Steak tartare Steak tartare Steak tartare is a meat dish made from raw ground meat (beef or horsemeat). It is usually served with onions, capers, pepper and Worcestershire sauce, and other seasonings, often presented to the diner separately, to be added to taste. It is often served with a raw egg yolk, and often on rye bread. The name tartare is sometimes generalized to other raw meat or fish dishes. A less-common version in France is "tartare aller-retour", a mound of mostly raw ground meat that is lightly seared on both sides. The idea of eating raw meat was first noted in
Kuai (dish) flukes and other parasitic organisms, however many prominent Chinese individuals (including Cao Zhi and Chen Deng) maintained a strong affinity for the dish. It was believed that the application of strongly flavored spices such as mustard or Sichuan pepper could render the dish safe to consume. Consumption of "kuai" in China declined sharply by the time of the Qing dynasty. Since that time, most Chinese food has been cooked, though a Chaozhou (Teochew) dish called "yusheng" uses raw fish as its primary ingredient. Kuai (dish) Kuai was a Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat,