Meat
Roast
Roast-ready Yak is tied for even oven cooking. Season early; rest before carving. Cook yak roast to temperature when thickness varies, rest before carving, and add fat or sauce if lean. Grilling, stewing, and dried meat show the cut’s strengths. Match heat to collagen—fast sear for tender muscle, long moist heat for hard-working joints.
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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 12.6 g
- Saturated Fat 4.93 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 5 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.96 g
- Cholesterol 66.8 mg
- Sodium 57.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 21.6 g
- Water 60.8 g
- Energy 190 kcal
- Water 60.8 g
- Protein 21.6 g
- Fat 12.6 g
- Saturated Fat 4.93 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.96 g
- Omega-3 0.1 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 35 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 4.72 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.51 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.34 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 6.6 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 387 mg
- Major Minerals 386 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 66.8 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: 4.72 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.51 · vitamin-b6: 0.34 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 6.6 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.35 · vitamin-k: 1.7 ·
Minerals
Roast of Yak: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Butchers charted roast of yak as cookery specialised by muscle and joint.
Retail packing standardised roast portions of yak for home kitchens.
Ready-to-cook roast packs of yak expanded for convenience cooking.