Beef

🇺🇸United States

Joe's Special

A San Francisco diner scramble of ground beef, spinach, mushrooms, onions, and eggs.

🇳🇵Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Kachilā

कचिला

A Newari raw-marinated buffalo dish, spiced with mustard oil, ginger and chillies.

🇧🇩Chattogram Division, Bangladesh

Kala Bhuna

কালা ভুনা

Beef slow-fried with onion, garlic and a dark roasted spice paste until the liquid disappears and the meat turns nearly black.

🇷🇸Belgrade, Serbia

Karađorđe's Schnitzel

Карађорђева шницла

A veal or pork escalope beaten thin, rolled around kajmak, breadcrumbed and fried, served with tartare sauce.

🇳🇴Norway

Karbonade

A Norwegian beef patty, similar to a hamburger, served in brown sauce with potatoes and peas

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Kerala Beef Fry

എരച്ചി പൊരിച്ചത്

A spicy, dry-fried beef dish from Kerala with coconut slices, curry leaves, and spices. It is served with parotta or rice.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Kikil

ቅቅል

A simple, satisfying Ethiopian dish of boiled meat (often lamb or beef shanks) served in its own clear, flavorful broth with onions, garlic and ginger. Comfort food at its purest.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Kitfo

ክትፎ

Ethiopia's celebrated raw beef dish from the Gurage people: finely hand-minced lean beef seasoned with warm niter kibbeh, mitmita and cardamom. Order it tere (raw), lebleb (lightly warmed) or yebesele (fully cooked), paired with ayib and gomen.

🇰🇷South Korea

Kkori gomtang (Oxtail Soup)

꼬리곰탕

Kkori gomtang is oxtail simmered slowly into a milky broth, often served with sliced meat and scallions.

🇯🇵Kansai, Japan

Kobe beef

神戸牛

Kobe beef: the celebrated marbled wagyu of Hyogo prefecture, a protected brand.

🇰🇷South Korea

Korean Beef Tartare

육회

Fresh, thinly sliced raw beef marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, and sugar, topped with a raw egg yolk and sliced pear.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Kruchenyky

Крученики

Kruchenyky are meat rolls stuffed with various fillings like prunes, cheese, or mushrooms, named from to twist, gourmet Ukrainian meat dish, thin pounded meat with generous filling.

🇰🇷South Korea

LA Galbi

LA갈비

Beef short ribs cut across the bone (flanken cut) so they cook quickly on a tabletop grill, marinated in a sweet soy sauce.

🇮🇩North Maluku, Indonesia

Lapis Palaro

Lapis Palaro is North Maluku beef sliced thin, simmered in spices, fried, and served with a thickened cooking-liquor sauce.

🇱🇸Lesotho

Lekhotloane

A special-occasion dish of beef boiled until very tender, cut into portions, pounded with a pestle, then sautéed with onions and beef stock until the sauce thickens. Served with morogo-studded potatoes.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Lithuanian Beef Rolls

Suktiniai

Thin pounded beef or pork rolled up with filling and braised; also known as zrazai.

🇨🇱Chile

Lomo a lo Pobre

A Chilean lunch of beef tenderloin topped with fried eggs and French fries, often with caramelized onions and fried plantains. A hearty, everyday restaurant staple.

🇵🇪Peru

Lomo Saltado

Stir-fried beef with onions, tomatoes, and ají amarillo, served with French fries and rice. Born from Chinese-Peruvian chifa fusion.

🇨🇭Basel, Switzerland

Lummelbraten

A bacon-larded beef filet roast from Basel, braised until tender and served with a rich pan gravy, a traditional Basel restaurant dish.

🇲🇽Nuevo León, Mexico

Machacado ranchero

Machaca scrambled with eggs, tomato, onion, and chile — a northern breakfast.

🇦🇷Argentina

Matambre Relleno

A flank steak butterflied and rolled around diced vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, herbs, and sometimes olives, then grilled or boiled. A traditional gaucho dish served hot or cold.

🇩🇪Bremen, Germany

Matrosenfleisch

Matrosenfleisch is a Bremen beef stew with onion, pickles and spices, cooked until the meat softens in a dark sauce.

🇯🇵Chubu, Japan

Matsusaka beef

松阪牛

Matsusaka beef: intensely marbled wagyu from Mie prefecture, rated among Japan's finest.

🇲🇷Mauritania

Mauritanian Pepper Steak with Coconut

Thinly sliced beef steak fried with garlic, black pepper, bell peppers, chilies, and Tabasco, finished with shredded coconut, coconut water, soy sauce, and bouillon; a modern urban dish reflecting Creole and Asian influence in Nouakchott restaurants.

🇯🇵Japan

Menchi katsu

メンチカツ

Menchi katsu is a crumbed minced-meat patty fried until crisp and sold from Japanese butcher counters.

🇧🇩Chattogram Division, Bangladesh

Mezban Beef

মেজবানি গোশত

Beef with bone and fat cooked in a fierce red chilli and mustard-oil gravy, ladled out at communal Chattogram feasts.

🇦🇷Argentina

Milanesa

A thin beef or chicken cutlet breaded with breadcrumbs and pan-fried or baked until golden. Argentina's everyday national dish, served with mashed potatoes, fries, or in a sandwich.

🇦🇷Buenos Aires, Argentina

Milanesa Napolitana

A milanesa topped with ham, tomato sauce, and melted mozzarella, invented in Buenos Aires in the 1940s when a chef covered a burned cutlet. A porteño classic, served with fries.

🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

Mince and Tatties

A Scottish comfort food of minced beef in a thick gravy served over creamy mashed potatoes, the nation's most everyday home-cooked dish.

🇩🇪Munich, Germany

Münchner Schnitzel

Münchner Schnitzel is a breaded pork cutlet spread with horseradish and sweet mustard before frying.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Niños Envueltos

Dominican 'wrapped children': cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef and rice, simmered in tomato sauce. Of Lebanese origin, a hearty home-cooked meal.

🇯🇵Kansai, Japan

Ohmi beef

近江牛

Ohmi beef: a marbled wagyu from Shiga prefecture, one of Japan's oldest branded beefs.

🇦🇹Austria

Onion Roast Beef

Zwiebelrostbraten

Beef sirloin topped with crispy fried onion rings in a creamy mustard sauce, a hearty Austrian favorite, tender and flavorful, traditional.

🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

Orkney Beef

Orkney Beef is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

🇩🇰Denmark

Pariserbof

Pariserbøf

Minced-beef patty on toast with capers, beetroot, horseradish and raw yolk.

🇵🇾Paraguay

Payagua Mascada

Payaguá Mascada

Croquettes made with cassava, minced beef, and chives, shaped flat and fried, traditional during San Juan celebrations.