Cow Heart Is Eaten All Over the World

Everyone has their different meat preferences, (granted that they eat meat in the first place). There are so many different parts of the animals to enjoy that have their own flavors and textures. Some people even enjoy eating the heart meat of cows, which isn’t actually as gruesome as some may think.

Eating cow heart actually has surprising health benefits. The cow’s heart is the size of a human head. It’s about 2 pounds of flesh, but could be mistaken for steak when its flash fried. It tastes beefy, slightly gamey, and very mineral-rich — like a kidney, but milder.

You can grill it, make it into a burger, make tacos, or put it in a stew. The heart is a great source of iron and B vitamins. It also has coenzyme Q10, which can keep your heart healthy.

Some people might have already tasted beef heart without knowing it.  The USDA allows ground beef to be made with heart meat, but it’s rarely used in today’s ground beef. Hearts are also a beloved Spanish cuisine. Some Peruvians put hearts on skewers over the grill, which is called anticuchos. People else eat heart in Brazil, Japan, Italy, France, and Denmark — so it’s not as grisly of a delicacy as some people might think.