Meat
Steak
Bison steak is a butchered form used in ranch and restaurant cookery—leaner red meat than typical beef equivalents, with a clean, slightly sweet flavour. Match method to collagen: quick sear for tender steaks, long moist heat for hard-working muscles. Season simply; avoid overcooking lean pieces. Keep cold-chain tight from reputable game or ranch suppliers.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 10.5 g
- Saturated Fat 5.18 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.94 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.95 g
- Cholesterol 65.8 mg
- Sodium 57.2 mg
- Salt 0.14 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 23.4 g
- Water 62 g
- Energy 206 kcal
- Water 62 g
- Protein 23.4 g
- Fat 10.5 g
- Saturated Fat 5.18 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.94 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.95 g
- Omega-3 0.1 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 36.8 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.2 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 5.45 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.59 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.39 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.4 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 7.6 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.28 mg
- Vitamin K 1.4 µg
- Minerals 319 mg
- Major Minerals 317 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.14 g
- Cholesterol 65.8 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.08 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.2 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 5.45 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.59 · vitamin-b6: 0.39 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.4 · vitamin-b9-folate: 7.6 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.28 · vitamin-k: 1.4 ·
Minerals
Fillet is primarily muscle—leaner than belly or skin-on cuts of the same species.
History
Bison steak featured in Plains and later ranch foodways when the carcass was fully used.
Specialty butchers labelled bison steak for cooks seeking lean red-meat alternatives.