 2023
Beef cracklins
How to make Beef Cracklins: Cube beef fat. Fry until crispy on med-med high heat. Add salt while frying and turn them often as in the video. You’ll need a splatter screen of some sort, it’s messy. Keep going until they’re crispy on the outside and medium brown in color.
— New Dawn 🥩 (@NewDawn7411) August 24, 2023
The… pic.twitter.com/xu3OWg2hFV
Easy ground beef (mince)
Carnivore meal prep: Easy and clean way to make ground beef! I cooked approx 4lbs (thawed) on high for 3hrs. I do stir a bit here and there, but it breaks up pretty good on its own. #carnivore #meatheals #weightlossjourney pic.twitter.com/zqjQDD60BK
— New Dawn 🥩 (@NewDawn7411) July 19, 2023
Easy soup
First make the broth.
What is wrong with me? The heat index is over 100F and I’m making soup….oh well. It was delicious! Ground beef, scrambled eggs, and chicken and beef broth! So delicious! #Carnivore #OMAD pic.twitter.com/mekBwSaz8z
— Holly (@CarnivoreFriend) July 20, 2023
Hamburger hash
Keto/Carnivore people, what's your favorite low carb meal besides steak? I'm always looking for new ideas.
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) August 26, 2023
Mine is Hamburger Hash because I can do a half dozen different variations to make it interesting. This version had ground beef, bacon, Tillamook cheddar cheese slices, eggs… pic.twitter.com/puCMpOQT6x
Prime rib
My best prime rib yet!! Look at that crisp brown crust 😍 It’s one of my favorite parts and lots of tasty fat! 🔥#carnivorediet #ketodiet #ProperHumanDiet #NSNG #meatheals #yes2meat #weightlossjourney pic.twitter.com/FrKRV5PwI5
— New Dawn 🥩 (@NewDawn7411) July 9, 2023
I mostly followed his instructions, except I bring internal temp to 130 degrees before the resting period. Definitely cover in butter like he does before final 500 degree oven for 10 minutes to get the beautiful crust. Turned out great every time. Plus he’s fun to watch 😃
— New Dawn 🥩 (@NewDawn7411) July 9, 2023
Picanha (top sirloin cap, rump cover, rump cap, or culotte)
Month 5 Day 7 #Carnivore #carnivorediet doing #picanah for the first time!
— Carnivore AMIT (@CarnivoreAmit) May 7, 2023
Thank you @elizedge for the prep method! It was perfection. pic.twitter.com/dHsshLxqng
I simply put it on a rack. You can season the fat on top if you like. I bake it at 250° until internal temperature is around 110-115 or so. Then I raise the heat to 425° and bake until it hits 125 inside
— ULTRA MAGA Carnivore 🥩🍗🥓🍖🇺🇲 (@elizedge) May 8, 2023
Pro tips for choosing steaks
Ever wonder why your ribeye is so dang tough? It could be for a number or reasons but here are a few of what I think are the most important tips for choosing a tender cut!
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) July 19, 2023
These are two ribeyes that came from the same loin. The difference is that they are from opposite ends of… pic.twitter.com/Wy2oGKTPnJ
Pro tip for picking our NY strips: The sirloin end of the strip loin is tougher because of connective tissue running through the muscle. It looks like a vein and can easily be spotted if you know where to look. These are the cuts you want to avoid unless you get them dirt cheap… pic.twitter.com/ECcOyI4UZq
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) July 5, 2023
Pro tip: Caring for knives
There's nothing worse than cutting good meat with a shitty knife. So let's talk about cutlery.
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) August 26, 2023
1) Quit buying cheap knives. You keep spending $20-30 on a knife every other year and now you have a drawer full of knives you never use and clutter your kitchen junk drawer.
2) Once… pic.twitter.com/E78N31eF11
Pro tip: Buy roasts over steaks
Pro Tip: Buy Roasts Over Steaks
— 𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗬 (@TheWarKitchen) August 9, 2023
It's an easy way to:
• Get better quality meat
• Save money
Why?
Roasts are basically what your steaks are made of. Butchers cut them into individual steaks and sell them for MORE than they would sell an entire roast.
You're essentially… pic.twitter.com/Rj4NiAJd61
How to dry brine
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) July 7, 2023
97% of first time dry briners are blown away by the tenderness, the flavor and the juiciness their efforts produce. The 3% who told me their dry brining experience was a disaster, used too much salt.
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) August 16, 2023
As a general rule of thumb, if you can still see salt on your meat after 12… pic.twitter.com/mcBBAVjreo
Beef back ribs
See previous recipe for dry brining.
