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What’s a normal or reasonable price for ox tails?
Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 7/5/24 at 8:44 pm
I’ve been thinking about trying my hand at some but a little sticker shock at WinnDixie changed my mind. $23 for two, they were nice sized but that was just too much. I haven’t checked our local AG store yet but I wasn’t expecting them to be that expensive.
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Posted on 7/5/24 at 9:21 pm to gizmothepug
My local HEB has them right now for $7.96 a pound.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 9:25 pm to gizmothepug
They were always expensive, but in the past couple of years, oxtails became real trendy. Like chefs putting oxtail on burgers or making birria oxtail tacos. There was a New York Times article a couple weeks ago about that. Plus there are only like 4 pounds of oxtail per cow
This post was edited on 7/5/24 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 7/5/24 at 10:57 pm to timbo
An oxtail stew is really good. Throw that in a slow cooker with some butter beans - that’s a good meal.
Posted on 7/5/24 at 11:25 pm to timbo
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An oxtail stew is really good.
That sounds like a good idea. Do you brown them first like other meats?
Posted on 7/6/24 at 12:39 am to gizmothepug
Buy them at the mexican market
Posted on 7/6/24 at 1:59 am to gizmothepug
Call this place, about 25-30 minutes South of I-10 bridge in BTR. Call an see if they have some.
Roucher's Meat Supply & Slaughterhouse
Butcher Shop
59435 Belleview Dr, Plaquemine, LA 70764
Opens 7 AM Mon
(225) 687-4258
Roucher's Meat Supply & Slaughterhouse
Butcher Shop
59435 Belleview Dr, Plaquemine, LA 70764
Opens 7 AM Mon
(225) 687-4258
This post was edited on 7/6/24 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 7/6/24 at 7:29 am to gizmothepug
Unless you're in like Bangladesh chances are good you're just getting run of the mill cow tails. Or steer tails. Since the advent of the internal combustion engine, and John Deere's contributions to mechanized farming, oxen and other beasts of burden have become obsolete.
Posted on 7/6/24 at 7:55 am to ruzil
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Buy them at the mexican market
This is the way.
Posted on 7/6/24 at 8:07 am to LSUballs
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Unless you're in like Bangladesh chances are good you're just getting run of the mill cow tails. Or steer tails.
Wikipedia says:
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Oxtail (occasionally spelled ox tail or ox-tail) is the culinary name for the tail of cattle. While the word once meant only the tail of an ox, today it can also refer to the tails of other cattle.
Posted on 7/6/24 at 8:51 am to Twenty 49
Exactly
Posted on 7/6/24 at 8:58 am to gizmothepug
quote:
An oxtail stew is really good.
That sounds like a good idea. Do you brown them first like other meats?
Yes, Lightly flour them, brown, and set aside while you get the other things going. Be sure to include coconut milk for a Caribbean style stew.
Oxtail Osso Bucco is pretty good too. This recipe is for a grill, but it works fine in the oven:
Oxtail Osso Bucco (atbbq.com)
Posted on 7/6/24 at 11:46 am to gizmothepug
Back when I was a kid my mom would use ox tails for vegetable/beer soup and they were cheap as could be, just like chicken wings once were.
Then it got trendy, again, just like chicken wings and the prices have gone through the roof.
I wanted to make some soup using ox tails about a year ago and damn near had a heart attack when I saw the price. At the time I could have bought choice steaks for that price.
Then it got trendy, again, just like chicken wings and the prices have gone through the roof.
I wanted to make some soup using ox tails about a year ago and damn near had a heart attack when I saw the price. At the time I could have bought choice steaks for that price.
Posted on 7/6/24 at 12:14 pm to gizmothepug
quote:kinda difficult to do a price comparison without knowing the price per pound.
$23 for two, they were nice sized but that was just too much
Back in 2020, you could find them for $5.49/#. In this current economic environment, you will be lucky to find them cheaper than $9/#.
This guy Les BBQ does smoked and braised oxtails that look amazing. I really want to try his method.
His YouTube is full of good content.
LINK
LINK
LINK
Posted on 7/6/24 at 12:46 pm to timbo
Recipe would be nice. Have a couple of packs of ox tails in the freezer.
Posted on 7/6/24 at 1:05 pm to gizmothepug
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That sounds like a good idea. Do you brown them first like other meats?
Yes, lightly floured in seasoned flour.
I’ve put them straight in the crock pot before when I’m short on time and they’re good, but much better if you can flour and brown them.
Posted on 7/6/24 at 1:16 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Be sure to include coconut milk for a Caribbean style stew.
I've only ever had ox tail at a now shuttered local Jamaican place in some kind of Jamaican coconut yellow curry. Damn good. I don't have any recipe for it, but I would recommend OP explore that route. I haven't had ox tail any other way so I don't have a frame of reference, but I can't imagine there being a better way, that's how good it was.
Posted on 7/6/24 at 4:54 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 7/6/24 at 4:58 pm to gizmothepug
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price for ox tails?
2 damn high. Shame there’s not much cheap cuts anymore
Posted on 7/6/24 at 5:41 pm to Aubie Spr96
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This sound close? Oxtail Curry
I have habaneros or cayennes. Probably use the habs.
I don't know their recipe at the Jamaican restaurant but just by looking at it, the one in the link is a bit busy. The one from the Jamaican restaurant appeared, to the naked eye, to be much simpler and served over rice, not a stew. Also, it wasn't particularly hot-spicy, but extremely flavorful. So I don't know about the scotch bonnet or habanero idea. But might be awesome? Also, that "author" just says "curry powder" but there are many kinds of curry. If you go looking for curry powder, look specifically for Jamaican Yellow curry. Also also, maybe I skimmed the recipe too fast, I don't recall seeing coconut but i might have just missed it in my skim.
eta this is one we keep in the spice cabinet and really good
This post was edited on 7/6/24 at 5:45 pm
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