Thinking about a great way to use some of your Zaycon Fresh Patio Steaks? This delicious recipe by daringgourmet.com for Spanish Steaks smells amazing, tastes as good as it smells, and is visually appealing! This may be exactly what you’re looking for!
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Nothing says “burger” like Zaycon Fresh 93/7 Lean Ground Beef rubbed with secret spices and grilled to perfection. Topped with garlic herb cheddar, honey habanero mayo, grilled onions, and shrimp, these Surf n Turf Burgers deliver tons of flavor in every bite. Check out this amazing recipe by sugardishme.com
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Why we like this burger:
Summertime scream barbecue! Did you know we have all beef hot dogs? Thanks to sugardishme.com we now have a juicy and delicious way to share the news!
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A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of traveling over to Spokane, Washington to visit the Zaycon Foods offices and meet the Zaycon team! The weather was beautiful, and I was even sitting on the mountain side of the plane and had such a beautiful view. There’s really nothing like snow covered mountains.
It was such an awesome trip, and I had such a great time. I knew I loved Zaycon Food’s product before this trip. After, I’m fully on board with the whole team and the business. Everyone was really warm, welcoming, and friendly! Thanks to the entire team for an awesome couple of days. I can’t wait to come back!
While I was there we got together in the Zaycon kitchens to prepare a little meal for the crew, and share this awesome recipe for Easy Greek Freak Zaycon Ground Beef Empanadas.
There was much debate over just what to call these little pockets of fusion. Zaycon Ground Beef is seasoned and combined with onion, garlic, some awesome Spiceologist Greek Freak seasoning, olives, and feta cheese.
Then we stuffed it into puff pastry pockets, baked it, and served it up with some homemade tzatziki whipped up by the talented CSO (Chief Snack Officer) Matt!
The hardest part about these was stuffing the pockets, and that was actually simple. Just stuff them, crimp the edges, bake on parchment paper, and you are DONE.
If you are like me and like to pre-brown a bunch of your Zaycon Foods Ground Beef when you pick it up before you freeze it, these will be even faster. I LOVE freezing some pre-portioned pre-browned ground beef to pull out of the freezer and add to spaghetti sauce, mix up into sloppy joes, make a quick beefy noodles, or tacos on busy nights. It also works really well to toss into crock pot soups and stews. You can even add in some onions and garlic while you are browning it so you don’t need to saute those while you are whipping up your quick and easy dinners.
These greek freak zaycon ground beef empanadas would also be fantastic stuffed, and then frozen so you can toss them right into the oven.
Need more ideas of things to make with your Zaycon Ground Beef order? Check out this awesome ground beef round-up!
Nicole Johnson is a Zaycon Foods Ambassador and blogs at Or Whatever You Do. You can also find her on Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, G+, and Instagram.
Our driver Terry Couron delivered meat to Eight day’s of hope & Hope Reigns from Zaycon Fresh to feed volunteers helping families that where affected by last Mother’s Day Tornado in Van, Texas.
Our driver John Dowell dropped off 240 lbs of Zaycon Foods Pullled Pork and donated to the Good News Rescue Mission in Reddiing California. They’re on Facebook and Twitter too…please help them out by spreading the word!
Ty Carey dropped off 140 lbs of Zaycon Foods Pullled pork and donated to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. You’ll find them on Facebook and Twitter as well!
Jason Fletcher dropped off 130 lbs of Zaycon Foods Pullled Pork and 30lbs of Patio Steak and donated to the Lancaster County Council of Churches who also gets donations from Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. You’ll find them on Facebook and Twitter as well!
A few years back, a little company called Zaycon Foods was featured on a “little” show called Good Morning America. And things have never been the same! (Well… for us, anyway.) Take a step back down Memory Lane with us, won’t you?
