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Military Surplus Freeze Dried Top Round Beef Cubes
Military Surplus Freeze Dried Top Round Beef Cubes
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These Freeze Dried Beef Cubes average between 3/4 by 1 inch, but sizes do vary a little. This meat is USDA Choice grade and comes from the top round area. This meat is hand cut and blade tenderized prior to freeze drying. These cubes are gourmet trimmed so you are not paying for a lot of fat! They are guaranteed to impress you and your family with their exceptional taste and texture. These beef cubes can be used for stews, soups, kebabs, goulash, Sheppard pies, chili, burritos, tacos, and many other recipes. You can cook them on the grill, frying pan, crock pot, or anywhere else where you would cook beef cubes. Get these delicious Freeze Dried Beef Cubes exclusively at MREdepot.
All cans were sealed in an oxygen/moisture free environment. Each can weighs 16 oz.
Flash Facts:
- #10 Size Cans (aka Gallon Can)
- U.S. Government/Military Surplus
- 25+ year shelf life
- No Refrigeration Required
- June 2025 Production
Preparation: To prepare the beef, just soak it in cold or warm water for 3 hours and cook. These cubes are universal and can be used in a variety of dishes! If you wish to add some flavor to them, you can even rehydrate them in the watered down marinade. Once we rehydrated the cubes, we used one portion for a delicious beef stew cooked in a crock pot and another portion for tender, mouth-watering kebabs.

However, it is completely up to you how you want to prepare these cubes. Once rehydrated, they look just like top round are beef cubes that you would get at your grocer's deli.
We've found that although great with only a 3 hours soak in warm tap water or marinade, if you let them sit longer they get even more tender. You can expect 25+ years shelf life as long as the beef cubes are sealed in the can - and probably as many as 30 to 40 since there is no water or oxygen in the can to spoil them!!!
Once opened they will last:
- up to 1 year in a Zip Lock bag with refrigeration once opened but not re-hydrated
- up to 60 days in a zip lock bag without refrigeration once opened, but not re-hydrated
- up to 5 days in the fridge once they are re-hydrated.
These are perfect for storing and using for many years! You can have great tasting food in seconds with no mess and no waste - and it doesn't matter if the power goes out!! You can open just one can at a time and in 3 hours cook one or as many of these as you want however you would cook any other fresh beef cubes!!! Perfect for camping, boating, traveling, or at the cabin.
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