Dry brined beef back ribs and a few Rappahannock oysters tonight. It's so ridiculously easy to make world class ribs with a 1-2 day salt brine and an hour in a 400° oven. You don't need BBQ sauce because shame on you if you drown the amazing beefy flavor and the juiciest ribs… pic.twitter.com/Rz7fH1FwOo
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) June 22, 2023
Beef chuck riblets
I cooked some beef chuck riblets. You know, the real cheap ones at Walmart that you have to cook the hell out of to make them tender! 40 mins in the pressure cooker then slathered in butter & broiled for about 5 mins to crisp them up! Omg!!! Sooo tender and delicious!#Carnivore pic.twitter.com/YEbXR2vFhn
— Holly Smith (@CarnivoreFriend) July 16, 2023
Carnivore crumb/breading (for anything)
My current breading technique is 100% carnivore. Dredge in unflavored gelatin, dip in egg and finish with pork rind panko. Voila! pic.twitter.com/xYT1eNyIaU
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) August 23, 2023
Who says you can’t have breaded and fried food on a carnivore diet! This is 100% carnivore ingredients. Dredge in powdered gelatin, dunk in egg and coat with pork panko. These were fried in half lard and half tallow but you can bake them in the oven at 350° F for 45 minutes to an… pic.twitter.com/81BEYwk0tx
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) August 23, 2023
Carnivore burger bun
Eureka! I'm done searching for the perfect burger replacement bun. This is the one! This easy to make chaffle bun is a long way from those 90 second microwave mug buns you all tried to like but couldn't. 😂 The recipe in the tweet below this one will explain everything.… pic.twitter.com/My7fi9FsyR
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) August 12, 2023
Cheesevoir pizza
My latest recipe blog addition is this super easy, triple cheesy carnivore pizza. You could theoretically make this pizza with 3 ingredients: cheese, eggs and pepperoni. I pushed it to 7 because I used 3 kinds of cheese and butter for the sauce. This is legitimately good! Recipe… pic.twitter.com/3CH2TlUp2g
— 💯 Cary Kelly 💯 (@CaryKelly11) June 12, 2023
Steamed egg pudding
The following is the same recipe using an Instapot (pressure cooker).
Unsweetened icecream / frozen custard
Frozen {heavy cream, egg yolks, salt} I love it!! 🎉 Call it what you want: Ice cream/frozen custard. I love the texture! Great in coffee too, for a treat! Recipe ➡️Heat 3 cups cream, almost until boil. Add a little salt. Let cool 10 minutes, whisk in 6 egg yolks, freeze.… pic.twitter.com/5lVwS1Go4d
— New Dawn 🥩 (@NewDawn7411) March 19, 2023
Brown butter
Coffee-free brown-butter latte
See previous recipe for the brown butter.
My day just got better! Getting my Iced Brown Butter Latte fix! It doesn’t have coffee because I prefer it without. I do drink black coffee separately though. 😄☕️ Recipe ➡️ 1.5 ounces brown butter (I keep it in the fridge for lattes), 3 raw egg yolks, 1 cup water. Blend… pic.twitter.com/1hJ4hVEgXA
— New Dawn 🥩 (@NewDawn7411) July 9, 2023
Bone broth
Bone broth is rich in minerals, including phosphorus and magnesium, which are in a form that is much easier to digest than any plant source.
It also contains gelatine, which is broken-down collagen. Gelatine contains the amino acid glycine, which enhances stomach acid secretions as well as a healthy stomach lining. Gelatine also absorbs water, enhancing intestinal health.
The electrolytes and other minerals contained in bone broth can be a very useful tonic during the adaptation stage of the carnivore diet.
Obtain some bones from the butcher. If you tell the butcher you are making broth, they will cut the bones up for you. Good bones to ask for are cannon bones – the butcher will cut the bones to expose the marrow. Other great choices are oxtail, necks, chicken carcass and chicken feet – both oxtail and chicken feet make an incredibly tasty and gelatinous broth. You can also save any bones from your meals and throw them straight into the freezer until bone-broth-making day.
Method
- Begin by dry roasting your bones. This will enhance the flavour of the broth. There is no need to thaw the bones first.
- Once the bones are golden brown, place them, along with all the juices, into a pressure cooker or slow cooker.
- Fill to maximum capacity with boiling filtered water and a splash of apple cider vinegar (optional) and a little salt. The vinegar helps to draw out the minerals from the bones.
- Pressure cook for 4–5 hours, or slow cook for 24–48 hours. If using oxtail or necks, you can stop the cooking process and remove the meat part way through cooking to have with a meal. Yum!
Storage
- Allow the broth to cool a little before straining into jars.
- Once cooled, cover and place in the fridge. The fat will rise to the surface and solidify and will help to seal in and preserve the broth. The chilled broth should be gelatinous, but if it isn’t, do not worry, it will still be highly nutritious.
- Alternatively, freeze the cooled broth in ice-cube trays and once frozen store in a container or bag in the freezer.
How to use broth
- Eat cold from the spoon.
- Heat up a cupful, or depending on its strength, you can place just a little in a cup and top up with boiling water. Salt to taste.
- Heat up as a soup base and add meat to it. Salt to taste.
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