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See a recorded version of #ZayconLive here: http://zayconfoods.yourbrandlive.com/c/groundbeef/ Below you’ll find the recipe and photos from our very own CSO, Matt Hinckley. Every time I think of meatballs, I am reminded of the scene in Lady and the Tramp where they are sharing a meatball and spaghetti dinner. It makes the meal so romantic and the meatball wasn’t just meatball, it became a sign of affection. Anyway, I didn’t grow up eating meatballs. My mom didn’t have time for that, she had an army of 6 kids to feed! It was ground beef in red sauce. I grew up thinking meatballs were hard to make. I know now that they are easy, makes a ton and are great for freezing. 
And so, without further ado, I give the easiest meatball recipe from our awesome in-house food man, Matt H: Meatballs are a great thing to keep in the fridge. Super versatile, fast, easy and well, dern it, people like them. What I don’t like is the list of ingredients on store bought meatballs. When I was at the market, the package listed no fewer than 21 ingredients. 21! These have 8 including Salt & Pepper AND they are 93/7 Zaycon Ground Beef, but the best part is that YOU decide what goes into them for your family. 
Ingredients: – 2 lbs of 93/7 Zaycon Ground Beef – 2 Eggs – 3/4 cup Breadcrumbs – 1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning – 1 teaspoon Garlic powder -1 teaspoon Onion powder – 1 teaspoon Salt – 1/2 teaspoon Pepper 
Your hands are your best tool, so scrub them up and get all up in it. Mix all the ingredients until smooth consistency.
I used a medium sized portion scoop then smoothed them into balls, then onto a baking sheet lined with parchment for easy cleanup with a cooling rack on top. 
Bake in a 375 oven until done about 20 minutes. If you’re going to make a large quantity, allow them to cool, then freeze in a single layer on a sheet, then after they are frozen, put into large freezer bags. 
TIP! If you’re wanting to stretch your ground beef and nobody in the family is sensitive to soy products, you can extend the beef by adding textured soy product, available in either the bulk section or health food section of your market. I think next time I get a case, I’ll turn one full 10 pound chub into meatballs. They freeze great and are ready in seconds. 
Matt H. You can head over to the Zaycon Foods website for information on our ground beef and many of our other beef products!
So if you caught our live webcast yesterday, you got to experience the Matt H. and Matt K. duo. I wish you could have had the opportunity to smell the kitchen while the steaks were cooking and when that roast came out of the oven. We didn’t wait long after the cameras stopped rolling to take a sample.
I asked Matt to be sure to get me the recipe for the pan sauce he poured over the steaks. It is a pretty simple recipe with a lot of flavor. So here it is. Take it away, Matt!
After you have finished with the steak (or chicken or pork or what have you), to the hot pan, add a tablespoon or so of finely minced shallot. If the pan appears dry, add a small drizzle of olive oil to assist with cooking the shallots.
Keep the shallots moving, cooking them for a minute or so. Add ¼ to 1/3 c of water to deglaze and add 2-3 tsp (a tablespoon is 3 tsp, so in that area) of soy sauce. Continue cooking until the shallots look done to your liking. Reduce heat and add 2 tablespoons of butter and slowly stir in but not over a high heat, this will thicken, add more butter if you feel it is necessary. Adjust seasoning. Voila!
This sauce was pretty amazing and I can’t wait to make it myself. If you are looking for the roast recipe, you can click on over to this post.
You may have noticed a key word that was dropped on the show yesterday for a chance to enter for $50 Zaycon credits and we realize, not everyone has Facebook, so please, feel free to enter right here for that chance to win, but you’ll have to watch the taping to get the key word. You can do that here.
We hope you enjoyed the show. We will be doing live webcasts more often with our products so you can SEE delicious!
Join us and See Delicious this Thursday, January 22nd at 11:30am PST. Register HERE!
We have new beef products that we will be discussing and even cooking up some recipes using our new roasts and steaks.
Don’t they look amazing!! You wont want to miss this. Sales for these products are open now. Just head over to Zaycon Foods and check out all of our quality products.
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