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Carnivore recipes

Simple food, done well. Strict recipes use only meat, fish, animal fat, salt and water. Animal-based recipes add eggs, butter or dairy.

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Beef Bone Broth

Roasted beef bones simmered low for a full day into a broth that gels when cold. Sip it salted, or use it as the base for braises.

Basics · 24 hr
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Bunless Smash Burgers

Thin, lacy-edged patties smashed onto a screaming-hot griddle. Stack two or three and eat them with a fork.

Beef · 20 min
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Crispy-Skin Chicken Thighs

Bone-in thighs started skin down in a cold pan so the fat renders slowly and the skin turns glassy and crisp.

Poultry · 40 min
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Ground Beef with 'Hidden' Liver

Blend a small amount of raw liver into ground beef so you get its nutrients without the strong taste. Use it for patties, crumbles, or meatballs.

Organ · 22 min
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Reverse-Seared Ribeye

Thick ribeyes cooked low in the oven, then seared hard in a smoking-hot pan. Edge-to-edge doneness with a deep crust, using nothing but beef and salt.

Beef · 65 min
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Traditional Pemmican

The original survival food: finely pounded dried lean meat bound with rendered tallow. Dense, portable, and keeps for months when made properly.

Snacks · 11 hr
Animal-based

Beef Liver Pâté with Butter

Silky, spreadable liver pâté made with plenty of butter to soften liver's strong flavor. A small daily spoonful is an easy way to eat organ meat.

Organ · 35 min
Animal-based

Butter-Basted Salmon

Skin-on salmon fillets seared until the skin is crisp, then basted with foaming butter. A quick source of omega-3 fats.

Seafood · 15 min
Animal-based

Butter-Seared Shrimp

Large shrimp seared quickly in butter until just opaque. A five-minute protein that works for any meal.

Seafood · 15 min
Animal-based

Carnivore Chaffles (Egg and Cheese Waffles)

Two-ingredient waffles made from egg and cheese in a waffle iron. Crisp outside, tender inside, and sturdy enough to use as a sandwich 'bun'.

Eggs · 25 min
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Crispy Roast Pork Belly

Skin-on pork belly dried, salted, and roasted in two stages so the meat turns tender and the skin puffs into crackling.

Pork · 2.8 hr
Animal-based

Egg Yolk Custard (or Ice Cream)

A rich, barely sweet custard of egg yolks and cream. Bake it in ramekins, or chill the base and churn it into carnivore ice cream.

Eggs · 55 min
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Grilled Beef Heart Steaks

Beef heart is a lean, dense muscle that eats like a tender steak with a mild, slightly iron-rich flavor. Trim it well and cook it fast.

Organ · 33 min
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How to Render Beef Tallow

Turn raw beef fat trimmings or suet into clean, shelf-stable tallow for searing, frying, and making pemmican. Macros are per tablespoon.

Basics · 4.3 hr
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Oven-Braised Beef Short Ribs

English-cut short ribs seared and braised in bone broth until the meat slides off the bone. Rich, fatty, and deeply beefy.

Beef · 3.8 hr
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Oven-Crisp Chicken Wings

Crackly wings with no flour or baking powder: just a low-then-high oven and a good salting.

Poultry · 70 min
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Pan-Seared Strip Steak in Tallow

A fast weeknight steak: New York strips seared in beef tallow and basted with the hot fat. Fifteen minutes start to finish.

Beef · 17 min
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Salt-Only Beef Jerky

Chewy, clean jerky with no sugar, soy, or smoke flavor: just lean beef and salt. The kind that is almost impossible to find in stores.

Snacks · 5.3 hr
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Sardine and Oyster Snack Plate

A no-cook plate of sardines, oysters, and fish roe. Loaded with omega-3s, B12, zinc, and selenium, and ready in two minutes.

Snacks · 5 min
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Seared Lamb Loin Chops

Little T-bone lamb chops seared hard, with the fat edge rendered crisp. Ready in about 10 minutes.

Lamb · 15 min
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Slow-Cooker Chuck Roast

A well-marbled chuck roast browned and braised until it pulls apart. Makes enough for several meals and a jar of rich jus.

Beef · 8.3 hr
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Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder

A bone-in lamb shoulder roasted covered for hours until spoon-tender, then uncovered to brown. Minimal work, maximum flavor.

Lamb · 4.7 hr
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Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder

A bone-in pork butt roasted low and slow until it pulls apart, with crisp bark on the outside. Feeds a crowd or a week of lunches.

Pork · 7.2 hr
Animal-based

Soft Scrambled Eggs in Butter

Slow, creamy scrambled eggs cooked gently in butter. The low-heat method gives soft curds that never turn rubbery.

Eggs · 8 min