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Pastrami

Pastrami is typically cured, seasoned, and cooked beef served sliced in sandwiches or other savory dishes.

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About Pastrami

Pastrami is a cured and seasoned meat, most commonly beef, that is cooked before serving. It is usually sliced thin and served in sandwiches, especially with mustard and accompaniments, or used in salads, soups, breakfast dishes, and other savoury preparations.

The cooked meat has a moist to firm texture and a pronounced peppery, smoky, salty flavour when smoking is used. Compared with uncooked cured meats, it has a cooked, tender texture. Its exact character depends on the meat cut, curing, smoking, steaming, and final moisture.

Pastrami is typically sold as cooked pieces or slices, with a textured spice crust often containing pepper, coriander, garlic, and other seasonings. Slicing exposes the dark-edged interior; further heating in sandwiches or dishes makes the meat warmer and may soften its texture.

Ingredient type
compound ingredient

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Local names for pastrami

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pastrami

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Beef, cured, pastrami

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pastrami, beef

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Pastrami, beef, 98% fat-free

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pastrami, lamb

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Pastrami, made from any kind of meat, reduced fat

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Pastrami, NFS

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pastrami, pork

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Pastrami, turkey

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Pastrami nutrition & diet

Pastrami nutritional value

Beef, cured, pastrami

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
147kcal
Protein
21.8g
Carbs
0.4g
Fat
5.8g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Match the reference to the specific pastrami recipe, meat cut, curing method, and cooked sliced portion. Trimmed or untrimmed pieces, thick or thin slicing, steaming, roasting, and added glaze or serving ingredients can all change the appropriate comparison.

Compare the right form: Use a reference for cooked, cured, seasoned beef pastrami and the edible sliced portion; verify species and recipe when the product is labeled broadly.

Diet considerations

Typical pastrami is animal-derived beef, but product identity and formulation should be checked. Compatibility may change with added sugar, starch, cereal-based coatings, dairy, or other ingredients, as well as bread, cheese, sauces, or frying fats served with it. Processing distinguishes it from fresh beef.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Depends on the version
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Beef. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Beef. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Beef. The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition. Recipes and products can differ.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Sugar. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Beef, cured, pastrami ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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