Beef

🇺🇸United States

Chicken Fried Steak

A tenderized beef cube steak, battered and fried, smothered in cream gravy — a Southern and Texas diner icon.

🇲🇽Puebla, Mexico

Chiles en Nogada

Poblano chiles stuffed with a savory-sweet picadillo of meat and dried fruits, covered in a creamy walnut sauce and pomegranate seeds.

🇮🇹Genoa, Italy

Cima alla Genovese

In Genoa, Cima alla Genovese is stuffed veal breast with eggs, peas, herbs, and cheese.

🇨🇭Switzerland

Cordon Bleu

A veal or pork escalope folded around ham and cheese, breadcrumbed and fried so the cheese runs when it is cut.

🇺🇸United States

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Salt-cured beef brisket simmered with cabbage and potatoes, the classic Irish-American feast dish with Irish roots.

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

Corned Beef and Pumpkin

Tinned corned beef simmered with pumpkin and coconut cream — a hearty PNG home dish combining introduced tinned meat with local squash and coconut.

🇨🇴Cali, Colombia

Corte Valluno

Cali's signature grill plate: a thick beef cut char-grilled over coals and served with hogao, fries, plantain and arepa — Valle del Cauca's answer to the parrilla steak.

🇮🇹Aosta Valley, Italy

Costoletta alla valdostana

In Aosta Valley, Costoletta alla valdostana is veal cutlet with Fontina and ham, browned crisp.

🇮🇹Bologna, Italy

Cotoletta alla Bolognese

In Bologna, Cotoletta alla Bolognese is veal cutlet topped with prosciutto and Parmesan.

🇮🇹Milan, Italy

Cotoletta alla Milanese

Milan's breaded veal cutlet, traditionally bone-in, fried in butter. Older than the Wiener Schnitzel, it stays juicy inside a golden crust.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Cottage Pie

Minced beef in gravy under a mashed potato crust, baked until the surface is golden and the edges bubble.

🇩🇰Denmark

Culottesteg

Culottesteg is a meat dish from Denmark, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇺🇸United States

Delmonico Steak

A thick, richly marbled steak from the short loin, named for Delmonico's in New York.

🇮🇩West Sumatra, Indonesia

Dendeng balado

Dendeng balado is made with thin dried beef fried crisp and buried under red chilli sambal.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Derek Tibs

ደረቅ ጥብስ

Dry-style tibs: cubes of beef seared fast over high heat with onions, jalapeños and rosemary in niter kibbeh, served sizzling in a clay pot that keeps cooking at the table. Crusty edges, juicy interior.

🇰🇵Pyongan, North Korea

Eobok Jaengban

어복쟁반

Pressed beef served on a brass plate; a Pyongan province representative dish listed in Wikipedia's Korean regional cuisine; an elegant preparation of beef pressed into a slab and sliced; served cold as a banquet dish; reflects the refined culinary tradition of Pyongyang and the Pyongan region.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Eritrean Gored Gored

Gored Gored

Eritrean dish of raw beef cubes marinated in mitmita and niter kibbeh; similar to Ethiopian kitfo but with larger chunks; eaten at celebrations; a delicacy for meat lovers; served with injera or kitcha.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Eritrean Kitfo

Kitfo

Eritrean minced raw beef marinated in mitmita and niter kibbeh; similar to the Ethiopian version; a delicacy served at special occasions; often paired with ayib cheese and gomen greens; eaten with injera or kitcha.

🇧🇪Belgium

Filet Américain

A Belgian steak tartare of finely minced raw beef with sauce américaine, served on bread with fries, a daily and brasserie classic

🇵🇭Philippines

Filipino Beef Steak

Bistek Tagalog

Beef sirloin marinated in soy sauce and calamansi, pan-fried and topped with caramelized onion rings.

🇧🇷Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Filé à Oswaldo Aranha

Rio's garlic-crusted steak served with farofa, white rice and fried potatoes, named for the statesman who ordered it.

🇺🇸United States

Finger Steaks

An Idaho and Montana tavern staple: strips of beef tenderloin, battered and deep-fried.

🇧🇸Bahamas

Fire Engine

Tinned corned beef steamed down with onion, tomato and pepper and spooned over grits or white rice.

🇩🇪Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurter Schnitzel

Frankfurter Schnitzel is a breaded cutlet served with green sauce made from herbs such as parsley, sorrel and chives.

🇦🇩Catalonia, Andorra

Fricandó amb moixernons

In Catalonia, Fricandó amb moixernons is Catalan veal braised with onion, tomato, wine, and dried mushrooms.

🇫🇷Provence, France

Gardiane de boeuf

Gardiane de bœuf is Camargue beef braised in red wine with olives, herbs, and aromatic vegetables.

🇨🇦Calgary, Canada

Ginger Beef

Bœuf au gingembre

Deep-fried battered beef strips in sticky slightly spicy sauce, invented in Calgary at Silver Inn in 1970s.

🇰🇭Cambodia

Ginger meat stir-fry

ឆាខ្ញឹង

Chha khnhei is a Cambodian stir-fry of beef, ginger, garlic, and aromatics served with rice.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Gomen Besiga

ጎመን በሥጋ

Hearty gomen with tender pieces of beef simmered into the greens — a richer, meatier version that's a holiday and weekend favorite. The classic pairing of collards and beef in one pot.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Gored Gored

ጎረድ ጎረድ

Cubed raw beef served as-is, with mitmita, awaze and niter kibbeh on the side for dipping. The bolder, chunkier cousin of kitfo — celebrating Ethiopia's centuries-old butchery culture.

🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

Grenadins de veau

Grenadins de veau are small veal medallions browned and served with a concentrated pan sauce.

🇯🇵Japan

Gyukatsu

牛カツ

Gyukatsu is made with beef cutlet fried rare and finished by the diner on a hot stone.

🇩🇰Denmark

Hakkebøf

A Danish ground beef patty, pan-fried and served with onions, gravy, potatoes, and a fried egg

🇯🇵Chubu, Japan

Hida beef

飛騨牛

Hida beef: marbled wagyu from Gifu prefecture, often served as yakiniku or sukiyaki.

🇷🇼Rwanda

Inyama y'Inka

Rwandan beef cooked simply with onion and spice for a celebratory or family meal.

🇮🇪Northern Ireland, Ireland

Irish Grass Fed Beef

Irish Grass Fed Beef is the protected all-island production identity for pasture-raised beef.