Beef

🇫🇷Provence, France

Alouettes sans têtes

Alouettes sans têtes are small beef rolls stuffed with bacon and herbs, then braised slowly in a savory sauce.

🇻🇪Caracas, Venezuela

Asado Negro

Beef round browned in burnt papelón until it goes nearly black, then braised for hours in the resulting dark, faintly sweet sauce.

🇦🇺Australia

Aussie Burger

Aussie burger with the lot

The loaded Australian takeaway burger: beef patty with beetroot slice, fried egg, pineapple ring, bacon, lettuce, tomato and onion stacked in a fluffy bun.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Awaze Tibs

አዋዜ ጥብስ

A fiery version of tibs where beef is pan-fried and finished in a rich awaze sauce — berbere blended with oil, water and sometimes tej or wine. The ultimate dish for spice lovers.

🇫🇷Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Axoa de veau

Axoa de veau is finely chopped veal stewed with onion, peppers, and Espelette pepper in Basque country.

🇲🇪Montenegro

Balšića Tava

Veal cut into strips, fried, then baked under a batter of egg, kajmak and cheese until the top sets and browns.

🇺🇸United States

Beef & Broccoli

A Chinese-American stir-fry of tender sliced beef and broccoli florets in a savory ginger-garlic oyster sauce.

🇺🇸New York, United States

Beef Manhattan

A diner dish of sliced roast beef and mashed potatoes under brown gravy, served with a side of beets or vegetables.

🇬🇮Gibraltar, Gibraltar

Beef olives

Rolitos

Thin slices of beef (or sometimes pork/chicken) wrapped around a filling of breadcrumbs, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, olives, roasted red peppers, ham, vegetables, and herbs; secured with toothpicks and baked, fried, or cooked in white wine; similar to Maltese braġjoli; the word comes from Spanish 'rollo' meaning roll.

🇲🇹Malta

Beef Olives

Bragioli

Thin beef slices rolled around minced pork, bacon, egg and parsley, tied and braised in red wine and tomato.

🇺🇸Buffalo, United States

Beef on Weck

A Buffalo, New York specialty: slow-roasted sliced beef on a kummelweck roll topped with salt and caraway, with horseradish and jus.

🇷🇺Russia

Beef Stroganoff

Бефстроганов

Beef Stroganoff is a Russian dish of tender beef strips in a creamy sour-cream sauce with mustard.

🇦🇷Argentina

Bife de Chorizo

A thick, juicy sirloin steak cut from the strip loin, grilled over coals until crusty outside and pink inside. It is one of the most popular cuts at Argentine parrillas.

🇧🇷Brazil

Bife à Cavalo

Grilled beef steak topped with a fried egg whose yolk runs over the meat, served with rice, beans and fries — a standard Brazilian restaurant plate.

🇧🇷Brazil

Bife à Parmegiana

Breaded beef cutlet fried crisp, covered with tomato sauce and melted cheese, served with rice and fries — Italian-Brazilian comfort food at its most ordered.

🇩🇰Denmark

Biksemad

A Danish hash of diced beef, potatoes, and onions, pan-fried and topped with a fried egg and pickles

🇨🇺Cuba

Bistec de Palomilla

A Cuban thin-cut beef steak pounded, marinated in garlic, sour orange, and cumin, then pan-seared and topped with raw onion rings.

🇵🇦Panama

Bistec Picado

A Panamanian minced steak with onions, tomatoes, peppers, and spices, served with rice and plantains, a daily and home classic

🇵🇹Portugal

Bitoque

Pan-fried steak topped with a fried egg, fries, and rice, a Portuguese diner staple.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Blinde Vink

Veal roll stuffed with pork, herbs and breadcrumbs, braised with leeks or endives.

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa

Bobotie

South Africa's national dish: spiced minced meat baked with raisins, almonds, and curry, topped with an egg custard. A Cape Malay classic, sweet-savory and aromatic, served with yellow rice and sambal, a national icon.

🇮🇹Italy

Braciole messinesi

In Messina, Braciole messinesi are thin beef rolls filled with breadcrumbs, cheese, pine nuts, and herbs.

🇮🇹Florence, Italy

Braciole rifatte

In Italy, Braciole rifatte are meat rolls reheated in a savoury sauce until tender and deeply seasoned.

🇮🇹Piedmont, Italy

Brasato al Barolo

In Piedmont, Brasato al Barolo is beef slowly braised in wine with onion and root vegetables.

🇮🇹Italy

Bruscitt

In Italy, Bruscitt is coarsely minced beef braised with butter, garlic, fennel seed, and red wine.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Bò nhúng dấm (Beef in Vinegar Hot Pot)

Bò nhúng dấm

Bo nhung dam, beef dipped in a simmering vinegar-and-coconut broth and rolled in rice paper at table, is a named communal dish.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Bò né (Vietnamese Steak and Eggs)

Bò né

Bo ne, steak and egg served spitting on a cast-iron cow-shaped plate with a baguette, is a named Vietnamese breakfast institution.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Bò tái chanh (Rare Beef in Lime Juice Salad)

Bò tái chanh

Bo tai chanh, rare beef cured in lime juice with onion, herbs and toasted rice, is a named Vietnamese salad.

🇰🇭Cambodia

Cambodian Lok Lak

Lok lak

Cambodian lok lak is marinated beef quickly seared with onions and served with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and a sharp lime-pepper dipping sauce.

🇪🇨Sierra (Andean Highlands), Ecuador

Carne Colorada

Imbabura beef is marinated with achiote, garlic and cumin, grilled or pan-seared, then sliced for a plate with potatoes and avocado.

🇧🇷Curitiba, Brazil

Carne de Onça

Curitiba's raw seasoned beef spread with onion and rye bread, a named bar snack rather than game meat.

🇻🇪Venezuela

Carne Mechada

Flank steak boiled then shredded by hand and cooked down in onion, pepper and tomato sofrito — the beef in pabellón and in half the arepa fillings.

🇦🇺Australia

Carpetbag Steak

A thick steak cut into a pocket and filled with fresh oysters, then grilled so the oysters poach inside the beef; a luxury dish of late-colonial Australian hotels named after the carpetbag travellers who supposedly carried them.

🇹🇩Chad

Chadian Fried Beef

Boeuf Frit

Chadian fried beef; beef cut into strips or cubes and deep-fried; crispy outside, tender inside; seasoned with salt, chili, and spices; a popular street food and snack; beef is one of the most common meats in Chad; sold at roadside stalls and markets.

🇧🇴Bolivia

Charquekan

An Altiplano dish of rehydrated sun-dried llama meat (charque) with corn, potatoes, cheese, and boiled egg, an ancient and hearty classic.

🇵🇾Paraguay

Chicharõ Trenzado

Beef matambre cut into strips and braided into a rope, roasted until bark forms along the twist and pulled apart by hand at San Juan festival fires.