Meat
Shoulder
Kangaroo shoulder is collageneous forequarter meat—best braised, pulled, minced or slow-roasted until yielding. Very lean Australian game is deep red with a clean mineral taste and almost no marbling. Brown well, add liquid and aromatics, cook until a spoon meets little resistance. Deep flavour for ragù, curry and pies with pepper, wattleseed, bush tomato, red wine, beetroot and garlic.
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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 11.8 g
- Saturated Fat 5.2 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.84 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1.01 g
- Cholesterol 71.1 mg
- Sodium 63.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 23.1 g
- Water 63.3 g
- Energy 202 kcal
- Water 63.3 g
- Protein 23.1 g
- Fat 11.8 g
- Saturated Fat 5.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.84 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1.01 g
- Omega-3 0.1 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 37.7 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 4.68 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.33 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 9.4 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.35 mg
- Vitamin K 1.7 µg
- Minerals 307 mg
- Major Minerals 305 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 71.1 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.07 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.17 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 4.68 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.5 · vitamin-b6: 0.33 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 9.4 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.35 · vitamin-k: 1.7 ·
Minerals
Shoulder of Kangaroo: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Commercial kangaroo harvest supplied export lean red meat under regulation; shoulder of kangaroo took a named place in that kitchen trade.
Retail strips, mince and jerky made kangaroo a supermarket game option. Cooks treated shoulder of kangaroo as a cut with its own timing and sides.
As kangaroo cookery specialised, shoulder was portioned and sold ready for the pan. Commercial kangaroo harvest supplied export lean red meat under regulation.