Snowflake Beef Market Prices, Premium Cuts, Best Producing Areas and Cooking Guide

Snowflake beef is a special kind of beef with a marbling pattern resembling snowflakes. It is rich in protein and high in nutritional value, and can effectively boost people's resistance, which is why many people like to eat it. Currently, its market price is rather steep, so how much does snowflake beef cost per jin on the market? Which part of the cow is it from? Where is the best-tasting snowflake beef produced? How do you cook it?

Latest market price:

Reference price: 188 yuan.

Snowflake beef is rich in protein, and its amino acid composition is closer to what the human body needs than that of pork. It can improve the body's disease resistance and is especially suitable for people who are growing and developing, or recuperating after surgery or illness, in replenishing blood loss and repairing tissues. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that beef has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing the spleen and stomach, strengthening the bones and muscles, resolving phlegm and calming wind, and quenching thirst and stopping drooling. It is suitable for people with sinking of the middle qi, shortness of breath and general weakness, soreness and weakness of the bones and muscles, long-term anemia, and sallow complexion with dizziness.

Which part of the cow is it from?

Snowflake beef is a type of beef produced by specific cattle breeds raised with special feeding methods. Its characteristic is that fat is deposited between the muscle fibers, forming beef with a distinct alternating red and white pattern shaped like marble. At home and abroad it is also called marbled beef. It is as beautiful as snowflakes, hence the name frost-fall snowflake beef. Snowflake beef is named after its appearance.

Snowflake beef is mostly graded by the density and shape of its marbling and by the quality of the meat, but the industry has no clear standard, and the common “fatty beef” can also be considered a kind of it. Of course, when it comes to cuts, if you choose ribeye, chuck roll or striploin, it is naturally even better. Snowflake beef is fragrant, fresh and tender, and is a high-grade beef suitable for both Chinese and Western cuisine. The price is rather expensive. The composition of the beef fat in ordinary beef itself differs greatly from the components in the fat structure of this snowflake beef. Snowflake beef contains large amounts of the fatty acids the human body needs, and as the fat content in the beef increases, the cholesterol content actually decreases, so its nutritional value is considerably higher than that of ordinary beef.

Where is the best produced?

Producing snowflake beef has specific requirements right from the choice of breed. Abroad, the snowflake beef raised from Japan's Kobe Wagyu is the most famous. In 2013 in China, using Qinchuan cattle as the dam and Red Angus cattle as the sire, a breed capable of producing snowflake beef could also be cultivated. Good conditions for fat deposition are a major requirement in selecting breeds for snowflake beef cattle.

How to eat it:

Mixed Snowflake Beef Recipe

Ingredient preparation

An appropriate amount of snowflake beef, pineapple, watermelon, thyme, onion, carrot, tomato, asparagus, pine nuts, spaghetti, red wine, black vinegar, butter, honey, black pepper.

1. Pat the snowflake beef dry, and marinate it with salt and black pepper;

2. Scoop the pineapple into balls and saute the pineapple balls in butter until fragrant, then add a little sugar to season;

3. Preheat the pan, put the steak in to sear, searing each side for 1 minute;

4. In the pan used to sear the steak, use the remaining oil to saute chopped onion and chopped asparagus until fragrant, add red wine, and once the red wine has reduced until the liquid evaporates, add salt and black pepper to season, add black vinegar and cook, add a small amount of water and thyme, then reduce the sauce;

5. Cut the seared steak into pieces, pour over the sauce, toast the pine nuts until fragrant, and arrange with the fried broken spaghetti and pineapple pieces, then it is ready to plate.